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Who could relate to a bunch of guys who took Saskatchewan when they might have had Acapulco?
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Dog ServitudeSome dog lovers marry into dogs. Others seek solace in a warm canine embrace soon after leaving the dorm or getting divorced. Then there are those who are to the kennel born. Me, I was very post-married and long through with school before I took the pooch plunge — and discovered how quickly a small, alien creature can rearrange your DNA.
Frankie, a rescued
mystery mix of indeterminate age but very determinate cuteness, took up residence with me in the fall of 2004. I'm happy to report that, after a stint of freeloading, he's beginning to pay for his kibble.
A piece on our adventures together, which first appeared in Bark magazine, is now online at Travel Classics
website.
And a wrap up of a few places where I shop for his toys, which ran in Tucson Guide, led to the illustration of Mardi Gras Frankie by photographer and dog-lover extraordinaire Amy Haskell being sold to Borealis Press. I've never
been a big fan of Thoreau, but Frankie likes him. That piece, in turn, helped me nab an assignment on home decor tips
for dog owners, published last fall in Tucson Home. Our most recent
collaboration was on a story for the Arizona Office of Tourism website*,
detailing some of Frankie’s favorite places to bunk.
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