“Whew . . . Scooter is fine”
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS #4 SOMETIMES, HUNGER CAN HELP
The problem was that the speaker spoke on—and on—and on, and soon the cycle of day was drawing the sun behind peaks, and the people were hungry, and there were no cafes or bodegas around, and there was a long walk back to town, and even the speaker’s sidekicks were a little ticked. They admitted to thinking a mistake had been made by holding such an assortment of people together for so long a time . . .
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS #3 -- NOVEMBER
What I knew was this – out of the billions of people who have peopled this place, out of the thousands of years or hundreds of thousands of years that our wet planet has been spinning in space, many things and people have been stopping in for a brief stay and I’ve gotten to be one of them. Nice.
#2 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS — LUCKY ME!
Someone asked, “Why were you a beneficiary?” and I have to say, “Who cares about why things happen when it benefits Me!” I’m so pleased to share the following with you.
#1 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS: LABEL WARNINGS
I’m guessing that such labels have much more to do with litigation than with concern for customers, but I’m only guessing,
#19 PUPPY - FIRST CRUISE
However, to the point. Today I joined my human parents aboard our boat, PineAweigh, for a brief cruise into Dyes Inlet . . .
THE CRISIS OF CONTEXT ( A serious reflection)
My acquaintance, a published storyteller, messaged me:
“you have been successfully programed by CNN.
#18 PUPPY - BUT ABOUT A BIRD
. . . the book and my glasses were somewhere on my chest or on the floor, and my sleep was being disturbed by a noise. A familiar noise.
#17 PUPPY - A THIN PLACE
If you’ve read the previous sixteen “Puppy” blogs, you know that Scooter understands at least 23 words. He knows what a command is. He’s done well, this 70% fully grown boy bearing all body parts and a puppy coat. Scooter’s development and training has advanced, swimmingly. But, on the particular day I strive to describe, it was as if a spell of forgetfulness had fallen.
#16 PUPPY — CORRECTION
But, back to our pup’s willingness to bite. People. He shouldn’t. But, he has. Me. This is a mistake and we mean for it to be corrected.
#15 PUPPY REPORT - We All Make Mistakes
Even without his permission, I mean to tell you that Scooter Sublime made a major mistake on April 17th . . .
WRENS AND NUTHATCHES AND TAKING A CHANCE
There’s little you can do. It’s unlikely that you can find spiders and insects enough to feed a brood every 20 minutes. Let nature take its course.”
The Moon's Lesson
I saw it first at 4a.m.
Covid-19 and Curiosity - A Morning's Observation
I don’t think so.
FLU . . . THEN AND NOW
I’m drawn to all this because my mom, Alice, was born in May, 1918, in Bisbee, Arizona and while the infant mortality rate hurled high, while thousands were dying and many more suffered the flu, my mom and her parents, survived.
#13 PUPPY - AN ANIMAL ACCOMMODATED
Now, about Scooter Sublime. This yet growing twenty pound pup my husband privately calls “Frenzy,”
#12 PUPPY "SCOOTER, NO!"
“Scooter! NO! Release! Bad Scooter!” said I, body extended on the floor, hand reaching to retrieve that which is forbidden.