THE BOOK OF BARKLEY: Welcome Home!

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Welcome Home!

We made it home. It's been a month since we've been here due to Mom's on call schedule and a move to a new condo in the city where she works, though Dad spent two 3 day weekends with us.

I missed it. I know Mom did too. Thanks for keeping us company on all the nights she was on her own and Dad was in another state working. Blogville is my kind of town.

Abby Lab

6 comments:

SherryMay 30, 2015 at 6:33 PM
From the pictures of your home, it has so much charm. Hey, Readers, go out and get her new book, it's great. I damn near fell off the couch reading about the bird you tried so hard to teach to talk and one night with your brother and he picked up on one choice phrase!!! Morgan looked at me like I'd lost my mind when she saw me laughing.
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MurphyMay 30, 2015 at 7:10 PM
Glad you made it home. Looks like a really homey place too!

Your Pals,

Murphy & Stanley
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LBJMay 30, 2015 at 7:10 PM
Sherry - thanks for stopping in here and I'm glad you loved the book!

LB
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LBJMay 30, 2015 at 7:44 PM
Thanks Murphy and Stanley - I'm glad you like the house. Boy, you should have seen it when it was "new". It was a "fixer upper" built in 1915 and priced accordingly (though a fixer up here is not cheap with our "special Chicagoland pricing")

The house was very dark with heavy drapes and dull wood and icky floors and fixtures. It also needed all new plumbing and wiring. It had been empty a while, the nice lady that lived here for so many years was in a nursing home and no one really kept the place up. Mom was glad that
(1) she married an engineer and
(2) she knew how to keep him supplied with sammiches.

There's still kitchen cabinets to do and one pepto bismol pink bathroom upstairs but as it has a HUGE ceramic tub that Mom just loves she said she can live with it while landscaping is tidied up and more trees are planted as some couldn't be saved.

She did find this sort of ugly, but fitting ceramic dish at a yard sale the neighbors said actually belonged to the original owner. Mom bought it and put it in a new place. She hopes the lady that lived here before looks down and likes how they kept it all original as best as they could

Abby Lab
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Kinley WestieMay 30, 2015 at 9:09 PM
Bet you're happy to be home!
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Frankie Furter and ErnieMay 31, 2015 at 9:38 AM
Welcome BACK HOME Abby.... I (your escort for the Dance) Frankie Furter am getting Very much excited about tomorrow... I hope you are also.
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FIVE STARS

No one who has ever had a dog as a companion will be able to read The Book of Barkley: Love and Life through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever by L. B. Johnson with dry eyes.

Johnson tells the story of her life, from childhood to adulthood, from the perspective of her relationship with Barkley, a Lab that she got when he was just a stubborn ball of fur who ‘selected’ her when she viewed the litter of which he was a part. Her descriptions of adjusting to Barkley’s presence in her life, and how this helped her come to terms with and understand her past and learn to take life a day at a time on her own terms will resonate profoundly with anyone who has fallen in love with a dog and had to learn to live with its loss.

This is a story of unconditional love and acceptance, the kind that asks nothing but love in return. As Johnson and Barkley forge bonds of trust and understanding, she also strengthens her human relationships.

This is much more than a mere memoir – it is a story of life and how to live it, and how we humans can learn to live our lives better if we’d only learn to live it like a dog does. The author uses language well, with descriptions of animals, people, and places so vivid you feel that you can feel the textures, smell the odors (pleasant and otherwise) and hear the whining of a puppy needing to go out to do its business. Life can be sad or happy, and the author takes us through it all – a trip that you won’t regret taking. A five-star book that definitely merits the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence

About Barkley and His Mom

My Mom started this blog due to requests from friends who wanted a place to go for stories of her furry friend Barkley that weren't in the book and stories of my rescue and new life in my furever home. She donates all of the proceeds from her writing to animal rescue and groups that train search and rescue and service dogs but that's OK, as she still gives me lots of dog treats and toys.

The Book of Barkley is Mom's first memoir. She used to be a jet pilot for somebody's Uncle but now has a Ph.D. in something involving science and forensics which is like TV but without expensive suits or cleavage. Additional mayhem is provided by my Dad and our 100-year-old "fixer upper" Mission Bungalow.

Her second memoir "Saving Grace - A Story of Adoption" was published in April of 2015". Her Third Book - "Small Town Roads", her first Fiction Novel was published October of 2016 and was an NPR selected "2017 must read" and 2017 Readers Favorite International Book Award GOLD for "Fiction - Religious Theme". Her 4th book, "Calexit, The Anthology", a Novella with other authors, was published in October of 2017 and was on the Amazon Best Seller's list two days later. Her fifth book "True Course - Lessons from Life Aloft" was a #1 best seller at Amazon 24 hours after publishing so I think she has been bribing you all with treats.

Abby - Mom's Lab Assistant