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Book Review: A Walk in Connection

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 by Mike Rosso

A Walk in Connection

By Tracy Ane Brooks

Balboa Press: Paper, 220 pp, $16.99

Reviewed by Annie Dawid

One of Mission: Wolf’s directors, Tracy Ane Brooks, has written a memoir of her decades-long journey into connection with animals, specifically wolves and horses. Her book is intended for those readers who believe animals are sentient, intelligent creatures like ourselves, worthy of knowing, loving, celebrating and mourning.

Much of her focus here centers on the intuitive abilities innate to human beings. “I believe that any human with the desire and intent to connect, in loving and positive ways, with troubled canines or horses was born with the tools to do so already within them.”

About the Cover Artist: Beth Johnston Grimes

June 16, 2014November 1, 2012 by Mike Rosso

Originally from Idaho, Beth Johnston Grimes received her first DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera after graduating college, on her way to medical school. However, the camera had different plans as it took hold of her.

Mission: Wolf – A Refuge in the Wet Mountains

March 4, 2013November 1, 2012 by Mike Rosso

By Tyler Grimes
Kent Weber enters a gate into the fenced-in home of three wolves. He makes his way down into the aspen grove where the wolves are dispersed, playfully calling them. They perk up from their food-induced stupor brought on by the 15 pounds of meat they gorged on the previous day. The wolves are drawn to Weber’s gentle authority and come to greet him. They jump up on their hind legs, place their front paws on Weber’s chest and sniff his teeth, the signature wolf greeting. He pets them like a dog, which they accept momentarily before running off.