Here’s to great friendships
Last week we had friends come to stay. Living overseas away from most friends and family, means visits like it are treasured. While modern communications make staying in touch easy, there’s nothing quite like...
Author: Janetta Harvey
Addis Helps Out
Not long ago I agreed to help with a special fundraising project that would run through National Pet Month. Addis wanted to raise money for my favourite rescue, the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre,...
Where Life Gets Going
Everything is bewildering to dogs when they first leave a puppy farm. All is new in the outside world. While being lifted from the darkness of a breeding shed is good for them, it’s...
Honouring Rufus and Fabio
Last weekend saw the UK’s picturesque Peak District host the 8th Annual Schnauzer Walk. It’s always a great event, kept simple and focussed. A fun gathering of schnauzers, their friends and families with a...
The More You Use It
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. A favourite Maya Angelou quote. She’s right, of course, phenomenal woman, great thinker, savvy human being that she was. I am...
Seasonal Down Payment in France
After living all my life in the south-east of England, inside the M25, 20 miles from Central London, an area which is now the busiest, most congested part of Britain, I now count on...
More than Walter Left The Puppy Farm That Day
Walter was born in a Welsh puppy farm. He spent years there. He wasn’t one of the lucky ones. He didn’t get out young. He wasn’t sold into the puppy trade, bought young, loved...
Beware the gillygaupus
I recently completed a writing course with the University of East Anglia. The UEA are world leaders in teaching creative writing, with an alumni featuring literary shining lights such as Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan...
It’s No Small Gift
When 5 month old Albert Claude breezed into our world he brought with him a canine vibrancy and innocence that had faded in my mind in recent times. Having lived for the past 8...
The Thing Is
This week sees two good friends have separate but related experiences. For one, yesterday meant bringing a new dog into her life, and for the other, it meant letting that dog, Lara go. One...