No one has ever called me sweet. Opinionated. Smart. Talkative. Funny. Weird. Yes, all those things. But never sweet. Until recently. No, You’re the Sweet One Our new friends, Beth and Gizmo, at Terrier Torrent have given us the Super Sweet Blogging Award. I’m flattered. They’re a cool duo who write about fun hikes near […]
Best Gift of All – Carol Bryant at Fidose of Reality
What can you say about someone you don’t know well and have only recently met? A lot. If you listen and pay attention. Things I know about Carol Bryant When I sat down and started thinking, I realized I knew quite a bit about Carol, both from visiting her website, Fidose of Reality, and from […]
The Guilt-Free Blog Award Edition
Earlier in the year, I mea culpaed all over the screen. Or rather, all over three screens in Pamela is a Bad, Bad Blogger, Making Amends Editions 1, 2&3, and 4. Well no more. No apologies. No self-deprecation. No calling myself a bad blogger. I’m proud of being an ingrate who failed to respond to […]
The Babies and the Bloggers – Something Swagging Home Version
You said it was fun. You said it was interesting. You said it was hard. How Did You Do in the Something Swagging Match Game? Click on the pictures in the right column to see larger versions and to learn more. The Mystery Kids. . . and their Secret Pups. . . are hanging out […]
What I Learned at BlogPaws 2012
We attend conferences for the learning. But sometimes what you learn is not what you expect. Cat People are Cooler than Dog People I’m not saying cat people are a little cooler than dog people. I’m saying cat people are like sipping cocktails on an outdoor patio at the French Riviera and dog people are […]
News From BlogPaws
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Flat Pets Take Over BlogPaws They’re everywhere. BlogPaws has been invaded by flat pets of all species. Deflated dogs and pancake cats nearly outnumber living breathing animals. Who knows where these mysterious creatures will turn up next? Pet Bloggers Learn Secrets of Productivity; Take Over the World Yesterday I […]
Pamela is a Bad, Bad Blogger (Making Amends Edition #4)
When our friends at Kol’s Notes passed the Kreativ Blogger award to Something Wagging This Way Comes, they said I was under no obligation to pass it along. Don’t you love people who say nice things about you and want nothing in return? Paying it Forward So if I’ve gotten permission to rest on my laurels, […]
Something Blogging This Way Comes – Pet Blogger Challenge 2012
The highlight of the 2011 Blogging Season was the camaraderie of the Pet Blogger Challenge hosted by Amy Burkert of Go Pet Friendly and Edie Jarolim of Will My Dog Hate Me. I’m thrilled to be back as an alumna. And very tired. So let the post begin. 1. Provide a link to your post […]
Who’s Reading Something Wagging?
We’re coming to the end of another year and I feel low as I always do. Rather than look inward or look back, I’ve decided to look outward at you, the reader. Who are you? Are you a typical Something Wagging This Way Comes reader? What I know about my readers: You can learn a […]
Lessons in Grace – The Idealists vs the Realists
For several months I’ve been pondering a post on the tensions that flare up between people who agree on the ends but not the means of achieving social progress. Idealists battling realists I’ve been thinking about Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. And about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and resistance members who outwardly complied with the government while subverting it in private. And I’ve been […]