Stand Up And Sing!
Juvenile nonfiction
"Pete Seeger plucks and strums his guitar. His warm, high voice
floats over the crowd. Heads begin to bob and toes to tap. Suddenly
Pete stops.
'Now, even if you have never heard this song before, you can
sing it with me,' he says.
He calls out the words. Gradually, quiet folks find their
courage, and the chorus of voices grows. Soon nearly everyone has
joined in, and Pete's voice is ringing out in harmony. His fast-
picking fingers fly over the strings as his boots bang out the rhythm.
'Everybody, sing it!' he cries.
When the music ends, people leap to their feet, clapping,
whooping, and whistling."
Susanna Reich feels she has a special affinity with Pete Seeger
for a number of reasons. Both grew up with music and political
activism in their homes. Both grew up in politically turbulent times:
he in the 1930s; she in the 1960's. She's had the great good fortune
of seeing him perform many times.
This passion for her subject gives her Stand Up and Sing! Pete
Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice a depth and intimacy
lacking in so many juvenile biographies.
Starting with the lively scenario quoted above, Reich vists the
phases of Seeger's life, showing us:
*the child who loved music and was fascinated by the communal life
style of Native Americans;
*the young adult who protested with his father, experienced Depression
hunger, and learned to play banjo;
*the singer who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era;
*the peace activist and folksinger;
*and the guy who found a unique way to bring attention to the plight
of the polluted Hudson River.
The narrative is beautifully enhanced by Adam Gustavson's
expressive, dynamic paintings. When Seeger and his father walk among
tenements, the laundry hung across the alley adds to the
authenticity. When Seeger is driving home from a concert with his
family and racists throw a rock at their car, shards of glass
practically fly off the page. When Seeger is shown learning banjo,
his face is wreathed in an inner contentment few people will ever
achieve in this lifetime.
If you grew up with Seeger's music, you have to read the book.
If you need evidence that one person can make a difference, you need
to read the book. If you have young children, grands, or other
special people in your life, you need to share the book with them.
Capiche?
On a personal note, haven't we been having an adventure here in
Maine? A little old wind storm slammed us, cutting the electricity to
more homes than the ice storm of '98. My home lost power for three
days. Some people still haven't gotten it back. Even UMaine was
closed 2 days. When it opened Wednesday the heat, light, and hot food
were such luxuries. You appreciate stuff most when you have to do
without it.
Great big shout outs go out to my fellow storm adventurers, good Joey
cat who kept me warm at home, and the line people who are putting in
the hours to get us all powered up again. Some even came from Canada.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Sandy's Circus
Sandy's Circus
Juvenile biography
"There once was an artist named Alexander Calder.
Only he didn't call himself Alexander.
Everyone called him Sandy. He had been making his objects since
he was a kid..."
Tanya Lee Stone and her fiancée were driving in rural Connecticut
. Unexpectedly, among cow pastures, they saw a yard full of colorful
sculptures that they had to take a closer look at. They had been
created by Alexander Calder, the twentieth century sculptor who
invented mobiles. Stone was inspired to someday write about the
artist. Lucky for us, she followed through with Sandy's Circus.
From an early age, Alexander Calder, the son of a painter mother
and a sculptor father, had tools and knew how to use them. He made
his friends and sister gifts out of junk.
In 1926 he traveled where he was inspired to create a circus
that grew and grew and grew...
...and delighted crowds in France and America.
"Sandy delighted in crafting things that moved. He made new
kinds of art, hanging his shapes up, connecting pieces to each other
with wire, and letting the air drift and spunk them into motion. In
doing so, he turned ordinary objects into extraordinary art, and
invented the very first mobiles.
And it all started with Sandy's magical, moveable circus.
If you have a child who enjoys taking things apart and building
creations from "junk" or if you were once (and may still have
potential to be) that child, Sandy's Circus is a must read.
On a personal note, Saturday I went to the day long Wabnaki Reach
conference. It was to enlighten whites like me on the history of all
we've done to Maine's indiginous people and the relationship
comlexities that continue to this day. After that another atendee
told me she's a professor in the department I want to get my masters
in and she really hopes I get in. :-)
That can only be good.
Oh, yeah, I've decided what I'll be for Halloween. An angel. I have
a blue dress with wings and a pipe cleaner halo.
