Our dear friend Stella passed away yesterday. She was thirteen years, four months and seven days old. We were fortunate to be hers for more than twelve of those years. She had degenerative myelopathy and spinal stenosis and we were told well over a year ago that she would rapidly begin to lose mobility. Stella did everything her way, including this. She had some back leg stiffness, but we were still walking a mile a day (on hills) until Friday morning when it all seemed to catch up with her at once. I am so sad, but also thankful that she got to be her full Stella-self right up to the end … [Read more...]
My New Book is Out Today!!!
My new novel, SWIMMING FOR SUNLIGHT, published by Atria, is in stores today! I'm so excited to share this book with you! These characters mean the world to me and I hope you enjoy spending time with them. If you're in the Bay Area, come say hi! I have a bunch of events scheduled for the coming week. I'll also be in Los Angeles on June 5th at Chevalier's Books (in conversation with Julie Buxbaum!!!). You can learn more abou SWIMMING FOR SUNLIGHT here. "Larkin enthralls with a revealing view of one woman’s life as she moves on after a painful divorce. . . . Emotional … [Read more...]
Pup Culture!
I'm way behind on updates, but I wanted to share the spread Stella and I have in the latest issue of Pup Culture Magazine. Michelle Macirella from Luminaria Photography is amazing, and so much fun to chat with too. Stella and I have been getting to know each other on new terms over the past few months, and I'm continually amazed by the depth of her spirit. She never lets fear get in the way of loyalty, (nor does she let my desire to sleep in get in the way of our morning jog). I'm honored to be included in the magazine and love having these photos with one of my dearest … [Read more...]
WCIBY Sightings!
Tomorrow is the big day! WHY CAN'T I BE YOU hits shelves. You might think I'd be used to this now, but you'd be wrong. My belly does a backflip every time I think about it. I'll be on 13 Wham News This Morning toward the end of the 7:00 hour. And chatting with Bill Kenower, Editor-in-Chief of AUTHOR Magazine on Author2Author Radio at 5PM EST. And WCIBY has started to make appearances across the internet. It's SheKnows.com's Red Hot Book of the Week, which means for a little while this morning, I was sharing webpage space with Bradley Cooper and a muscular gold guy. There's … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday – Hello there.
Wordless Wednesday – Shadow
Stella the Wonder Dog
There was a time, years ago, when a wild beast came to live with us over Thanksgiving weekend. She ripped plants from their pots, barked at the cat, peed on the floor (but never outside), and drove Argo into a nervous tizzy. We changed her name to Stella and worked desperately to find a way to understand her. Eventually she got better. It was a rocky start, but after the first year, Argo and Stella melded into a funny little team. Argo taught Stella how to be a dog. She watched and copied. They ran around the yard playing a strange game of tag only they know the rules to. When they … [Read more...]
My Trusty Dog Argo
I've been mostly absent from the internet for the past few weeks. It's hard to dive back in without an explanation, and oh, this is so hard for me to explain. Argo was diagnosed with terminal cancer a few weeks ago. We rushed him out to a specialist in Buffalo and spent days getting opinions and second opinions. J, Stella and I crowded into Argo's inpatient kennel for visiting hours, holding his paw, rubbing his belly, feeding him every favorite food we could procure on our binge trips to Wegmans. In the end, there's nothing we can do to fix him. We didn't think we'd be able to take him … [Read more...]
Lest you think I made it up. . .
Every single time she leaves the kitchen now. . . Oddly enough, the turnaround happens after she walks past the scary spot, but in the act of planning her turnaround, she doesn't even notice she's already crossed the imaginary line. Here's the backstory. … [Read more...]
Bass Ackwards: A Stella Story
Stella has conquered a long list of fears and is generally a happy pup now, but she's still terrified of a spot on the kitchen floor. She's been afraid of the scary spot since she came to live with us. There's not much to distinguish the scary spot from any other span of floorspace. At certain times of day there may be a sun patch there. It's near the stove and she hates the stove, but she finds this spot terrifying even when no one is cooking anything. Leaving the kitchen via the scary spot (which is the only way to leave the kitchen) turns Stella into a Bambi on ice impersonator. Her … [Read more...]
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