Author Archives: Malea McGuinness

I started writing this pet blog because I wanted to write about my experiences with animals and how much they’ve enriched my life. I was working in all my free time at the Amanda Foundation, helping … Read More

“To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.” -Abraham Lincoln I was traveling through Colorado while I was on tour last month. I had a fantastic visit to The Boulder … Read More

Back in the early days of printing presses, each line of text had to be set up one letter at a time. Since the letters in the press were reversed (so they’d print forward), the printmaker … Read More

Most people think “dog days” has to do with warmer temperatures, but actually the name comes from the ancient belief that Sirius, also called the Dog Star, was somehow responsible for the hot weather. On a … Read More

When a friend introduced me to the Amanda Foundation here in Los Angeles I had no idea this would change my entire life. The more time I spent with these animals the more I loved them … Read More