I was working on the weekly whisky river-driven rumination — which I’ll deliver a little later — when I came across something I just can’t keep to myself. Actually three somethings. And *WARNING*WARNING*: these are spit-take funny.
Most recently, and the item which led me to the other two, we have this: an Open Letter to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Nature'
The Internet and Dogs
November 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Humor · Nature · The Online World
Squirrels in the Attic
October 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments
It seems like æons ago that I lived in rural New Jersey. It was without question, as the saying goes, a former life — different employer, different house, different spouse. (To distinguish her from The Missus, I will refer to her as The Former Missus.)
Our house was situated next to a dairy farm; our municipality, a [...]
Tags: Everyday Life · Looking Backward · Nature
The Thing That Happened, Once
October 17th, 2008 · 10 Comments
From whiskey river:
At Blackwater Pond
At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have
settled
after a night of rain.
I dip my cupped hands. I drink
a long time. It tastes
like stone, leaves, fire. It falls cold
into my body, waking the bones. I hear them
deep inside me, whispering
oh what is that beautiful thing
that just happened?
(Mary Oliver)
And:
In the tea ceremony, the expression [...]
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The Travels of Mickey Tom (2)
October 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
[This post continues yesterday's. I won't redefine any of the terminology here, so if you find yourself a little confused it probably just means you need to read that one.]
In the fall of 2003, The Missus and I were preparing to host her sisters, brother, and their families for Thanksgiving.
At the time, the four families [...]
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The Travels of Mickey Tom (1)
October 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments
In the second part of this two-part series, I’ll introduce you to a handsome fellow named Mickey Tom. I’ll tell you where he started out, where he is now, how he got to where he is now, and where he’s headed.
But before I can do any of that, I need to provide some background for [...]
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Don’t Embarrass the Dog
September 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
As I’ve mentioned (briefly) before, The Missus and I have a recent addition to our household population: a Yorkshire terrier named Sophie. That is not Sophie over at the right — it’s one “Lexi Ann,” from the dogsinduds.com site. But it’s a good place to start this post.
We got Sophie as a “rescue dog,” which [...]
Tags: Everyday Life · Nature · Poetry · Style and Craft · The Missus
Water Falls. It Really Does.
September 3rd, 2008 · 6 Comments
[First, to get this out of the way, allow me to introduce you to Miss Globe-head. That's her over there on the right. And if you don't know why I'm introducing the two of you, please check my previous post.]
For a number of reasons — most of them having to do with writing, by the [...]
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