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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 cannot, punishes. Huw Le Lytle, The Cutest, 2017 I now turn the attention of my dear readers to the important subject of […]
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 with humans. Not just be fed by them, not just be walked by them, but actually live and interact with them. This has […]
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 don’t play with other dogs because that means they are putting all their attention on their owner, and a lot of other weird […]
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 Affleck, Adam Goldberg, Parker Posey, Milla Jovovich, Joey Lauren Adams, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Anthony Rapp, Marissa Ribisi, Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Burke … […]
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 into making a must-have toy. Aubrey Beardsley takes on toys! Toys are an important part of our lives. Sometimes we use toys to […]
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 and I are very close but we disagree very strongly on politics. In the past year this has got very bad indeed. I […]
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 my post from last year, Valentine’s Day is for the Birds, where I talked about how the traditions are really mostly to do […]
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 this?” I see it all the time. People holding the most ordinary of objects, or sometimes even nothing at all, and asking their […]
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 July, Human took the grands to collect a lovely little foster pup from Friends of the Animals in Wales – Watson, the Golden […]
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 what this really could mean or if it is even the full story. I know that some of us, with more humble beginnings, […]
- 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 with humans. Not just be fed by them, not just be walked by them, but actually live and interact with them. This has […]
- 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 this?” I see it all the time. People holding the most ordinary of objects, or sometimes even nothing at all, and asking their […]
