Zippy and Kipling made 2011 a year to remember. I used to play Freeze Tag with the neighborhood kids and all four of my siblings. Tag someone. Run fast. They have to freeze; remain motionless. The other variation, Statues, evolved from Freeze Tag, where you’d hold onto someone’s wrists and spin around and around and…
Today is the release of John Lescroart’s new novel The Hunter. Russell Blake shares his comprehensive and fun talk with Lescroart, one of the most revered suspense writers in the business. They speak about the craft, what the daily writing life is like, dealing with the business side of the profession, and enlighten any…
The young man has never been afraid of hats before. In fact, he’s recently found himself admiring them. The hats on the heads of the men in this town have actually seemed to him quite marvelous. So it is strange that he should now be so frightened–so incredibly frightened–of this one. — from Ben Loory’s The…
In the run-up to the annual chimney crawl, Kipling is in hyperactive Christmas mode. Zippy strives to keep the Santa belief going and distracts Kipling by teaching shepherding tricks! When shepherds come to your home, what do you do? They both stop to eat orchard apples fallen on the ground… It’s hard to call them…
A truly inspiring writer, humanitarian, and master politician died today. Vaclav Havel, a former dissident playwright, was the revered first president of Czechoslovakia (which later became the Czech Republic) after it overthrew Communist rule — 1989’s “Velvet Revolution”. After Slovakia split away, Havel served as President of the Czech Republic from 1993-2003. “May truth and…
Kipling really is in a soul-and-groove moment: sacked out! I want Kipling to settle down – so I play the song Settle Down. Does Kipling like Kimbra? I want to settle down I want to settle down Won’t you settle down with me? I want to settle down — from Kimbra’s Settle Down A discovery from New Zealand…
Fall for the cuteness… Kipling is the princess of our house now. Her ears used to be bent like this. She’s growing so quickly. See the color coming into her face now as her nose grows like Pinocchio’s (with much less fibbing), and the ears are almost up all the way. She likes this flattened…
The chill of finishing a great mystery is in my bones. And it’s a very good thing Kipling can’t get to them with her tiny puppy-teeth! Kiplings’s first snow experience…traversing the Japanese bridge. She slipped a bit and I loved Zippy’s watchful eye (here he’s laughing at Kipling)! The view from the bridge…
In this short video, Kipling is chowing down and oblivious to everything else 🙂 (turn Sound up!) After the Thanksgiving meal Kipling opined: I can’t believe I ate that much. No animals were harmed in the making of this video, but a lot of fingers came out worse for wear 😉 Thank you for watching…
Do you really need another photo of Kipling? She’s now 10 weeks old and Zippy is her personal bodyguard. Another Kipling 1st Thanksgiving Report this weekend 🙂 *** Zippy is a calming presence & he’s no longer sparking a green Borg-eye when Kipling gets close. One Kipling ear is straightening…soon, the breeder’s tattoo (there’s a…