I did a reading in San Francisco that was a fundraiser for a group called Rocketdog. Rocketdog takes older, less obviously adoptable dogs and finds homes for them. The Booksmith is one of the country’s few remaining independent bookstores. Her is a picture of my handsome, attentive, gracious Rocketdog host, Sinbad, in this wonderful bookstore.

Woof Patrol (click here), a great site all about, what else, dogs, has a link to a pug doing what all pugs really want to do: clean your computer screen. Go there AT ONCE. Your screen will never look better. It’s a thing a beauty! CLICK HERE!!!

Hector spent a week at the beach, much of it lolling in the surf, but this is not that. This is a site called wavemypic that allows you to upload pictures of, say, your dog and give it this effect. Thanks, ndozo, as always!

© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
I go to Slate pretty much every day, (sometimes mostly to read Doonesbury, I admit,) and I almost always look at the Magnum photographs. Last week they had a particularly wonderful batch, in honor of the Westminster dog show. Lots of the divine Elliott Erwitt, of course. Other great photos, too. click here!

Mr. Henry, the always entertaining purveyor of culinary wisdom on Manolo Food, has a post about what he cooks for his wonderful dog, Pepper.

Pepper’s Breakfast

3 lbs. boneless breast chicken
1 cup cooked lentils
½ bunch kale (or spinach) - leaves & small stems
1 sm. bag carrots, peeled baby
½ bag cranberries
2 apples
blueberries, a handful

Click here for more of the pleasantly tart Mr. Henry, and his equally tart readers and their thoughts on shedding, raw diets, feces and vegans.

I love that this is from a book published in 1889 called “The Home Manual. Everybody’s Guide in Social, Domestic, and Business Life.” Obviously this drawing is illustrating Business Life.

If you like looking at pictures of dogs, and you do, here are two great places to find them.
First, Clipart ETC (Click here), an amazing library of clip art from Florida’s public school system. It’s the least they could do after the 2000 election. Here are some Cairn terriers:

and here is a little pit:

and here is someone else:

AND…

there is the wonderful MUTTS site created by Patrick McDonnell…and the lovely Tilly, the beautiful pit whose picture I have been trying to post for about a year, is there–3rd down, 3rd to the right! click here

If you love pit bulls, and I do, click here to get The Unexpected Pit Bull Calendar for 2008.
(Thank you, Tilly!)
Also, you can get a signed copy of Ken Foster’s wonderful book Dogs I have Met and the money will be donated to Pit Bull Rescue Central. click here.

What can I say? Sometimes I surf around looking for pictures of cairn terriers. Here is Wallis Simpson with her cairn, Slipper.

This soulful creature is Brando, Ken Foster’s dog. I’m dying to read this book!

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