Rose K's Page

I am just sickened by the Michael Vick dog abuse stories and could really use a lift. Does anyone have a nice dog anecdote? Or really I guess I mean a "human being nice to a dog" anecdote? I just feel like the world animal lover's karma has been disturbed . . .

Here's my entry:

This time last summer we went to the pound, a necessary evil since one of our dogs had escaped the fence and if you don't do a "walk through" the kennels every three days, the city is allowed to d…

It happened again last Friday, July 20, when a morning meeting got cancelled. I probably should have scheduled with another client, or started declutttering the back room for next weekend's guests . . . but instead I coerced my 16-year-old, jumped in the car and headed th…

Check out this discussion about the book that made you love to read--or just helped you consider reading as a possibility. It's an add-on to a poll started by the First Book organization, and I want the additional question answered of whether you feel like your old favorite still holds up today.

My mind's wandering over to the children's library . . .

http://hub.fineliving.com/forum/topic/show?id=7…

Sure, it's still July, but I'm thinking Christmas, and cookbooks. Know any great ones for gifts? Any new ones come out that I've missed? I've been poring over the South Beach Taste of Summer cookbook--never could stick to the diet, but I love the recipes involving lots of fruit and seafood.

If not for a too-quick read of the title on a press release, I would have missed this fun title altogether. Researching a piece about popular diet books and plans, my tunnel vision made it seem like "1,001 Things to Eat Before You Diet" was probably a list of a bunch of "miracle foods," like, say sweet potatoes or celery, and eating them would negate the need for a diet.

Not true, not true. Ian Jackman's labor of love is actually a wicked temptress, a list of great foods coast…