“He was tragically wrong . . . yet never doubted the rightness of what he did.” Bill Bryson
#1 PINEAWEIGH 2021 -- IT'S JUST THAT EASY
We headed west on Puget Sound, toward rips in Rich Passage where the current was running strong, and in our favor.
#36 PUPPY -- MONKEY BUSINESS
“How about this?” I asked today, bringing the from the Pet Store a near-pillow-sized stuffed Monkey. He wants something big to challenge.
#35 PUPPY -- WE'RE WORKING ON IT
“. . . when thou no more was good, when that goldendoodle glory departed thee; thou resembl’st a teenage boy with a deep voice you love exercising quite inappropriately. You bark out of turn. “Thou resembl’st now a pain in the behind,” I said.
#17 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- RV TRAVEL
This was not my idea. That is, the beach is always my idea. An RV, never. However, who could say “No” when the offer of opportunity presented itself to my man of adventure? He chose the mode of travel. I chose the destination.
#16 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- A BEACH AND A BUNCH OF WOMEN
It’s true. Stress creates a “fight or flight” response in humans. However, say some experts in such matters (and who am I to argue with Experts in Such Matters), the female of our species . . .
#34 PUPPY -- A PRINCE, A PUP, AND A PURPOSE
This past Sunday morning, Scooter discovered a gift left for him at our apartment door.
It was clutter of concepts crowding my mind as I moved from sleep to wakefulness, from bed to slippers on the floor. How is “I” defined?
#14 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- IDEOLOGIES
Hold on. This blog post promises not to be easy reading. Simple, perhaps, the way navigating a maze is simple – one foot in front of the other.
#33 PUPPY - SCOOTER'S SNOW DAY
Let’s hand it to the Scots. Scooter couldn’t care less. Scooter Sublime of Heron’s Key has one word for snow: FUN!
#32 PUPPY — SCOOTER’S GOT A LESSON FOR US
Then Scooter Sublime stops. Scooter stops at one particular slender stalk of wild grass, one in a patch of hundreds of others like it. He’s paying no attention to anything around him now. Scooter is meeting a blade of grass.
#31 PUPPY - SCOOTER SUBLIME, A TRICKY TEEN
While modern universities encourage wild dreams and creative unfocus, I’m of the old school — enforced discipline, sharp focus on fundamentals.
#13 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS --A LIE IS A LIE IS A LIE
A lie. I created one recently. A major misrepresentation of truth. But, you know, a good one.
#30 PUPPY - Christmas Eve Mistakes
Imagine then, the afternoon of December 24, 2020, when for the first time, my human Mom and I met a particular Labrador retriever; a shy, but beautifully black-coated, stately standing, well-behaved dog (But, that’s a Labrador for you).
#12 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- AN EARRING/A MEMORY
I chose earrings this morning that I haven’t had in my ears in years. I bought them, along with the festive necklace they match, in a Philadelphia department store.
It’s a weighty thing, this season of celebration, but it’s a Jewish thing, really . . .
#10 A Woman's Briefs
They delivered a dehydrator that cycles sound similar to a tugboat running through sea swells. It’s comforting, that sound
#29 PUPPY--PROGRESS REPORT
“Scooter, read this. It’s about you.”
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS #9 - ELEVATORS. WOW.
Elevators.
Learn from elevators.
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Lickety-Split! Scurry-Hurry!
Shepherds ran into each other Stepped on other’s toes and tripped over sheep as they rushed to the village seeking a stable with a lantern still lit . , .