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| colour pencil sketch from my journal |
(R)egrets, I’ve had a few. Should I start to list them all? I think not. No point
crying over spilt Milkbones ™. Let me
just say that I regret not posting more often on my blog.
I enjoy the exercise of putting my thoughts into words, and
documenting bits of my life. But sometimes life actually gets in the way of
documenting. It’s a catch 22 of sorts. If I had nothing going on, there would
be nothing to document. But when I am busy involved in things that might be
worth documenting, I have no time or energy to do so. Ah, well.
So here’s a bit of catch-up (not to be confused with
ketchup, which would be quite messy if I actually tried to feed some to you via
the computer screen).
My book, DOG-EARED
JOURNALS – art and observation from a dog living in Portugal, has been
available since November of 2013.
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| back and front covers of my book |
Wow, how did I not make a big post about that?! Mainly because distribution is the
problem. Since it’s self-published, there are tricky bits to work out if I
don’t want to give it away for nothing. I could list it on Amazon, but until I
fill out some complicated forms (which make me tuck my tail between my legs),
listing it there is out of the question. I would receive about 82 cents per
book if someone were to buy it through Amazon. The U.S. government would make
about six dollars and then Amazon would pocket the rest.
So for now, my dog-loving Canadian friend Krista sells them from
her studio in Nova Scotia (and by mail to North American customers). Go to www.kristawells.ca for more info. For my
local friends, she recently re-stocked it in my favourite Portuguese bookstore,
Livros da Ria Formosa in Lagos (home of my best friend, Rita). It’s also available as a digital book
from www.blurb.com.
Speaking of my dog-loving Canadian friend, it’s time I made
a confession. She is actually my alter ego. I know, I know, some of you have
probably already guessed this by now, but I just wanted to set the record
straight. My mind and soul is
split: half human, half dog. For the sake of continuity and the suspension of
disbelief, I will continue the charade of writing this blog from my dog’s eye
view. It forces some interesting perspectives, which might never happen if I
simply write from my human point of view. Just play ball, okay? Thanks.
So that’s it for now. My two selves are working on a
fundraising event to be held here in Burgau early in April. The proceeds will
benefit dog shelters in Portugal.
I’ll let you know details in my next blog post. Tchau-wow!
