Issue 709
Treat Your Downtown Dog to a Dog’s Day Out
In 2014 Ralph Bernstein realized that he was happiest in the moments spent at his dog’s daycare. He had recently lost his wife to a stroke and when he found himself questioning the life that he built he decided to do something big about it. “I called the Downtown Dogs owner and asked if she’d…
Purrniture: Furniture For Your Feline
When your cat rules the roost, you have to find ways to not only make them comfortable and let them be themselves. However, you have to protect what you have at your home. The scratches on your couch, the hair on the upholstery…you get the idea. For years, the solution to keeping your cat happy…
Pet Accessories For Your Automobile
Part of our pet-loving experience is to take one for a road trip. Or, to the veterinarian when they are not feeling well. No matter the circumstances, we have to find ways to transport them safely and comfortably. You can go to the local pet store to get solutions to make sure your pet is…
Drifting From Paris To Prague
If my legs are shorter than when I boarded the plane two weeks ago, blame it on Paris. It was the first stop of a Viking cruise that continued through Luxembourg, following the Moselle River into the Rhine and Main as we floated our way to Prague, another of my Top Ten European haunts. Hey,…
From the Editor: Woof, Meow, Tweet, And, Hello!
For those of us who do have kids, we have pets. It is something we’re known for – stereotypically or not. And, we do love our pets. Without them, our home lives would be incomplete! I am certain there are studies that back up this. One such study showed that up to 75% if LGBTQ…
Our Pets, Our Companions, Our Friends
There was a time when the only adoption we could do was for a pet. Nowadays, pets continue to be our companions, whether we are single or have a huge family around us. Our companions call to us when we’re home – and when we’re not. They also complete our lives. We asked you –…
Leather Life: A Pride Picnic in Chaska
Pride celebrations are increasingly happening in smaller cities and towns. They no longer are held only in big cities and major metropolitan areas. Lately, Lavender Magazine has done a good job of covering these smaller pride celebrations. And I was pleasantly amazed recently when I experienced a Pride Picnic in Chaska, Minnesota—my former hometown. The fact that…
Black Hart Creates New Legacy in Saint Paul
On Saturday, July 30 at Allianz Field the Minnesota United FC will be playing their annual Pride game against Portland Timbers. For soccer fans and pride celebrators alike there is a neighborhood bar serving both niches. The Black Hart in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul is “the new spiritual home for soccer in the…
Books: 709
Ma and Me: A Memoir Putsata Reang?Farrar Straus and Giroux $28 Infant Putsate Reang was carried by her mother (Ma) through war-riven Cambodia, and twenty-three harrowing days aboard ship, Ma refusing to throw her (presumed) dead infant overboard until finally, American medical staff in the Philippines. Debt was incurred on both sides, young Putasa trying to please…
A Word In Edgewise: The Cold Equations Still Wait To Embrace Us
Tom Godwin’s “The Cold Equations” in the August 1954 Astounding Magazine, chilled me at thirteen, and still can, surfacing over the years to remind me there are actions whose consequences one simply can’t alter. The short story involves space pilot Barton, and Marilyn, a young stowaway, who had hidden aboard to hitch a ride join her…
