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• The Enlightenment Sentiments - Huw Le Lytle’s Bedlington Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness Step Five The Enlightenment Sentiments He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. Bernard Shaw, Playwright, 1903  He who can, does. He who […]
• A Dog’s Best Friend - The Happiness Reports Are humans a dog’s best friend? Dogs are pretty special. That much is obvious. But one thing that stands out about dogs is the way we like to live […]
• Play For Life! - The Happiness Reports We have heard a lot of humans talk lately about how they don’t let their dogs play with other dogs, or that it’s a good thing that their dogs […]
• Just Keep Livin’! - In this week’s Aubrey’s Causeries, Aubrey Beardsley reviews that coming-of-age classic, Dazed and Confused … A dog’s eye review of Dazed and Confused (1993), Richard Linklater (dir. and writer), starring Jason London, Ben […]
• Bring Into Play - Write on Cue By Aubrey Beardsley Welcome to another Write on Cue! This week, our good friend Janice has asked us to talk about toys, especially our favourite toys and what goes […]
• For the Asking - Huw Le Lytle answers all your questions in his column of wit and wisdom, For the Asking! Huw’s for the asking! BY Huw Le Lytle Play Politics Q: Dear Huw, my friend […]
• Greetings for Valentine’s Day! - By Aubrey Beardsley Well, it’s another Valentine’s Day. It makes sense. Valentine’s Day comes around every year. And that makes sense because Valentine’s Day really is all about the seasons. You may remember […]
• What’s This? What’s This? - By Aubrey Beardsley Have you ever noticed that humans seem to have absolutely no clue about most of the everyday objects around them? They have to keep asking us, “What’s this? What’s […]
• Howard’s Way Out! - By Aubrey Beardsley Meet Howard Spring. Human met Howard serendipitously. We weren’t looking to expand the family, it was just one of those things. A few weeks ago, the last weekend in […]
• Unguarded Moments - By Aubrey Beardsley Here’s something that has been intriguing me. Lots of people say that dogs live in the moment. And I have been thinking about this because I’m unsure as to […]

• A Dog’s Best Friend - The Happiness Reports Are humans a dog’s best friend? Dogs are pretty special. That much is obvious. But one thing that stands out about dogs is the way we like to live […]
• What’s This? What’s This? - By Aubrey Beardsley Have you ever noticed that humans seem to have absolutely no clue about most of the everyday objects around them? They have to keep asking us, “What’s this? What’s […]