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Can Dogs Be Pessimists?

Does my droopy body language mean I’m a pessimist? You know the phrase “are you a glass half empty or a glass half full person?” It’s used to determine whether or not you generally have a positive or negative outlook on life. Well, now one researcher at a pet behavior center in Scotland believes that we can apply the same concept to dogs. Companion animal behaviorist Viv Silverstein from the Pet Behaviour Centre in Cambuslang, Scotland, tells the U.K.’s Daily Record that paying attention to your dog’s body language can actually reveal whether or not it’s a pessimist or an … Continue reading →

Book Review: All About Adoption:How Families Are Made and How Kids Feel About It

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All About Adoption: How Families Are Made and How Kids Feel About It is a book from Magination Press, which specializes in titles helping children understand tough situations or deal with feelings. (Magination Press is also the publisher of Maybe Days, a Book about Foster Care.) All About Adoption authors Marc Nemiroff and Jane Annunziata are both clinical psychologists specializing in families and children. All About Adoption starts out by saying “there are lots of different ways to have a baby. ..some parents have one baby..and some parents have two or three babies all at once. “Babies grow inside a … Continue reading →

Books for Kids About Foster Care

There are many good children’s books about adoption, but still a dearth of books about foster care. It is a painful subject to write about, but it is also hard when a foster child thinks he or she is the only one going through it, and also when other children don’t understand. The following books can be used by foster parents, social workers and therapists to help children understand some of the reasons they might be in foster care, the roles of the adults including biological family, foster parents, social worker, therapist and judge; and who makes the decisions about … Continue reading →

An Interview with Writer and Artist (and New Mom) M.C.A. Hogarth

M.C.A. Hogarth is a renaissance woman: artist, writer, businesswoman, and more. I knew of her first for her art, which led me to her stories, which led me to an all around amazing person. I’m happy to be able to share her with you! Aimee: What kind of things do you write about? (Genre, subject matter, themes, what have you.) MCA: I like to write about encountering things that are strange and wondrous and out of your particular context. That could be meeting a unicorn in a forest… or meeting someone from a radically different country. I love learning languages, … Continue reading →

Norwegian Elkhounds, Fat Cats, and Grey Mice: An Interview with Author Pat Harrington

Photo of Patricia Harrington and her dog Have you noticed a pattern this week? I’ve been posting lots of interviews with authors who have some kind of animal connection. Either because they incorporate animals into their writing, have pets who help with their writing, or, has been the case most often, have pets who help with their writing who also appear in it. I’m very pleased that my next victim –er, I mean subject—agreed to do this interview. She’s been a bit of a role model to me these past eight years. (Ever since I first got serious about writing.) … Continue reading →

Love: Quotes and Passages From the Heart – B. C. Aronson

Just in time for Valentine’s Day I found Love: Quotes and Passages from the Heart. This book is a collection of over 400 quotes and passages on the subject of love. The quotes are from famous spiritual leaders, writers, politicians, actors, artists, and philosophers. John Donne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Barbara Kingsolver, Margaret Atwood, Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln, Friedrich Nietzsche, Woody Allen, and C. S. Lewis all have ideas about love. The book is edited by B. C. Aronson. In her introduction she explains that love means different things to different people. She’s divided this collection of quotes into eleven chapters: … Continue reading →

Gospel Doctrine: The Keystone of Our Religion

I apologize for being a bit behind with the lessons for this year – sickness has kept me from attending church regularly so now I’m playing a little bit of catch-up. Our area of study in Gospel Doctrine class this year is the Book of Mormon, and the first lesson for the year was entitled “The Keystone of Our Religion.” The scripture references for this lesson are: 1 Nephi 13:38—41, 19:23 2 Nephi 25:21—22, 27:22, 29:6—9 Mormon 8:26—41 Ether 5:2—4 Moroni 1:4, 10:3—5 Doctrine and Covenants 10:45—46, 20:8—12, 84:54—58 Introduction to the Book of Mormon We have been told that … Continue reading →

Books for Pet Lovers

With six shopping days left until Christmas, that doesn’t leave much time to get any last minute gifts you may need for the pet lovers on your list. It certainly eliminates ordering gifts online, but there’s always the bookstore. Here’s a list of books you can’t go wrong with: Fiction Earlier this month Aimee profiled some great, classic fiction featuring animals that would delight any age pet lover on your list: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Tailchaser’s Song Watership Down Others you might want to revisit include: Black Beauty National Velvet For mystery lovers, dog and cat characters … Continue reading →

November in the Adoption Blog: Month in Review

I began the blog on All Saints Day with a tribute to certain “Saints” in U.S. Adoption and Pioneers in International Adoption. Then I wrote a tribute to the founder of my daughter’s Korean adoption agency, who has lived an exciting and multifaceted life and is remarkable for his humble concern for children. In honor of National Adoption Month, I wrote two blogs on Top Ten Myths about Adoption. For Part One, click here. For Part Two, click here. Then I wrote a blog about events on National Adoption Day, Saturday November 17. These events included finalizations of thousands of … Continue reading →

Exercise Haters Anonymous

Do you hate exercise? Would you attend a meeting for exercise haters anonymous? Do you feel ashamed of the fact that you hate exercise, but not enough to push yourself into an exercise program? Do your palms get sweaty when other people talk about personal trainers? Does your heart race when you hear people making plans for hitting the gym? Well, relax. To be perfectly honest, exercise in and of itself doesn’t sound appealing. If you live in a world where you are constantly crunching time and finding five minutes to yourself is an onerous task, then trying to set … Continue reading →