Babette’s Blog

(This is my animals’ advice to me; your animal companions will undoubtedly have a particular list for you, but our animal companions are smart, so please listen to yours!) #1 – Jed and Fred: Try to shop for an entire … Read More

When my friend Jack Rudloe asked me to check in with SurfDude, the elusive dog that travels the highways and byways from Panacea, FL to Tallahassee and back, I couldn’t wait to connect in and see what the globe-trotting dog … Read More

  A colorful and tasty salad that is quick and easy to make and perfect for sharing with friends! The 3 different bell pepper colors are what give this salad its name.Photo Credit: Jennifer Causey

  If you are a lover of butterscotch, then I have the perfect recipe for you. These cookies are soft, chewy and the perfect accompaniment to your morning coffee!

If you’ve read Hear Them Speak, my how-to book about animal communication, you probably remember that the difficulty in working with your own animals is that you may be too close emotionally to be completely open to any information that … Read More

I’d heard Jack Rudloe talk about the strange ability of octopus to connect psychically with humans. In describing his octopus encounters, Jack had used words like sinister and disturbing, a feeling that when the octopus wraps its tentacles around your … Read More

I’m famous for my chicken salad. My sister is famous for her chickensalad. My niece is famous for her chicken salad (she even does fundraisers forher local school and animal shelter by selling it by the pound). I daresay thatthe … Read More

Recently, a client asked me whether animals give their human companions names. Do they think of us by the names they hear other people call us? Or do they come up with a name or title to call us that … Read More