Archive for the ‘Art & Artists’ Category
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Hachiko: A Dog's Story is a new movie based on a true story about a devoted dog that waited at the Shibuya train station every day for his owner for years after the man had died. The dog died at the train station in 1935.
This remake of the 1987 ...
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
My friend, photographer Douglas Sandberg, alerted me to a unique musical purrformance. CATcerto, a collaboration between Nora the Piano Cat and Lithuanian conductor Mindaugas Piečaitis is performed by the Klaipėda chamber orchestra, featuring piano soloist Nora the Cat:
Four-year old Nora is a prodigy by anyone's standards. From humble beginnings, baby ...
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
My artist friend Herb Ranharter sends me the oddest photos. These pictures are too good not to share:
Brocko-Dog
Spaghetti-Dog
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Those Tasmanians are enterprising little devils. Creative Paper in the coastal city of Burnie, Australia, in Tasmania's Northwest, is making handmade paper out of wombat droppings.
The wombat is a herbivorous marsupial (pouched mammal). Its vegetarian diet results in fibrous waste that can be boiled and molded into sheets of ...
Posted in Animals in Art, Wildlife | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 10th, 2009
In a post-election press conference in November 2008, Barack Obama was asked a hardball question about what breed of puppy his family would be adopting. In his response, he made reference to that fact that a lot of shelter dogs are "mutts like me." With this throw-away line, the President-elect ...
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
A cup of coffee is particularly welcome on the morning after Thanksgiving. My artist friend Herb Ranharter sent this photograph from Vienna. The cat enjoys looking at Herb's sketches while Herb enjoys a cuppa joe.
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
The trip from Vienna, Austria to the Vienna International Airport is a 16-minute ride on the City Airport Train (CAT). You can even check in for your flight where you catch the CAT at City Air Terminal. It is located only ten minutes from St. Stephen's Cathedral at the Wien-Mitte ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
If you are from Chicago or have ever been there, you know that there is nothing in the world like a Vienna beef hot dog served on a poppy seed bun with yellow mustard, pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, chopped onions and maybe some sliced tomatoes. Bob Schwartz, senior ...
Posted in Animal Photographs, Art & Artists, Dogs | 1 Comment »
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, a tale about a boy and his dog, is the debut novel by author David Wroblewski. On Friday, September 19, 2008, it was named as the 62nd selection in the Oprah Book Club.
In an Amazon.com exclusive essay, Mr. Wroblewski explains the inspiration for his ...
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Swansea Jack was a flat-coated black retriever, born in 1930. He lived with his master, William Thomas, in the Swansea docklands close to the River Tawe. Legend has it that this dog was drawn to the cries of help from the water, and rescued as many as 27 people from ...
Posted in Animal Heroes, Animal News, Animal Photographs, Animals in History, Art & Artists, Dogs | 1 Comment »
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