Hi, Humans and fellow tripawds!

I’m a three-legged rescue dog named Ada who’s living the country life here in northcentral PA. My name is short for Americans with Disabilities Act.

I was adopted from the vet’s office after I was abandoned by some guy who works in the natural gas industry. So the story goes: I was brought to PA from TX and left here when he went back to TX. After I became a stray and was hit in the road, someone dropped me off at the vet.

The vet saved me by amputating one of my front legs. A month later, I was adopted by my new master and he gave me my name. He lets me blog, but moans about using too much bandwidth, whatever that is.

I have been blogging for about a year, telling humans about my life and the ongoings here in rural America’s GasLand. That blog is located at http://adamaecompton.wordpress.com/. My blog here at tripawds.com hopefully will allow me to connect with other tripawds and their humans over at my primary wordpress blog.

I used to blog only about unconventional shale gas development and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), but now I also blog about what it means to be a critical citizen. I ask more questions than I give answers… and I bark a lot about power, literacy, and the environment. If you’re wondering what those things have to do with each other, then head on over to http://adamaecompton.wordpress.com/ and start reading!

We’re starting a book club this summer, so let me know if you’re interested. We’re going to be reading Archaelogy of Knowledge by Michel Foucault!