THE BOOK OF BARKLEY: Walks With Sam

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Walks With Sam

Barkley - keeping an eye out for garden squirrels. I miss him every day.

I apologize for the lack of posts this week. I had the biggest legal case I was ever the "expert" technical consult on hit my desk this week and before I knew it, it was Friday.

Walks with Sam is a blog from a local Chicago writer, David Berner, a college professor here in the Windy City who has won numerous literary awards for his memoirs and fiction novels (and rightly so, I've read all of them, and they are amazing.) I'd bet money that David and I don't share the same politics, but one of the reasons I admire him so much is, in his writing, he looks at the world as a human being, not a political party, not an ideology, taking in all that is around him and processing people and events by how they impact the individual souls involved. It's a view I wish more people took. It makes for reading that will touch everyone, no matter what their background or beliefs.

He has a new book coming out, which I beta read, called "Walks with Sam" which is about life lessons learned while walking his dog. I can't wait to see it in print - it's extraordinary.

Until the book is published he has his "Walks With Sam" blog. Today, it features some of the Blogville blogs as he asked me to recommend some great dog blogs that don't feature a lot of advertising. Time didn't allow me to include all of you, but I picked a few of my favorites and shared them.

https://walkswithsam.com/

6 comments:

Ruby Rose and the Big Little Angels 3October 13, 2019 at 4:32 PM
We will keep an eye open for it...
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~Kim at Golden Pines~October 13, 2019 at 9:36 PM
I am always looking for new blogs to read, and blogging friends too, so I hopped over to "Walks With Sam" and stayed awhile and read some of his posts. Just as I do when I visit here, I leave being a bigger fan, and looking forward to the next post.

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Idaho PugRanchOctober 14, 2019 at 4:07 PM
We stopped by and said HI! Thanks for including us in your recommend!
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Mabel & Hilda
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C.L.W.STEPOctober 14, 2019 at 6:27 PM
Thank you kindly for mentioning our doggie blog to your friend and fellow author. We look forward to following his writing and his posts with his doggie Sam.
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Tails Around the RanchOctober 15, 2019 at 1:08 PM
Walking my own Sam, I'll definitely be looking out for this book.
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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