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After a three-week hiatus, I count wet noses as soon as I arrive at Animal Haven. [...]
 A Warm Puppy
Do I smell like puppy poop to you?
Puppies haven taken over at Animal Haven. Sets of two and three puppies are cuddled together in nearly every dog corral and crate.
I spend my volunteer shift alternating between cleaning up runny puppy poop or holding puppies while another volunteer cleans up the poop. We all work together.
Animal Haven is hosting a wine event on the 3rd floor which I can’t get anywhere near because the puppies are moving . . . to foster homes, to permanent homes or just worming around the joint.
Chaotic shouts heard on the lower level:
—Inchworm just got adopted!
—Carnation is adopted!
—Missouri is going home tomorrow!
Jane Goodall, one of my personal heroes, showed up at the IFC Center in the West Village last night to introduce the documentary about her life, Jane’s Journey.
Jane, 77, carried a stuffed monkey with her, a monkey she has carried everywhere for thirteen years. The monkey symbolizes the hope she instills in [...]
Ready for the Storm
A mandatory evacuation of our neighborhood sent me, my husband and our dog Shadow scrambling to the home of our friends Heather and George in Murray Hill. They extended an invitation that included said dog, despite their pint-sized NYC apartment and a jungle of plants brought in from the [...]
 Sweet Leo
Returned to volunteer at Animal Haven after skipping a week and the shelter is swarming with puppies. I walked five pups, one after the other. I was never quite sure who was on the end of my leash. Later, I figured my guys must have been Alan Stuart, Montauk, Hampton I [...]
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Times Square, New York City
photo by Kate Mortell
Kunichika woodblock print
silkscreen by Nigel Robson
Ruahine Mountains, New Zealand
Flamingos, Baltimore Zoo
photo by Kate Mortell
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