Archive For The “Wild Dog” Category
The sovereign invigorator of the whole body is exercise, and of all exercises, walking is the best. – Thomas Jefferson I walk a lot, which gives me a nice tan and plenty of time to think things in my head and my heart and through my pores. I am thinking, don’t trip over that brick…
Rule number one: ALWAYS STICK AROUND FOR ONE MORE DRINK. That’s when things happen. That’s when you find out everything you want to know. – John Berendt, Midnight In The Garden of Good & Evil Impressions. Not an easy place to park. One empty spot on the whole street, right in front of my destination….
The teacher called Little Johnny to her desk and said, “The essay you wrote about your pet dog is word-for-word the same as your brother’s. “What do you have to say for yourself?” “Of course, it is!”, said Little Johnny. “It’s the same fuckin’ dog.” A teacher asks the kids in her 3rd grade class:…
“Like a piece of ice on a hot stove,” Robert Frost wrote, “the poem must ride on its own melting.” Her cry sliced through crisp winter air like a dart through tavern smoke. Hello, she called. He had been watching a flight of croaking ravens wreak havoc in a nearby Douglas fir, flocking noisily; at…
Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way. ― Charles Bukowski you’ve got to fuck a great many womenbeautiful womenand write a few decent love poems. and don’t worry about ageand/or freshly-arrived…
“I realize how helpless and needy they are, but I’m afraid you still can’t claim a human as a dependent.” (source: The New Yorker)
Chloe Aridjis Wanders From The Novels of Juan Rulfo To The Beaches Of Oaxaca April 1, 2019 By Chloe Aridjis Here it comes, its gait bold and determined or else hesitant and subdued, depending on its experience in the world thus far. Here it is, making its way towards us, dodging cars, hugging walls, sniffing out the…
Happiness is a warm puppy. – Charles Schulz National Puppy Day [March 23] is a special day to celebrate the magic and unconditional love that puppies bring to our lives. But more importantly, it’s a day to help save orphaned puppies across the globe and educate the public about the horrors of puppy mills. National…
I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present. – Anne Lamott TODAY By Billy Collins If ever there were a spring day so perfect,so…
She was a survivor and an alpha. And then she was legally shot and killed by a hunter. Yellowstone Park’s legendary wolf researcher Rick McIntyre reflects on the life of one of the park’s most famous canines. Rick McIntyre for Outside magazine. Mar 13, 2019 Until the last moment of her life, no matter what…