• Catch “Through a Dog’s Eyes” on PBS

    “Through a Dog’s Eyes” originally aired on PBS in April, but it was so well loved that it’s coming back again on Wednesday, September 8 at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT. The documentary, sponsored by Milk-Bone, highlights Canine Assistants, a non-profit service dog organization, and follows four families on their journey to receive a…

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  • Epic Life Cycle of the Plastic Bag

    The plastic bag gets its own nature film. It’s about time given it acts so much like a living thing, migrating to our oceans. The narrator speaks with excitement and wonder while describing this creature’s life cycle in “The Majestic Plastic Bag” by the environmental nonprofit, Heal the Bay. Please watch this fun mockumentary. I…

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  • Sexy Freezers Stay on Top

    We may be going backwards. Or upside down. Something like that. Is it really so cool to have a freezer on bottom? Bottom-mount freezers are becoming much more popular. Haven’t you noticed the gleaming stainless steel models with the elegant French doors opening to a refrigerator on top and not one, but sometimes two bottom-mount…

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  • thinksport Bottle Update

    Things have been hot, but my water stays cool. Last December, I reviewed the thinksport insulated bottle. Eight months later, I still like my thinksport bottle. I’ve now had the opportunity to use it during one of the hottest summers on record. In my area, we’ve had the highest heat indices in the country on…

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  • Pack up Whiskers. It’s almost National Take Your Cat to the Vet Week!

    Feline Pine created National Take Your Cat to the Vet Week, to be honored this year from August 16 through 22. For some mysterious reason, more dogs go to the vet than cats, yet more cats live with people as pets! Cats may think they have it good by getting out of seeing the vet,…

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