The dog fell onto the ground. It didn’t know what hit itself.Jem was frozen.“I saw that, One-Shot Finch (神枪手)!” Neighbours cried.“Forgot to tell you the other day that Atticus Finch was the deadest shot in his time.” Miss Maudie laughed.When we went home, I told Jem we...
Then I wanted to know how far it would throw a dog pile. Uhuh! “How high is your neighbour’s fence?” My thwacker is on order. I’ve got my stinkeye on you. Chalice in the moss Have another sip. Today I came home exclaiming how busy the mall was today. I hate malls and o...
That was ten years ago and now she walks tall, a hard-headed girl, wearing many hats, a singer, songwriter, seductress, dancer, actress, diva, designer. A legend in the making, they say, we told you Anna-darling, just listen to us , they say, just keep your hat on and you’ll ...
Environmental barriers for outdoor mobility subjectively reported by older adults include, for example, poor transportation, discontinuous or uneven side-walks, curbs, noise, heavy traffic, inadequate lighting, lack of resting places, sloping terrain, long distances to services and weather conditions [...
kitchen of an enterprising couple. When the new owner asked how to stop the scooter, the brakes were gone, Alec told him, “run into a dog!” It took us a month to get to La Paz, every day sun drenched and sea soaked, nights made up of stars and bonfires of the lit skeletons ...
and had the misfortune of being born back when people who were a bit different got put in asylums. I readThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeabout ten years ago and did not love it, so I was worried that this book would go down likewise. But it did not. Todd was a...
“I sorely miss touch and again, living on my own and even without […] so much as a dog in the house, I so miss touch, you know? And I can’t hug my grandchildren, can’t hug anybody. That’s so important you know, we need that as human beings…I think, you know, that’...
For instance, one female interviewee (A.3.K) told how the dog owners of her housing complex often got together in the yard to chat and spend time with each other. Here, a shared interest in dogs and being a dog owner was considered more relevant than belonging to the same age group....
Board-and-train dog training is an intensive learning program. Unlike private lessons, which can take months for results, I work hands on around the clock to change behavior in your dog or puppy. Your dog will be immersed in a humane, consequence-based boot camp. I then teach the rules ...