Would you keep rock climbing after losing a leg? Christa Brelsford was a 25-year-old volunteering in an adult and child literacy program near Port-au-Prince, Haiti when the earthquake happened. Christa and her brother, Julian, were on the second floor of a building when they felt the earthquake.  As they exited the building, Christa fell and became…

Ah, Beware the Ides of March.   I feel bad that Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day, but I think it is high time to take back March 15th and no longer fear that dreaded date and the bad energy associated with the “Ides of March.”   This fateful occurrence was famously dramatized in…

Dillie the Deer was brought to Dr. Melanie Butera, a vet affiliated with Elm Ridge Animal Hospital in Canal Fulton, Ohio, when she was three days old. Now she is part of the family and she things the doctor’s dog is her mother. Born on a farm, she was one of three triplet, but her mama deer rejected…

Watch Petal the Dog, Amelia the Monkey, and Lulu the Collie pound the Hollywood pavement in search of their big breakFour-legged actors are not unlike their human counterparts. They’ve got pushy stage parents, feisty agents negotiating for top dollar (and extra biscuits), and older thespians no longer able to take the heat. This documentary explores…

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