March, 2009

Ward Web Works now Digital K

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Kelly Ward, who helped me build 4 Paws for Ability and Christmas Hills Tree Farm, just changed the name of her business to Digital K. She says:
To better symbolize my expanding range of services, I have recently changed the name of my business from Ward Web Works to Digital K.
There has been no [...]

Three-legged pets hit social networking circuit

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Three-legged pets. Daryn Kagan has an adorable cat named Tripod. She tells about Tripod and Cassie’s club in a video. Cynthia & Kurt Davis are the founders of Cassie’s Club. And Karen Shirk, founder of 4 Paws for Ability, has a perky three-legged Papillion: Gracie. She’s a beloved mascot at 4 Paws. Now Melissa McDaniel [...]

Dog trainer rescues baby goat

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Karen Shirk, executive director of 4 Paws for Ability, is by nature one who rescues animals. In fact, Shirk and her organization train rescued dogs as service dogs for children with disabilities. She just sent me this picture of a little girl goat whose mother died when she was born. The doeling, Billie Jean, [...]

Jude Bell asks for fundraising support

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Here’s a video made by Jude Bell’s family…he needs an Autism Service Dog and is in the process of fundraising from 4 Paws for Ability. Isn’t he adorable?
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Beautiful Bella McDaniel

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Bella and sister Sadie came to my house on Monday. She absolutely loved lying down on the ground cover, myaporum, under the ficus tree in my backyard. She was ecstatic.
I was able to get some sweet shots of this gentle creature as a group of us, including Bella’s mom, Melissa McDaniel, sat visiting on the [...]

Shirk honored by DirectTV

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Did you know that 4 Paws for Ability founder Karen Shirk was one of CNN’s Heroes for 2008? Karen is alive today because of a service dog. She’s devoted her life to making the same kind of help available to other disabled children and adults. Karen has developed a special niche of providing dogs for [...]

Poor economy = more abused, abandoned dogs

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

This week I was honored to have photographer Melissa McDaniel spend some time at my home in Arizona. She’s on the road helping raise awareness of animal rescue and deaf dog rescue in America.
We first met on Twitter. Melissa graciously allowed me to re-post her blog comments and photos following a trip to the [...]

I love captioned videos!

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

I have a severe hearing loss, so tend to keep my computer on “mute” most of the time. To be honest, most of the time when I’m working at my computer, I’m alone, and I don’t wear my hearing aids.
That said, I love captioned videos. For me, they aren’t a necessity, but that’s not true [...]

How to say thank you in different languages

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

My friend, Bette Miles-Holleman has put together oodles of ways to say “Thank you.” She says that by checking through her huge list, and learning a new phrase (or more), you may make a new friend.
Plus, if you don’t see a language listed and know the correct phrase and spelling, let her know and she’ll [...]

Searching your hard drive made easy

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Everything search engine is a super tool for busy people. It’s so easy and quick that it almost takes my breath away. Sometimes it takes way too long to find a file on my busy hard drive.
This morning I needed an Excel file, but I rarely use it, and had forgotten where it was.
Good thing [...]