A great shout out goes out to you, my readers, with best wishes for a
safe and spooktacular Halloween.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Juvenile biography
"There once was an artist named Alexander Calder.
Only he didn't call himself Alexander.
Everyone called him Sandy. He had been making his objects since
he was a kid..."
Tanya Lee Stone and her fiancée were driving in rural Connecticut
. Unexpectedly, among cow pastures, they saw a yard full of colorful
sculptures that they had to take a closer look at. They had been
created by Alexander Calder, the twentieth century sculptor who
invented mobiles. Stone was inspired to someday write about the
artist. Lucky for us, she followed through with Sandy's Circus.
From an early age, Alexander Calder, the son of a painter mother
and a sculptor father, had tools and knew how to use them. He made
his friends and sister gifts out of junk.
In 1926 he traveled where he was inspired to create a circus
that grew and grew and grew...
...and delighted crowds in France and America.
"Sandy delighted in crafting things that moved. He made new
kinds of art, hanging his shapes up, connecting pieces to each other
with wire, and letting the air drift and spunk them into motion. In
doing so, he turned ordinary objects into extraordinary art, and
invented the very first mobiles.
And it all started with Sandy's magical, moveable circus.
If you have a child who enjoys taking things apart and building
creations from "junk" or if you were once (and may still have
potential to be) that child, Sandy's Circus is a must read.
On a personal note, Saturday I went to the day long Wabnaki Reach
conference. It was to enlighten whites like me on the history of all
we've done to Maine's indiginous people and the relationship
comlexities that continue to this day. After that another atendee
told me she's a professor in the department I want to get my masters
in and she really hopes I get in. :-)
That can only be good.
Oh, yeah, I've decided what I'll be for Halloween. An angel. I have
a blue dress with wings and a pipe cleaner halo.
A great shout out goes out to you, my readers, with best wishes for a
safe and spooktacular Halloween.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Friday, October 27, 2017
Falcons
Falcons
Juvenile nonfiction
Falcons are magnificent birds of prey. They reside all over the
world except for Antarctica. But they aren't the run of the mill
backyard bird. And they don't get all the press of the eagle.
Luckily Kate Riggs' Falcons gives readers an intimate look into their
lifestyle.
The pictures take the cake. My favorites are the black and
white gryfalcon flying through a snowscape and the mother falcon
standing guard over her nest of eyases (newborns). But of course
there are plenty of fascinating facts. Do you know a falcon can do
200 miles an hour when diving? No wonder prey animals don't see them
coming!
Falcons is in an Amazing Animals series. It covers creatures
from Alligators to Zebras. Maybe one of the volumes captures your
favorite critter.
On a personal note: OMG! I am walking on air! One of my student
friends told me she wants me to be matron of honor when she gets
married! That is SO SPECIAL! That is also why I am so determined to
get my masters and work in student services instead of settling for
something like retail. Why in the world would I work to live a
persona I'm not and be merely tolerated when there's a place I am
loved for my authentic self?
A great big shout out goes out to the students, staff, and faculty who
make me feel Velveteen Rabbit real?
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Juvenile nonfiction
Falcons are magnificent birds of prey. They reside all over the
world except for Antarctica. But they aren't the run of the mill
backyard bird. And they don't get all the press of the eagle.
Luckily Kate Riggs' Falcons gives readers an intimate look into their
lifestyle.
The pictures take the cake. My favorites are the black and
white gryfalcon flying through a snowscape and the mother falcon
standing guard over her nest of eyases (newborns). But of course
there are plenty of fascinating facts. Do you know a falcon can do
200 miles an hour when diving? No wonder prey animals don't see them
coming!
Falcons is in an Amazing Animals series. It covers creatures
from Alligators to Zebras. Maybe one of the volumes captures your
favorite critter.
On a personal note: OMG! I am walking on air! One of my student
friends told me she wants me to be matron of honor when she gets
married! That is SO SPECIAL! That is also why I am so determined to
get my masters and work in student services instead of settling for
something like retail. Why in the world would I work to live a
persona I'm not and be merely tolerated when there's a place I am
loved for my authentic self?
A great big shout out goes out to the students, staff, and faculty who
make me feel Velveteen Rabbit real?
