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The Pet Cottage Secures $15,000 Grant For Veterinary

Expenses Supporting Forever Guardianship Program

The Pet Cottage is thrilled to announce a generous Guardians, the program ensures each animal finds a stable, The Pet Cottage invites the community to join us in
$15,000 grant from the Knopf Family Foundation dedicated nurturing home. This grant will be utilized to cover essential celebrating this incredible opportunity and to learn more
to covering veterinary expenses for pets in our Forever veterinary needs, including routine check-ups, vaccinations, about how they can support our programs. Together, we can
Guardianship program. This vital funding ensures that surgeries, and chronic condition management. make a lasting impact on the lives of pets and their humans.
pets who have lost their human due to death, disability, or Since its founding, The Pet Cottage has worked tirelessly For more information about The Pet Cottage and the
deployment will continue to receive the care they deserve to support the emotional and physical needs of both pets and Forever Guardianship program, please visit thepetcottage.
while living with their dedicated Forever Guardians. their human guardians. With this funding, we can expand our org or contact Wendy at wendy@thepetcottage.org.
“This grant represents a significant milestone for our reach and continue to uphold the quality of care that defines About The Pet Cottage
organization,” said Wendy Derhak, founder/executive our organization. The Pet Cottage is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
director of The Pet Cottage. “It reaffirms our mission to “This grant enables us to give our pets the healthiest lives honoring the human-animal bond by providing lifetime care
provide lifetime care and support for pets in need, and it possible while easing the financial burden on their Forever for pets who have lost their human due to death, disability,
directly impacts their health and well-being. Veterinary care is Guardians,” Wendy added. “We are deeply grateful to the or deployment. Through innovative programs like Forever
one of our most pressing expenses, and this funding allows us Knopf Family Foundation for believing in our mission and Guardianship, The Pet Cottage ensures pets find new loving
to provide necessary medical services without compromise.” investing in the futures of these beloved animals.” homes with individuals committed to their lifelong care.
The Forever Guardianship program is a cornerstone of The
Pet Cottage’s mission. By pairing pets with loving Forever
Book Review

• Hors d’oeuvres vs. Canape. Hors d’oeuvres are bite- • Gala vs. Ball. A Gala is a large, upscale social event. A
Dictionary Of Fine size appetizers. Canapes are bite-size appetizers on bread, Ball is a large, upscale social event with dancing.
In any case, from now on I will have no more excuses
crackers or pastry.
Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, • Schlemiel vs. Schlimazel. Shlemiels are bumbling fools. for using incorrect words in any of my columns. You have
And Subtle Shades Of Meaning Schlimazels have bad luck. Hence the Yiddish crack that when a my permission to chastise me if I do.
schlemiel spills their soup, it’s the shlimazel whose lap it falls on.
• Assume vs. Presume. To assume is to suppose without
By Nils A. Shapiro. proof. To presume is to do so with confidence or authority.
Nils began his career
as marketing director for a
major book publisher. He
has since edited the authors’ Peripheral
manuscripts’ for more than
20 published books, written Neuropathy?
more than 200 book reviews,
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the official yearbooks for
teams in Major League Baseball, the National Football for Acupuncture
League, National Basketball Association and National
Hockey League, and “retired” as president of a successful
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the dictionary and Roget’s Thesaurus in my home office as a
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My initial decision
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need, as an editor and
writer, to always select
the correct word when
more than one option
may seem to be available
… and the purpose
of The Dictionary of
Fine Distinctions is to
point out the more than
100 examples of two
words that most people
mistakenly believe are
interchangeable, but
which are not … and in each case to explain the
differences. The text by author Eli Burnstein is laced with
such a wonderful sense of humor that you hardly realize
you are learning so much, and many of the explanations
are illustrated with delightful cartoon illustrations.
If you care about using the correct words in your own
conversations or in your writings this is a must-have
reference book. If that is not a problem you care much
about, then it is a must-have for the fun it will add to
your life. Here are just a few examples of words you may
be using incorrectly. For lack of space here I offer only
the author’s brief opening statement for each. He almost
always follows up with a fuller explanation, but you will
have to see the book for those.
• Poisonous vs. Venomous. Poisonous is when you bite it
(as with a toadstool mushroom). Venomous is when it bites
you (as with a snake).
• Irony vs. Sarcasm. Irony is when you say one thing but
mean another. (Lounging on the beach: “It’s a tough life.”) So
is sarcasm, only what you mean is insulting. (After someone
trips: “Smooth move.”)
• Pronunciation vs. Enunciation. To pronounce a word is
to say it correctly. To enunciate a word is to say it clearly.