Who hasn’t observed the abandon and joy of being a dog? Whether greeting master or mistress, gobbling their food, leaping for a Frisbee, or dashing into the cold surf to retrieve a stick, dogs have a joyful exuberance and hunger for life that perhaps so-called higher life forms could learn much from. Mari Gayatri Stein, who shares her life with several border collies, explores those life lessons in words and pictures. Mixing witty cartoons with touching and humorous anecdotes, she explores such admirable canine traits as authenticity, reveling in life’s abundance, unconditional love and devotion, living in the now, loyalty, and joie de vivre.
Mari Gayatri Stein is an author, artist and cartoonist whose insightful words and drawings have delighted readers for over thirty years. Her whimsical illustrations and stories have been published in numerous collaborative book efforts, magazines, newspapers and journals. Her works are embodiments of love, spirit and heart, doused with humor, irony and hope. Puddle Moon is her tenth book.
In perfect harmony with her artistic and writing endeavors, Mari has taught Yoga and meditation for two decades.
She lives with her husband and their two canine companions on an organic farm in southern Oregon in the summer, and writes by the sea in Malibu during the winter. Visit her website: www.gypsydogpress.com
