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."