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Tofu the dachshund

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Jane Austen, dachshunds & the meaning of life

Or something like that. If you travel over to the CBC Book Club today you’ll notice a pretty fabulous contest that’s inspired by the mash-up trend mixing public domain books with the likes of zombies, vampires, androids, etc. Here’s an example that I created for the Book Club with a hat tip to Costas Halavrezos, Ben [...]

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Cheryl Cook: East Coast by choice

I am not a native Nova Scotian. Exactly. I wasn’t born here but that was, I believe, an accident. Not that I was an accident. My mother will attest to the forethought given my conception, though she mutters something about “the best laid plans.” I have difficulty thinking figuratively so I have never really worked out what she means by that.

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Sociable in Toronto

I’ve been living out of a hotel in Toronto for the better part of a week now on a business trip. Among the things I miss are home-cooked meals, my own bed, sleep, Cokebaby and Tofu dog. That said, this trip has allowed me to work with my colleagues face-to-face (which is under-valued). Seriously, go [...]

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2009: A year in review

We’re a few days into 2010 already but I thought I’d post about some of the highlights of 2009 in my online world. It was a pretty busy year. Cokebaby and I travelled to the South of France for our 10 year wedding anniversary (today marks year 11)! We took a trip with his family in [...]

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Artist Spotlight: Wry & Ginger

Wrapping up the “Shopping “Home for the Holidays”” series this week is local Etsy artist Wry & Ginger. As her site says, she makes “seriously funny handmade cards in original designs.” Shortly after dog-sitting Tofu one weekend a few months back, she came out with a new line of cards called “Doxie Love is Peculiar.” [...]

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Where in the world is AliasGrace?

Miss me? Yeah, I know I was supposed to post here a couple more times last week. No, I didn’t think my post about pickled beets was full of so much awesomeness that it would keep you entertained for a week. So, what’s up? The long and the short of it: life got busy. I [...]

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On being good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, likeable

Since starting this blog on New Year’s day of this year, more people are coming out of the woodwork to leave comments here or through other social media channels. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all. I’ve been having lots of fun and I hope you have also. It’s even been [...]

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Tofu

On the dog blog today: the story of Tofu and how he helped me kick my addiction to cats (I know, right?). That’s really all I have to say about that. Visit Who’s Your Dachshund? for the full story and, of course, a cute picture of the pup himself.

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Guess how much I love you?

No, I’m talking about my dog. Well, actually, other people’s dogs. More specifically, Ben‘s dogs who visited for an extended long weekend and subsequently won over my heart despite one of them being sick the whole time. It makes me wonder, again, if I should add a second dog to our household? Tofu seems to [...]

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Brotherly puppy love

On the dog blog today, we look at the relationship between litter mates Tofu and Calvin (who was recently visiting with half-brother Theo). Besides, pushing each other out of the way in order to get prime spot on my lap (and sometimes posing as each other), these boys have grown up to be best buddies. [...]

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