Happy birthday, Stuliana. Love and tail wags from Kipling and Zippy One person, a beautiful, laughing most of the time, carefree kid who lives with her family in Cyprus, a child of Greek gods for sure, has shared her puppy with me all this time. Yes, the secret is out: I am not the true…
I welcome my friend, and author, Eden Baylee to A Writer’s Life blog. On her own blog Eden shares her love of music and writing every week. Here, Eden reveals how music inspires her, both in and around her writing life. Does her muse choose a different beat? How is music important to her creative…
Kipling turned the ripe old puppy age of 4 months. She’s now 31 pounds and gets her last shots this afternoon. She’s at that awkward stage . . . Kipling is very long and lean and eats a pound and a half of Common Sense raw food, beef or chicken, each day. Besides the chicken…
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…
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…
It’s raining cats and dogs outside my office window. Kipling is at my feet, and already a great snoozer. I wanted to send out the weekend Kipling Report before I continue working on the writing of my own “serious” fiction, and also before getting back to reading the best Big book of ideas I’ve read…
Formulating ideas from my inner castle keep. This is a castle in Werfen, Austria that was used in the old Clint Eastwood film, Where Eagles Dare. There was a Birds of Prey show within the castle’s courtyard. The hills in the background are alive . . . some say . . . with the sound…
I can’t help it: I’m posting puppy photos. Probably, bucketloads of puppy photos will filter into your world far into the future. Puppies don’t have anything to do with my next favorite albums to listen to while creating art List. Although, to any outside observer, both puppies and music may lead to a better understanding…
Russell Blake started his online Pet Wall to honor his own wondrous dog, Lobo. The book, An Angel With Fur, came pouring out as the story of how Lobo adopted Russell, which began one fine day while visiting an animal shelter in Mexico. If you have ever loved a pet, and most of us have, I guarantee the story…
So, one of the most influential writers of the 1960s passed away early this month at the age of 77, and I remember Theodore Roszak for more than his most famous book. I first heard of Theodore Roszak when I picked up a mass market edition of his novel, Flicker, a book about film,…