Life, Death, and Wonder Twenty Years with a Pack of Dogs

This collection includes thirty-two poems and six essays which either feature life experiences with dogs or where dogs serve as some kind of reference in the telling of a tale. It contains stories of human-canine companionship across the life cycle of dogs - anticipating and celebrating their birth, witnessing their interrelationships, caring for them as they age and decline, and accompanying them as they transition from this life to what is next. It is about knowing who we are and who we want to be in relationship to the world around us. "This is a book about joy and healing, and finding strength in the purity and grace of unconditional love, both given and received." (Claire Hersom, poet) These poems show us the gifts that come when we love with an open heart, how when we care for others we become healed ourselves, how the earth is one of our best teachers and how all life speaks a language that can be heard when we slow down and listen." (Lisa Panepinto, poet)