Sticky wicket as moisture evaporates. When covers were introduced into England's County Championship, John Woodcock wrote an article for the 1981 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, criticising the move, in an article titled, "Sticky dog is put down". He added, "I cannot forbear ... from lamenting ... a part of the very heritage of English cricket – a drying pitch and a sizzling sun." In the game of croquet, the phrase "sticky wicket" may refer to a hoop (wicket) that is difficult for a ball to go through because of the narrowness of the opening. This usage is confined to the United States. An
Heart of a Dog (2015 film) Heart of a Dog (2015 film) Heart of a Dog is a 2015 American documentary film directed by visual artist and composer Laurie Anderson. "Heart of a Dog" was commissioned by Franco-German TV station Arte and centers on Anderson's remembrances of her late beloved piano-playing and finger-painting dog Lolabelle. Scenes range from realistic footage from the animal's life to imagined scenes of Lolabelle's passage through the bardo. The dog was trained by Elisabeth Weiss. The film also features reflections on life and death, including Anderson's experiences in downtown New York after the September 11 terrorist attacks. "Heart of a Dog"