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	Dog Show Grab your conductor stick and cowboy boots and whatever you do, don't sneeze! Welcome to the Canine Freestyle Dancing show. By C. E. Coughlan
	Aging Canine A poem on aging and perspective narrated by an old dog. By Ed Frymire

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	Stray Portraits Photographer Michael McLeod followed and photographed some of the one million stray dogs living in Taiwan. By Michael McLeod
	Words Dogs Know Dogs know many words, such as home: "home is where they keep the kibble." By J.R. Carpenter

Geist 109 Has Arrived! What's inside? Terence Byrnes joins the Ottawa Valley Marauders for a day of shooting in full cowboy regalia. Stinky Potato Golem: A short story by Cary Fagan. The winners of the Postcard Story Contest.

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW Gathering Dust Thad McIlroy on The Dusty Bookcase by Brian Busby. More » Time for a Rewrite Daniel Francis on The Comeback by John Ralston Saul. More » Toronto Wartime Journal Rose Burkoff on Gunda Lambton's Sun in Winter. More »

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