by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ After only seven months of planning, re-planning, and a whole new crop of gray hair, Spicy Stories Save Lives is delighted to announce that two of our sponsored angels, the little Misses Peanut and Buttercup, traveled from the Animal Rescue Kefalonia (ARK) shelter in Greece to land safely in the […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ Anyone involved in animal rescue knows how rough these waters can sometimes be, and what a challenge it is just to stay afloat, much less to sail steadily forward on the mission of helping needy critters year after year. For a relatively small animal welfare nonprofit organization to navigate the […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ When you love dogs, really love them, you need a mantra. Not another one. Not now. I said it over and over when I first saw the little yellow Labrador a week before Christmas 2011.
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ In Homer’s epic tale The Odyssey, set some 3,500 years ago in the Mycenean era of Greece, the story’s namesake hero King Odysseus leaves behind his beautiful young bride Queen Penelope on their Greek island while he runs off to fight a war, slay a giant, sleep with sorceresses, and […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ In many years of reporting on animal issues I’ve taken thousands of photos. But I can’t think of one I like better than the one you see here. Like many of the best things in life, this shot was completely serendipitous. At Earth Fair San Diego last Sunday, I threaded […]
