Monday, October 23, 2006

As Monday comes to a close and the new week is upon us, Dusty Inc. is quickly taking shape. Our Myspace page, www.myspace.com/dustyincorporated is looking better then ever, and we are so encouraged by all of your comments and emails. Please take a minute to check out our fancy new slide show featuring some of the super cute adoptable dogs from Animal Haven. Feel free to contact them at www.animalhavenshelter.org or by phone at (718) 886-3683.

Sunday, October 22, 2006



It's Sunday evening and I am beat. Lee & I had a lot of time to discuss our plans for Dusty Inc. this weekend and we are so excited! We are thrilled with the prospect of starting our own NPO and our ideas and plans seem (so far) to be manageable and clear. Lee & I decided that throughout this blog & now our new Dusty Incorporated myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/dustyincorporated ) we will be able to accomplish a lot more than we had originally anticipated. The goals of Dusty Inc. are to draw attention to and raise awareness about NYC animal shelters, animal welfare & rights, and even more specifically share stories, pics and plans for the dogs we foster. Because of our mutual love for animals and music we figured myspace wasn't a bad place to start. Eventually, we hope to do fundraising with Artists who share our commitment to shelter animals. Through compassion for music and love for these precious animals I hope we can make a little difference everyday.

There is a poem written by Charles Bukowski that speaks so strongly to following your heart. These words mean so much to me because I have never felt so strongly about anything as I do about animals. And I think we should all be brave and proud of the things we are passionate about...whatever they are.

"if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness...
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.

when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.

there is no other way.

and there never was."

Monday, October 09, 2006

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"We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."
-- Henry Beston, circa 1925

this is the second week dusty is in his new home & i couldn't be happier about it. although i miss him (more that i can express here) i've found fostering to be a service more than just adopting a shelter dog. if i can continue to do this for the next few years than i will feel quite good about that. i know i will need help, and as with most social services, i know i will burn out. that is why i am so grateful for lee (my wonderful man). he has jumped on board with this so easily & falls in love with these pups as easily as i do.

i'm currently reading, "The Culture Clash" by Jean Donaldson. if you care about training & dogs & behavior, then go get it. read it & teach it.

i'm listening to Joshua Radin & his new album "We Were Here". its very much a simon & garfunkul kind of thing. so if you are into that kind of thing, this might be right up your alley. i like him.

this puppy is for adoption at www.animalhaven.com. how can you not just totally fall in love?!