Romeo's Arrival

"So, the itsy-bitsy visitor surprised her when she arrived home from work in the late afternoon of that Saturday after Christmas. I had already succumbed to his puppy charm and the hypnotic effect of those two chestnut-colored eyes he flaunted for affection. I had picked him up earlier in the day, and he lay on the floor, all decked out with a cloth kerchief around his neck, when she opened the door. I stood close by because he was so tiny I didn’t want her to step on him by accident. After her initial shock, it was love-at-first-sight."

–from the book

Dog Gone Days
"The Book"

by David Navarria

The sentimental autobiographical account of a lonely man's later life with his best friend, his dog. But as the chronicle progresses, a greater story unfolds: one that questions his chastisement, and the meaning of his life.

Past middle age, the author, who lived most of his life in a large city, seeks the possibility of a lifestyle in the small town he frequently visited as a youth. There in the loneliness of his self imposed exile, and plagued with the chronic pain he sustained from a car accident many years prior, he takes us on a journey through his past while he faces his greatest life-threatening adversities.

The author uses the story of his dogs to represent and convey deeper emotions such as the appreciation of life and nature at a time when they are threatened in his personal life.

From animal lovers to sufferers of chronic pain, illnesses, emotional and mental distress, it is a story that should not be missed! It is a story of redemption; one of true love, forgiveness, purpose and an appreciation for the things we have when we have them.

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"Whatever way it chose, the river, the mysterious creature that it was, always let me know that I was not alone."

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"Romeo basked in the sun, his eyes slightly squinted, ... His paws clenched in the tall grass, and the expression was mellow on his puppy-dog face."

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