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Lemons
Lemons
Juvenile fiction
"Bigfoot.
It's the very first thing I see when we pull into town. A
gargantuan wooden statue of the hairy beast, stuck right smack in the
middle of the square, like he's the mayor or President Ford or someone
really important like that.
'Where are we, anyway?' I asked the social worker who came to
get me all the way down in San Francisco."
Lemonade (Lem) Liberty Witt, almost 11-year-old protagonist of
Melissa Savage's Lemon, is headed toward her new at least temporary
home. Her beloved mother has died of cancer. Now, even though her
teacher has offered to take her in, she is losing her school, friends,
and community. Rules have to be followed. And her mother's father
whom she has never met before has been located.
Willow Creek is nothing like San Francisco. It's much tinier
and more rural. Its claim to fame is that's the world's capital of a
hairy, legendary beast. In fact Lem's newly discovered grandfather is
the proprietor of a tourist oriented Bigfoot Paraphanalia store. The
more than slightly strange boy who hangs around her house is Tobin,
the official investigator of "Bigfoot Detectives Inc. Handling all
your Bigfoot needs since 1974" (Recall the story is set during the
Ford presidency).
Lem is sure she'll blow that Popsicle stand and go home the
first opportunity she gets. But Charlie tries really hard to meet her
needs. Tobin has some good qualities under his outward
obnoxiousness. And this is the community where her mother grew up and
people remember her as a child and teen.
Perhaps when the social worker returns the decision she must
make won't be the slam dunk she anticipates.
Kids and parents alike will enjoy this lively and sweet without
soppy narrative.
On a personal note, I think I've solved my glasses dilemma. I have to
get glasses to see boards or PowerPoints and not flunk grad school
which I'll start inshallah next year. I agree with the kids I
shouldn't get something pricey. Adult preppie/country club set is not
what I'm going for. But blah or something that will make me look
proper, conservative, boring, generic...I wouldn't be seen alive in.
I want something that makes me happy to wear and elicits comments like
wow and cool from the people who I hang with. It's a lot to ask of
glasses. So I wasn't exactly optimistic. But today I tried on a pair
of sunglasses with red plastic heart shaped frames and thought I
looked cute. I surveyed everyone I saw at UMaine and got all two
thumbs ups. So now I'm excited to get glasses that won't cost a
fortune.
A great big shout out goes out to everyone who participated in my
unscientific study.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Juvenile fiction
"Bigfoot.
It's the very first thing I see when we pull into town. A
gargantuan wooden statue of the hairy beast, stuck right smack in the
middle of the square, like he's the mayor or President Ford or someone
really important like that.
'Where are we, anyway?' I asked the social worker who came to
get me all the way down in San Francisco."
Lemonade (Lem) Liberty Witt, almost 11-year-old protagonist of
Melissa Savage's Lemon, is headed toward her new at least temporary
home. Her beloved mother has died of cancer. Now, even though her
teacher has offered to take her in, she is losing her school, friends,
and community. Rules have to be followed. And her mother's father
whom she has never met before has been located.
Willow Creek is nothing like San Francisco. It's much tinier
and more rural. Its claim to fame is that's the world's capital of a
hairy, legendary beast. In fact Lem's newly discovered grandfather is
the proprietor of a tourist oriented Bigfoot Paraphanalia store. The
more than slightly strange boy who hangs around her house is Tobin,
the official investigator of "Bigfoot Detectives Inc. Handling all
your Bigfoot needs since 1974" (Recall the story is set during the
Ford presidency).
Lem is sure she'll blow that Popsicle stand and go home the
first opportunity she gets. But Charlie tries really hard to meet her
needs. Tobin has some good qualities under his outward
obnoxiousness. And this is the community where her mother grew up and
people remember her as a child and teen.
Perhaps when the social worker returns the decision she must
make won't be the slam dunk she anticipates.
Kids and parents alike will enjoy this lively and sweet without
soppy narrative.
On a personal note, I think I've solved my glasses dilemma. I have to
get glasses to see boards or PowerPoints and not flunk grad school
which I'll start inshallah next year. I agree with the kids I
shouldn't get something pricey. Adult preppie/country club set is not
what I'm going for. But blah or something that will make me look
proper, conservative, boring, generic...I wouldn't be seen alive in.
