TODAY, CODY TAKES THE HELM OF “BESPOTTED!”

By Linda Gray Sexton | October 2, 2014 |

In today’s newsletter and also here on the blog, it is Cody who comes to greet our readers–wagging his tail until it is nothing but a blur, and grinning his crinkly Dalmatian smile. He is the first dog in our household, but not the last, who stayed on when he was not meant to. Born…

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MEET MAC! “BESPOTTED’S” COVER DOG!

By Linda Gray Sexton | September 25, 2014 |

As I promised you in my last newsletter, today you will meet one of my Dalmatians. I have chosen to tell you an anecdote about Mac, our youngest, as he is the “cover dog” for Bespotted. You can watch Mac as he grows up in the photos below this blog. Mac was born into a litter of…

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PRAISE FOR BESPOTTED

By Linda Gray Sexton | September 12, 2014 |

“Bespotted is a brave and wonderful book. The first chapter about the origin of the famous poem by Anne Sexton, “Live,” is precious both for the history it recounts with an authenticity nobody else could claim, as well as for its insight into one of the great poems of the language (hint: it is a poem made…

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