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SECTION I TUESDAY January 8, 2008 FEATURES EDITOR ELIZABETH KIESZKOWSKI ekieszkowskiHonoluluAdvertiser.com 1 525-8034 1 H0N0LULUADVERTISER.COMislandlife if-- Eva Saulitis Two Alaska authors share secrets of the craft life Advertiser Staff Creating a compelling world in few words is the challenge for all writers. Visiting Alaskan authors Peggy Shumaker and Eva Saulitis will demonstrate their mastery of this craft in a reading and a "There Is a big boom right now in short prose forms: sudden or flash fiction, prose poems, and short nonfiction." Hen Press, 2008), a finalist for the Tupelo Press Non-Fiction Prize, is written from the perspective of a biologist who seeks to understand animals, the natural world, and people who live close to both. Her essays take readers along on boats to get close to killer Breathe Normally" (University of Nebraska Press, 2007), opens with a catastrophic wreck that fractures both the writer's skull and her perceptions. As memory bubbles up, Shumaker travels the route to compassion through the power of language. surprising people, in mukluks, in bare feet, in rubber boots, navigating inner and outer terrains.

In addition to the reading, the authors will host "In Short" a workshop which explores prose under two pages long. workshop at Volcano Art Cen I i PEGGY SHUMAKER Algols anthM- "There is a big boom right ter this weekend. Saulitis essay collection, whales, on skis to find wolves, to islands to find strange and to islands to find strange and Shumaker's memoir, "Just "Leaving Resurrection" (Red 'If humaker's memoir, "Just "Leaving Resurrection" (Red SEE AUTHORS, E3 1 a 1 'firyy wrr MASTER SEARCH IS ON Local Traffic Only k'j PROVERBS HAWAMAN-STVLR fAC ill Ml TT ti iditiw-i Umln'-A- Vi mill mi Tiiinm iliifriitlTi'1 1 Courtesy of Watermark Publishing Artist Martin Day Chariot's mural is the subject of this new book. Were you in the McDonald's mural? If so, Watermark Publishing would like to see you at the special McDonald's event. Contact Dawn T.

Sakamoto, director of sales and marketing, at 534-7170 or dawnbookshawaii.net. Martin Chariot events: 6 p.m. Jan. 1 7, Louis Pohl Gallery, reception and book signing Noon Jan. 1 9, Borders Ward Centre, book signing 2 p.m.

Jan. 1 9, Borders Waikele, book signing Noon Jan. 10, Borders Windward Mall, book signing 2 p.m. Jan. 20, McDonald's Kane'ohe, reception and book signing (book sales at this event will help the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii) Martin Chariot's 17-year-old work focus of new book BY WANDA A.

ADAMS Assistant Features Editor When spinal meningitis struck Martin Day Chariot two years ago, paddles were needed to start his heart. He was later told he missed dying by seconds. A freelance painter, writer, illustrator, filmmaker and teacher, Chariot left the hospital in a wheelchair and blind in one eye, and spent eight months in rehabilitation therapy, learning to get around with a walker. So it is that Chariot, son of the famed muralist Jean Chariot, finds it especially sweet that one of his best-known artistic works is getting a second wind just as his life has done. Chariot's wall-size painting, "Hawaiian Folkways," mounted 17 years ago at the SEE CHARLOT, E3 "Your mind becomes attuned to a project that you're doing.

You never stop working." MARTIN DAY CHARLOT I artist When making your resolutions, don't forget pets 1 commercial pet-food companies and embrace common sense: All living creatures benefit from fresh, hydrated, whole foods. If you have birds or exotics, consult some authoritative sources to see if you can replace some seeded and pelleted foods with more natural fruits and vegetables. If you have a dog or cat, invest in Kymythy Schultze's excellent book "Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats" (Hay House, and don't look back. Resolve to help rescue. Animal overpopulation continues to be an overwhelming problem, as any visit to your local shelter will show.

First and foremost, consider making the next addition to your menagerie a rescue. From chinchillas to sugar gliders, Siberians to Siamese, there is a rescue group for virtually every category of companion, as well as many private organizations that save animals regardless of pedigree. For those who can't offer a permanent home, fostering for a few days, weeks or months gives a rescue animal a safe haven until a forever home materializes. If you can't commit to sheltering an animal, you can volunteer to transport animals for a rescue group or join a "railroad" (groups.yahoo.comsearch?query BY DENISE FLAIM Newsday Dogs, cats and all the feathered and furred don't know from when a new year begins: For them, every day is an opportunity to experience the world to the fullest. COMMENTARY But since we hu-mans dwell in possibility, living as much in contemplation of the future as in the moment, here are some suggested resolutions for 2008: Resolve to feed a better diet You are what you eat isn't just a cliche it's reality.

Reject the mass-marketing from rescuerailroad). And your financial support is always welcome. Resolve to get plugged in. The more we know, the more we realize how much there still is to know. No matter what animal you keep, what breed you love, what species you cherish, there is an online group devoted to it Such online communities are sometimes contentious places, but once you look past the keyboard braggadocio, you'll invariably find knowledgeable voices with much-needed advice and guidance.

While this should never take the place of veterinary care for medical prob- SEE PETS, E3 Advertiser library photo Why not make Fido's 2008 a great one, too? GET ENTERTAINMENT ALERTS ON YOUR CELLPHONE Text hltgif to 44636 to get BABY BOOK 'Humpty At one point, it didn't matter that you couldn't remember all the words to "Patty Cake." Then you had a baby. Oops. You can't exactly croon the latest Amy Winehouse single to your 3-week-old, right? Enter "Humpty Who? A Crash Course in 80 Nursery Rhymes for Clueless Moms and Dads" (Workman Publishing, $1 1.95), a collection of 80 rhymes and lullabies. Many are familiar, like "London Bridge" (the kiddie version, not the "I v'7 ') HAPPENING Open-mike night atAnnaBannana's It's time again for Bringing Back Kerouac, the first-Tuesday, monthly open-mike night downstairs at Anna Bannana's, 8 p.m. with original poems, cover poems, songs, short films, interpretive dance, and more, all with the intent of bringing that free-wheeling beat feeling to the hip-hop generation; www.myspace.combringing backkerouac, 946-5190.

FINAL WORD "I'm a woman, and I speak directly, clearly and without a fancy accent. If you really understood what (Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman) were saying, you'd be offended." CARRIE ANN INABA "Dancing With the Stars" judge and Punahou grad -whose new show is "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann," in TV Guide news and best bets in pntertain- ment daily on your cell phone. For more alerts, goto honoluluadvertiser.com text Fergie one) and "Old Mother Hubbard," but it also includes the second and third verses of rhymes we've likely forgotten. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.