I want something that makes me happy to wear and elicits comments like
wow and cool from the people who I hang with. It's a lot to ask of
glasses. So I wasn't exactly optimistic. But today I tried on a pair
of sunglasses with red plastic heart shaped frames and thought I
looked cute. I surveyed everyone I saw at UMaine and got all two
thumbs ups. So now I'm excited to get glasses that won't cost a
fortune.
A great big shout out goes out to everyone who participated in my
unscientific study.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Denizens Of The Deep
Denizens Of The Deep
Juvenile nonfiction
People who say that space is the last frontier forget that here
on Earth we have an equally mysterious realm, the oceans. There is
probably more of the unknown than of the known therein. We ignore
these mysteries at our own peril. We have only the vaguest idea what
human activity is doing to those watery regions basically all life on
Earth relies on. Luckily the Orono Public Library has acquired two
thought provoking books for younger readers.
"With writhing arms
and ghostly, lidless eyes
they glide;
some large as buses,
some weighing a ton.
So big, yet rarely seen."
Candace Fleming's Giant Squid is Bill Nye the Science Guy meets
Stephen King in free verse. Scenes from the life of this mammoth
creature are done justice by Eric Rohmann's dynamic, dark backgrounded
paintings. We are shown a 2" long (Can you believe it?) newly hatched
giant squid and warned that
"In the ocean
it is dangerous to be bite-sized."
You see just the tip of a snout with long sharp teeth emerging from
the top left corner.
On the next two page spread a hungry barracuda is closing in on
an ocean tidbit. It seems like out pint sized protagonist will become
fish food until...
The next two pages are clouded with camoflauging ink.
Giant squids are very reclusive and elusive.
"Incredibly, we have more close-up photos of the surface of
Mars--a planet millions of miles away--than we have of giant squid.
We know more about the behavior of dinosaurs--extinct for 65 million
years--than we do a creature that resides in almost all the world's
oceans and is one of the biggest animals on the planet. So elusive is
the giant squid that the first time scientists ever saw a living one
was in 2006..."
So how did they learn what we now know?
Read the book and see.
Especially following the popularity of the movie Jaws, people
often wish for shark free oceans. Whenever a triangle shaped fin is
spotted near people infested waters panic too often ensues. Less
dangerous seas? What could be wrong with that.
A whole lot, it turns out. Lily Williams' If Sharks Disappeared
gives us some idea of possible unintended consequences.
Trophic cascade is sort of like dominos. You know how you can
make a design of them and then nudge just one to make all go down? In
a similar way, when one species is removed from the web of nature
scads of others are negatively impacted.
Sharks are apex predators. They tend to eat more sickly, weak
members of prey populations. Without sharks prey populations would
grow exponentially, causing other predator species to overprocreate...
...and that's the beginning of a horror sequence that would
scare Mr. Stephen King.
Sharks are in danger. Readers are given ways to help save
them. If Sharks Disappeared is a great book for sustainability minded
kids and families.
On a personal note, I was finally able to get oral surgery done after
years of needing it. It was faster and easier than I expected and
after I didn't even need an aspirin.
A great big shout out goes out to my new dental practice.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Juvenile nonfiction
People who say that space is the last frontier forget that here
on Earth we have an equally mysterious realm, the oceans. There is
probably more of the unknown than of the known therein. We ignore
these mysteries at our own peril. We have only the vaguest idea what
human activity is doing to those watery regions basically all life on
Earth relies on. Luckily the Orono Public Library has acquired two
thought provoking books for younger readers.
"With writhing arms
and ghostly, lidless eyes
they glide;
some large as buses,
some weighing a ton.
So big, yet rarely seen."
Candace Fleming's Giant Squid is Bill Nye the Science Guy meets
Stephen King in free verse. Scenes from the life of this mammoth
creature are done justice by Eric Rohmann's dynamic, dark backgrounded
paintings. We are shown a 2" long (Can you believe it?) newly hatched
giant squid and warned that
"In the ocean
it is dangerous to be bite-sized."
You see just the tip of a snout with long sharp teeth emerging from
the top left corner.
On the next two page spread a hungry barracuda is closing in on
an ocean tidbit. It seems like out pint sized protagonist will become
fish food until...
