Great book, and wonderful narrator. The author is depressed, and doesn't know why, or how to get out of it. He has retired to a farm, where he raises animals, to observe and write about them. He doesn't send them to slaughter. In this book he starts to work for hospice. He is using a dog he ...
This is another installment on the activities and occupants of Bedlam Farm. This book centers around two of the author's dogs, Izzy, a rescued border collie and Lenore, a Labrador puppy. It is a story of Katz and Izzy's journey to become experienced hospice volunteers and of Katz's battle with d...
Rose in a Storm tells the story of an extraordinary border collie, Rose. Katz has written this novel from the viewpoint of Rose. Rose's owner and master is Sam, a cattle & sheep rancher. Rose is a working dog, not a household pet and her whole life revolves around working with Sam to protect th...
I read the books about Rose because my neighbor and friend owned a border collie named Molly who took many walks with me and became my friend. Jon Katz has done a wonderful job reflecting the Border Collie's intelligence and how they protect their borders, owners and their owner's friends. Thes...
Jon Katz has devoted most of his writing to his animals on the farm he lives. I have read several of them. "Rose in a Storm" is about his real life dog border collie Rose. Although this is in fiction form. The story is around Rose who looks over the farm and animals that reside there. She is wond...
A combination of an animal story and a second chance love story. Jon's marriage is falling apart. He discovers that he is slowly falling in love with a neighbor, Maria. The problem? Maria's dog. She doesn't want to have anything to do with Jon, in fact she lunges at him and attacks him. the st...
I liked the part about the dog rehab, but the people part was awful. Two whiny adults who get divorced, probably because they have no self esteem. Meet - have panic attacks together, about 250 pages worth. He is on the verge of bankruptcy even though he just bought a farm and a has kazillion Ap...
Jon Katz lives on a farm in Upstate New York with his wife, their 4 dogs, and an assortment of other animals. This is the story of their dogs. Izzy, Rose, Frieda, and Lenore each have a very different story as to how s/he got to Bedlam Farm and each has a different job to contribute to the farm....
Absolutely a very interesting book. The author recounts his experience of nursing a very abused donkey,taking delight in its recovery and its ability to guard his farm and the other two female donkeys. Red,the dog has quite a personality and so does the blind appaloosa pony, both of them adopted ...
Geek (noun)- Short for computer geek, a person who knows and has a passion for computers, but often disapproved of. It is increasingly being used in a positive manner, but it can still be used in a derogatory manner or as an insult. Compare black-on-black vs. white-on-black usage of nigger. Altho...
We looked like Dorothy’s Kansas friends in The Wizard Of Oz and we admired Tom Edison and his good old gumption and stick-to-it-iveness. What a geek. You’ve got to have obscure but essential technology before geekdom can be cool, however. You don’t really start admiring geek qualities until one o...
THE FARMER HAD JUST COME OUT OF THE farmhouse. First thing every morning, before the mist was burnt off by the summer sun, he emerged from the house and called out, “Hey, Zip, let’s get working.” He quickly ducked into the barn and returned again with feed for the goats and chickens. Then it was ...
When I looked at him each morning, I couldn’t see too much difference. If I looked at a photo or video from the previous week, though, his progress was astounding. It is always miraculous to watch the way animals heal. They have no therapy, no machines, no expensive procedures, yet their bodies c...