From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Manolo Dog Food

by Cathleen Schine on January 21, 2008

Mr. Henry, the always entertaining purveyor of culinary wisdom on Manolo Food, has a post about what he cooks for his wonderful dog, Pepper.
Pepper’s Breakfast
3 lbs. boneless breast chicken
1 cup cooked lentils
½ bunch kale (or spinach) – leaves & small stems
1 sm. bag carrots, peeled baby
½ bag cranberries
2 apples
blueberries, a handful
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Everybody’s Guide to Puppies!

by Cathleen Schine on January 17, 2008

I love that this is from a book published in 1889 called “The Home Manual. Everybody’s Guide in Social, Domestic, and Business Life.” Obviously this drawing is illustrating Business Life.

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Holly Ormrod’s Books

by Cathleen Schine on January 16, 2008

Here is an artist who really understands what is to love a book, to get lost in a book, and how books follow us around. See more of her work by clicking here
(Thanks, design*sponge!)

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Dogs! Dogs! Dogs!

by Cathleen Schine on January 3, 2008

If you like looking at pictures of dogs, and you do, here are two great places to find them.
First, Clipart ETC (Click here), an amazing library of clip art from Florida’s public school system. It’s the least they could do after the 2000 election. Here are some Cairn terriers:

and here is a little pit:

and

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Satrapi’s Travels

by Cathleen Schine on January 2, 2008

One of the best books of the last decade (two of the best books, I should say–there was Persepolis and there was Persepolis II) have been made into a film.

The artist and author, Marjane Satrapi, is the director along with Vincent Paronnaud, so I can only believe that the crisp emotion and dry drama of

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