The next two pages are clouded with camoflauging ink.
Giant squids are very reclusive and elusive.
"Incredibly, we have more close-up photos of the surface of
Mars--a planet millions of miles away--than we have of giant squid.
We know more about the behavior of dinosaurs--extinct for 65 million
years--than we do a creature that resides in almost all the world's
oceans and is one of the biggest animals on the planet. So elusive is
the giant squid that the first time scientists ever saw a living one
was in 2006..."
So how did they learn what we now know?
Read the book and see.
Especially following the popularity of the movie Jaws, people
often wish for shark free oceans. Whenever a triangle shaped fin is
spotted near people infested waters panic too often ensues. Less
dangerous seas? What could be wrong with that.
A whole lot, it turns out. Lily Williams' If Sharks Disappeared
gives us some idea of possible unintended consequences.
Trophic cascade is sort of like dominos. You know how you can
make a design of them and then nudge just one to make all go down? In
a similar way, when one species is removed from the web of nature
scads of others are negatively impacted.
Sharks are apex predators. They tend to eat more sickly, weak
members of prey populations. Without sharks prey populations would
grow exponentially, causing other predator species to overprocreate...
...and that's the beginning of a horror sequence that would
scare Mr. Stephen King.
Sharks are in danger. Readers are given ways to help save
them. If Sharks Disappeared is a great book for sustainability minded
kids and families.
On a personal note, I was finally able to get oral surgery done after
years of needing it. It was faster and easier than I expected and
after I didn't even need an aspirin.
A great big shout out goes out to my new dental practice.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Dissenting And Persisting
Dissenting And Persisting
Juvenile herstory
Girls and women throughout history have been told to go along to
get along. Rocking the boat was seen as a male perogative.
Fortunately things are changing. Two recent Orono Public Library
juvenile wing acquisitions celebrate females being anything but dainty
and demure.
Debbie Levy's I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
tells the life story of a Supreme Court Justice. In a time when boys
were expected to do great things and women were limited to being their
wives, Ginsburg's mother wanted more for her daughter and brought her
to the library to discover heroines and be inspired.
Ginsburg's mother died the day before her high school
graduation. She went to college at a time few women did. The anti
Jewish discrimination she had experienced and McCarthyism inspired her
to go on to law school where she could learn to fight for people's
rights. Marriage and motherhood didn't stand in her way any more than
the biases she still faced...
...and she kept on objecting to many beliefs such as "The
natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female
sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life."
Nothing timid or delicate about Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
Chelsea Clinton's She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed
The World gives readers introductions to a gutsy group of women who
refused to take no for an answer. It's a good mix of the famous and
not so well known. Each woman has a quote that helps to create an
image of her. Some of the feisty females portrayed are:
*strike organizer Clara Lemlich,
*Virginia Apgar who created the score That enables doctors to discover
newborns who need help to survive,
*and Maria Tallchief, a professional dancer who refused to hide or
renounce her Native American heritage.
I was very pleased to encounter my Shero, Margeret Chase Smith, who
had the guts to confront Joseph McCarthy and his Communist paranoia.
I will have to add her, "The right way is not always the popular and
easy way. Standing for the right when it is unpopular is a true test
of moral character", to my quote files.
My moral character gets tested a lot.
On a personal note, I really enjoyed volunteering at the Q conference
Friday and Saturday at UMaine. LGBTQ people and allies came from as
far away as Portland. I was pleased to see a lot of high school
students show up.
A great big shout out goes out to all participants, speakers, and
organizers.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Juvenile herstory
Girls and women throughout history have been told to go along to
get along. Rocking the boat was seen as a male perogative.
Fortunately things are changing. Two recent Orono Public Library
juvenile wing acquisitions celebrate females being anything but dainty
and demure.
Debbie Levy's I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
tells the life story of a Supreme Court Justice. In a time when boys
were expected to do great things and women were limited to being their
wives, Ginsburg's mother wanted more for her daughter and brought her
to the library to discover heroines and be inspired.
Ginsburg's mother died the day before her high school
graduation. She went to college at a time few women did. The anti
Jewish discrimination she had experienced and McCarthyism inspired her
to go on to law school where she could learn to fight for people's
rights. Marriage and motherhood didn't stand in her way any more than
the biases she still faced...
