Through loss and reflection, came It’s a Wonderful Dog ~ A Christmas Tail. Here’s how it all began . . . Last year, my grandmother, my last living grandparent, passed away in January and later that year after Thanksgiving, our beloved big hearted, ever present Great Pyrenees, Enzo died. (You can see him pictured in the featured image of this post.) Entering December, I had no desire to celebrate anything. Our house seemed cold and lonely without the familiar nail taps behind me on the wood floors or the lumbering goofiness of our very good boy who always was a few steps back from all my activities. My grief at losing Enzo didn’t go away,

Join us on Thursday, November 16th from 5:00 – 7:00pm for “It’s A Wonderful Dog” book signing and Santa Pics at PLENTY Mercantile in downtown OKC! You’ll have the chance to meet the author, Keri Salas (me!) and get a signature on your copy of “It’s A Wonderful Dog.” Not to mention, I’ll get the chance to meet you, and if you bring him/her, your dog! Come one, come all, from your smallest breed Chihuahuas, to the star big dog breed of my book, the Great Pyrenees. Memorialize the start to another beautiful Christmas season with a photo of your own Wonderful Dog with Santa Claus. While you’re there, take a peek at PLENTY Mercantile’s

The cover of It’s A Wonderful Dog – A Christmas Tail has been revealed by Acorn Publishing, LLC. The book is set to publish in hard cover, paperback and e-book formats in November of 2023. It’s Christmas Eve in western Kansas and a snowstorm is gaining strength as Bear Bailey, a devoted Great Pyrenees, tries to comfort his beloved owner Mary. She’s in hot water with the local business villain, and Bear’s earlier altercation with this miser only seemed to make things worse. When Mary blurts out that she wishes for a different life, Bear blames himself for her despair and runs away. Meanwhile Jiff, a Labrador patiently waiting for his own human to meet