This article from the Vancouver Courier updates the story of the Lee’s Candies fire, with a photo of Valeria in front of the outpourings of love surrounding what was formerly her store. Obviously other people cared about Valeria and her shop—someone actually started a fundraising drive to help her until Valeria put a stop to …
Category Archive: Reads
Mar
16
Jan
01
More Dog Books
Happy New Year! Remember my list of dog books from a few weeks back? Here are two more for your edification: Jon Katz (2005): Katz on Dogs: A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs Another general overview, with less emphasis on the actual mechanics of training puppies and more on the philosophy of …
Dec
11
Dog Books Galore
As with any big, life-changing event in our lives, I try to read up on the subject as much as I can first. So—only for interested future dog-owners here; everyone else can just skip this post—here is a list of dog books I’ve read recently (the ones I remember, anyway) and what I think of …
Sep
27
Hmmm…Maybe we shouldn’t get a dog
Naaah, just kidding, we’re still getting a dog. But because of our slovenliness, this story from the BBC does give us pause. Read “everything that ends up on the floor” for “chip” and you’ll know why I’m concerned….
Aug
27
Suzuki Beane
In our library when I was growing up we had a book called Suzuki Beane by Sandra Scoppettone and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh. It was a funny, black-and-white picture book published in 1961 about a young girl (the titular Suzuki) from a beatnik family. She becomes best friends with a rich boy, but discovers that …
Aug
16
Paging Dr. Duh
Headline on BBC News Online: TV ‘can numb pain for children’.
Jun
20
Parent Trap
From what I can see, one of the common pitfalls of parenting a special needs kid is despair. There’s no explaining how draining it can be at times. I can’t know for a fact, but I suspect that parents of regular, store-bought kids don’t have as many moments where you fall into a little mental …