...and she kept on objecting to many beliefs such as "The
natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female
sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life."
Nothing timid or delicate about Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
Chelsea Clinton's She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed
The World gives readers introductions to a gutsy group of women who
refused to take no for an answer. It's a good mix of the famous and
not so well known. Each woman has a quote that helps to create an
image of her. Some of the feisty females portrayed are:
*strike organizer Clara Lemlich,
*Virginia Apgar who created the score That enables doctors to discover
newborns who need help to survive,
*and Maria Tallchief, a professional dancer who refused to hide or
renounce her Native American heritage.
I was very pleased to encounter my Shero, Margeret Chase Smith, who
had the guts to confront Joseph McCarthy and his Communist paranoia.
I will have to add her, "The right way is not always the popular and
easy way. Standing for the right when it is unpopular is a true test
of moral character", to my quote files.
My moral character gets tested a lot.
On a personal note, I really enjoyed volunteering at the Q conference
Friday and Saturday at UMaine. LGBTQ people and allies came from as
far away as Portland. I was pleased to see a lot of high school
students show up.
A great big shout out goes out to all participants, speakers, and
organizers.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Moto and Me
Moto and Me
Juvenile nonfiction.
Suzi Eszterhas was living her dream. Since childhood she had
yearned to live in a tent in Africa. As an adult she was doing just
that, photographing animals and dwelling in their midst. Many of her
encounters were quite up close (and not always safe)--a leopard
slinking past her door, a deadly cobra on her desk.
"But the most exciting animal encounter I had was with a tiny,
helpless wildcat named Moto..."
Moto, a serval, was waiting with his siblings for his mother to
return from the hunt. Suddenly a wildfire started racing toward
them. Their mom arrived in time to rescue them. But when he was
separated from the rest tourists picked him up and looked for help.
By the time they encountered rangers there was no possibility of a
kitten mom reunion.
Moto, at two weeks of age, was incapable of surviving on his
own. He needed intensive mothering. Eszterhas was recruited to
foster him. She had to include all the things a mother serval would
do in her very busy work days. And Moto was no til death do we part
animal companion. His eventual destination was the wild. So she had
to figure out how to inculcate all the skills he would need to survive
on his own.
The narrative is fascinating. The pictures are truly aaw
inspiring. Moto and Me is a must read for all animal lovers, big and
small.
On a purrrsonal note, Joey cat is enjoying the start of a Maine
autumn. He has his food, water, sunny nap spots, windows, toys, love,
and attention. Wilson Center last night featured a yummy stir fry
supper and an insightful discussion about domestic abuse--food for
body, mind, and soul.
A great big shout goes out to people who help and advocate for people
who need to get out of abusive situations.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
Juvenile nonfiction.
Suzi Eszterhas was living her dream. Since childhood she had
yearned to live in a tent in Africa. As an adult she was doing just
that, photographing animals and dwelling in their midst. Many of her
encounters were quite up close (and not always safe)--a leopard
slinking past her door, a deadly cobra on her desk.
"But the most exciting animal encounter I had was with a tiny,
helpless wildcat named Moto..."
Moto, a serval, was waiting with his siblings for his mother to
return from the hunt. Suddenly a wildfire started racing toward
them. Their mom arrived in time to rescue them. But when he was
separated from the rest tourists picked him up and looked for help.
By the time they encountered rangers there was no possibility of a
kitten mom reunion.
Moto, at two weeks of age, was incapable of surviving on his
own. He needed intensive mothering. Eszterhas was recruited to
foster him. She had to include all the things a mother serval would
do in her very busy work days. And Moto was no til death do we part
animal companion. His eventual destination was the wild. So she had
to figure out how to inculcate all the skills he would need to survive
on his own.
The narrative is fascinating. The pictures are truly aaw
inspiring. Moto and Me is a must read for all animal lovers, big and
small.
On a purrrsonal note, Joey cat is enjoying the start of a Maine
autumn. He has his food, water, sunny nap spots, windows, toys, love,
and attention. Wilson Center last night featured a yummy stir fry
supper and an insightful discussion about domestic abuse--food for
body, mind, and soul.
A great big shout goes out to people who help and advocate for people
who need to get out of abusive situations.
jules hathaway
Sent from my iPod
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