I think they made my dog a movie star. I guess they had two dogs in this movie with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline written by Lawrence Kasdan! Called Darling Companion. And directed by his sons. Didn’t get good reviews and I think the writing needed something, some more dramatic moments, but the one dog really looks like my dog. They say one is Collie mix (probably English shepherd, they say in UK — collie farm dog), and one was an Aussie mix, also in the collie family.
I watched it last night and enjoyed seeing my dog running around. Facial expression and behavior are almost dead on.
I love words so I write them. I’ve been doing that since I was old enough to read. I am a published literary writer and I was an adjunct English professor at Northern Michigan University for many years. I write and live and love off the grid on 35 acres and a trout stream in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with my son, Joshua, who has Down Syndrome, and with an English Shepherd dog named Maggie, and with my husband when he can make it here which isn’t often. This blog started out being about my work, and it will continue to be. ( I’m working on a novel about premonitions and dreams.) But this blog is also about living off the grid and about my experimentation with diet—most recently the Carnivore Diet. I started on the Ketogenic diet, but have moved into Carnivore. How long, I don’t know. But I’ve become interest in the effects of diet on not just my health, but on creativity. And I’m interested in the effects of the diet on my dreams.
Ah, dreams... The day before my son was born, my mother “dreamed” or was told my son would have Down Syndrome, something she told my brother ahead of time. I’ve never known what to make of that. So I’m interested in prophetic dreams, lucid dreaming, creativity and dreams, night terrors. Who isn't interested in that? I’m interested in Freud (more Jung) and Einstein’s theories of time and how their ideas inform my dreams. I’m interested in mining a deeper relationship with a dream world not confined to daytime experiences, and how the night might inform a more fully imagined daytime “reality.” And vice-versa. Which is the dream?? I’m exploring dreams of all sorts. Come explore with me…
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Thank you. Will check it out on Netflix. I enjoy Diana Keaton.
You can get it for sure on Amazon Prime (luckily I already owned it or it might have been free on there), so I didn’t have to give them any money. Not sure about Netflix. It needed some work on plotting and character, but still worth a look. 🙂 and you’ll see just what my dog looks like (one more than the other.)
I didn’t know this movie but am glad it starred your dog. Clearly, the best part of the film. I’d like to see it. I’m not a Prime member, but I’m sure I can find it. I trust that stardom has not gone to your dog’s head.
Whats the name of the movie, Lynn?
Oh, sorry! Darling Companion! I should revise this.
Thank you. Will check it out on Netflix. I enjoy Diana Keaton.
You can get it for sure on Amazon Prime (luckily I already owned it or it might have been free on there), so I didn’t have to give them any money. Not sure about Netflix. It needed some work on plotting and character, but still worth a look. 🙂 and you’ll see just what my dog looks like (one more than the other.)
I didn’t know this movie but am glad it starred your dog. Clearly, the best part of the film. I’d like to see it. I’m not a Prime member, but I’m sure I can find it. I trust that stardom has not gone to your dog’s head.
Yeah, she didn’t really get to star but she did look at herself on the screen! She wasn’t really interested. Ha.