This is the first review I've seen, and it's quite complimentary:

http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=11894

Jack, my greyhound, was having an awesome dream last night. His feet were twitching in a dream run; he yipped and barked; his eyes were showing major REMs. No doubt he was either racing again on the track in Tucson, or chasing squirrels at the dog park. The REMs are a give-away of dreaming in dogs, with or without the barks. (First time I ever ( Read more... )

On Tuesday,I took part in a science fiction panel that was the opening act at UC Riverside's Writer's Week. The university's Eaton Collection houses the largest collection of science fiction manuscripts, books and memorabilia west of the Mississippi (and maybe in the entire country). Rob Latham, the conference's organizer, gave us the opportunity ( Read more... )

The weather has been nice here in the mornings, with a healthy layer of marine fog that keep the temperature down, at least until noon. The greys and I have taken advantage of this for long walks along the bluffs, admiring the ocean views and the passing joggers and people walking dogs. Needless to say, the greys love this part! But while Jack is ( Read more... )

I had been home from ConDor for about thirty minutes, the dogs --who'd been vacationing with other greys for the weekend -- were with me. I petted Nicky, and opened the balcony door so he could go out and prowl around since he'd been shut in the condo all weekend ( Read more... )

The greys and I went down to a DoubleTree Hotel in San Diego this weekend, so they could play “anatomy subjects” for veterinarians who're learning how to do acupuncture on animals. Every year, the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society runs four five-day sessions, each a month apart for up to a hundred vets in various locations around the ( Read more... )

I'm beginning to think that I'm some kind of jinx, bringing down disaster on the places around the world I've recently visited. I won't count Rwanda, because their troubles had all happened before I got there. But how do you explain Kenya - that relatively democratic, reasonably well-governed nation - erupting in civil unrest just a few weeks after ( Read more... )

Life with a sick dog seems to have gotten away from me lately. Jack has been sick since the end of May and we still haven't identified the cause. It's most likely a tick-borne disease, but not any of the most obvious ones: lyme, rocky mountain spotted, and so on. We have a daily regimen of pills that take time to crush, add to food, persuade ( Read more... )