The Weekend by Charlotte Wood

 

This was something nobody talked about: how death could make you petty. And how you had to find a new arrangement among your friends, shuffling around the gap of the lost one, all of you suddenly mystified by how to be with one another. p 7

More amazing animal feats

Some dog!

A Christmas window in Gert’s local shopping centre. Absolute proof that we have very big dogs in Australia.

Nana the nursemaid for bandicoots

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-11/maremma-sheepdogs-guard-the-endangered-eastern-barred-bandicoot/8012560

A warning from the Australian Medical Association

Thank you to the Australian Medical Association for this useful tip:

Doga

Cute kittens, fluffy puppies and Kim Kardashian

Ho hum

Just can’t resist putting up this picture of an Australian Kelpie going about its business with aplomb. If you click on the picture you’ll see it’s dozing off. All in a day’s work…

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-23/abc-open-pic-of-the-week/6879862

Fitsquawk

Yes, you can get a Fitbark for your dog:

The Running of the Wieners

Pamplona has the Running of the Bulls, Melbourne has the Running of the Wieners. Yesterday, September 19th, saw the inaugural Running of the Wieners in central Melbourne, with more than 50 dachsunds, some dressed as dressed as ballerinas, bikies and surf lifesavers, competing for the title of fastest sausage dog. And, unlike Pamplona, no testosterone-charged youths leapt out to outrun the dachsies and there were no fatalities. Just as much fun as Melbourne’s other major sporting event, the Formula 1 Grand Prix but much cheaper, quieter and far less smelly. As with the Grand Prix, hotels will be booked out well in advance for the event next year, so get in now with your bookings. And if you have a dachsund, get him in training.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-19/running-of-the-wieners-sausage-dogs-dachshund-race-in-melbourne/6789074

https://pixabay.com/en/saesoe-dachshund-pet-crazy-dog-682107/