Dogs, keepers and the human soul

one of my favorite shorts on dogs, human behaviour and oppression of the human soul. I dedicate this to my dog Aksi who disapeared into the woods last week for a bit, all the while I ran around yelling out his name - he finally showed up - see minute 3:32 - 7:19 - explains the MollyMolly phenomenon - you call your dog's name over and over, and it lets them know that you are alright, they don't see it as you are searching for them...


Still Life of Animated Dogs


http://www.youtube.com/: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU7Hb9DXXuU

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ - Czech animator Paul FierlingerÕs playful and personal ode to the power of manÕs best friend.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/66691/pbs-indies-still-life-with-animated-dogs

reading suggestions for modern motherhood..

You know who you are - trying to attain some sanity in this modern world, balancing between what you know about childrearing, your own childhood, well intentioned family and strangers (playground therapists), and what you don't like - something else to do in your life... Read a book, if anything it'll help you escape for a bit and make you feel better about doing it your way.

On the spirited child issue:

Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Living with the Alert Active Child by Linda S. Budd
The Difficult Child by Dr. Stanley Turecki
Parenting the Fussy Baby and the High Needs Child by Martha Sears and Dr. William Sears.

Other parenting perspectives:
Emotinal Intelligence by Daniel P. Goleman
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Amy Chua
review here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/books/20book.html

On the pink and glitter stage: Cinderella ate my daughter, by Peggy Orenstein:
here's a review of the book: http://aim.search.aol.com/aol/search?s_it=topsearchbox.search.a&v_t=tb50-ie-aim-newtab-en-us&q=cinderella+ate+my+daughter

The “princess phase.” So inevitable is this period in the maturation of girls today that it should qualify as an official developmental stage, worthy of an entry in Leach or Brazelton: first crawling, then walking, then the urgent desire to wear something pink and spark­ly. Whether we smile indulgently or roll our eyes at the drifts of tulle and chiffon that begin accumulating in our daughters’ rooms around age 4, participation in these royal rituals has come to seem necessary, even natural.

For hip mamas:
Ariel Gore’s The Mother Trip: Hip Mama’s Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood (2000) is a collection of essays showing the highlights and the low points of motherhood. Gore, an outspoken urban mom, gives inspiration, encouragement, and moral support to realworld mothers.

Breeder: Real-life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers (2001), edited by Ariel Gore and Bee Lavender, is a collection of essays about motherhood from Generation X writers.

Mother Zone: Love, Sex, and Laundry in the Modern Family (1992)

Anne Lamott - Operating Instructions.


good reading can make you feel right again with the world.
ciao,