Archive For The “Wild Dog” Category
Vital lives are about action. You can’t feel warmth unless you create it, can’t feel delight until you play, can’t know serendipity unless you risk. – Joan Erickson Back in the day, the old man was hired to provide security on a, how should I put this, oh, yeah, an organic farm in the foothills of…
“It’s not drinking alone if the dog is home.“ “There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer. That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens, you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens, you drink…
When nothing around you makes sense, everything is equally threatening. – Mandy Ashcraft, Small Orange Fruit Stephen J. “Stevo” Beard is gone forever and I know I will never hear from him again. I disappeared myself for a decade or so, or so it seems. Happy to reconnect with Mr. Beard. And when he would go…
Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore. – Leonard Cohen Used to go to Key West. Many miles away, eight hours, likely longer, expensive it seemed several years ago. An all-night party town unnecessary for folks in bed by ten. Cedar Key, maybe ninety minutes drive. Everything feels thirty percent cheaper. More…
WIFE is an acronym for Woman I Forever Enjoy. – Barker Ajax My patient third wife exactly what I needed right when she found me.
Our age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying us. And here he is nearly three years later. Ragnar Brutha Gonzo ages seven years for every human year and lately I age about three years per my own self. I keep him safe, he keeps me busy. I think the reason…
My advice is to get a good agent and a good tax accountant if you ever make any money, and remember, you can’t eat fame. And you can’t write unless you want to write, and you can’t want to unless you feel like it.– William S. Burroughs Have rarely felt like it. I am a late bloomer….
When you have fear then the world is a big place. When you have courage then the world shrinks. – Stephen Richards A big brown dog with a large red erection and a snake for a tail approached me and I stood still. Seemed the only smart thing to do.
“Here’s to me, and here’s to you,And here’s to love and laughter—I’ll be true as long as you,And not one moment after.” John O’Reilly hoisted his beer and said, “Here’s to spending the rest of me Life, Lying between the legs of me wife!” That won him the top prize at the pub for the best…
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life. – James Cromwell National Pet Day is April 11, although if you’re a pet owner, you know there’s not a day that goes by that you don’t celebrate your animal companion! So hug your hedgehog,…