Thanks for dogs and cats

This is Lady the wonderful dog I brought home from the Humane Shelter five weeks ago. She takes up ninety-eight percent of my time. She loves everybody. And she needs love, I think she was mis-treated where ever she lived before.

My last dog, actually my son's dog, was with us for twelve years. She was run down by a speeding car, in a rainstorm back in July. Needless to say we were heartbroken and this ole house wasn't the same. My son said, "No more dogs."
I know he wanted a dog as much as I did, even Max the Cat needed a dog.

One day, after a doctor appointment, the doc upped my Prozac by 10mg, I went to the County Humane Society and looked at six or seven dogs but hadn't seen one that looked right. Then I spotted a medium sized black dog standing quietly looking straight at me. She didn't move, except for her sad eyes and they went straight through me.

An hour and sixty-five dollars later Lady and I were on our way home. The first couple of days Rick wasn't too impressed and I thought I might have made a mistake, but one day Lady and I sat on the porch when Rick came driving in the driveway from work. Lady barked twice and ran out to the truck and jumped on the door with her front feet, tail awagging like crazy, and now we are a happy family again, of course it took a few days for the cat and dog to become pals. They never did offer to attack each other but were a little stand-offish. Now as I said before...we are one big happy family. . .and that's the truth. . .

Is this goodbye??

A listserv I am in is going thru some changes and at least one member thinks it should die a natural death. Who am I to say anything about the outcome. I've only been a member for about five years. The list as I understand has been around for over ten years. I don't know how I discovered it but I didn't know any members at the time.

The list is a literary, political, every day personal rant, with some very smart people with varied interests. There are occasional verbal spats, mostly on politics, but I think the combatants are merely trying to rub the fur the wrong way.

Altho I am an infrequent contributor, I would hate to see the place just fold up.
...and thar's the truth...

It was a long run,,,

1990 baseball season ended with the Atlanta Braves in last place in their Division; the National League East. This year they are going to finish next to last. In that time span they have been an amazing team and had some amazing players.

It looks like the Mets and the Yankees could be in the World Series. It has been a long time for the Mets. Personally I hope the Phils get in...and that's the truth...

Thoughts about reality

I've been thinking for some time about the end...you know: THE END.
We have always heard, or at least I have always heardthat if you are drowning or falling from a high place, your life passes before you, ie: you remember all that has happened to you.

Now I am getting a little old and not in the best of health, pretty damn poor health actually but I think I still have some time left. My problem and I'm wondering if others have this problem: When I retire for the night I lay there thinking of people I have known and places I have been. A name will come to me and then I'll try to think where and when I knew that person.

I think of a place I have been and how long I was there and who did I know there? Am I crazier than I think?

It has been a short summer, last time here I wrote about hummingbirds and now it is time for then to be leaving...the first week in September.I'll miss them
... and that's the truth...

First Robin, First Hummmer

Since last I was here we have been visited by the first robin of the year and the first hummingbird. The picture is of the remaining tulips from previous years and of course hundreds of dandelions.

It has been a lousy spring: cold and wet. Not much snow again this winter and people are worried about the water table. If we keep getting so much rain there shouldn't be a shortage of water. Our well is over one hundred feet down and we have always had plenty of water,,,that is if the electric is on.

Headed out to burn papers and hopefully mow some grass if it has dried enough from yesterdays rain.

I'll be back again . . . and that's the truth . . .

Long time gone---again

I'll be back---and that's the truth---

Legalization or No

A forum I belong to is discussing DOPE, all kinds of dope. These people by and large are highly inteligent(don't ask me what I'm doung there) who came thru the 60's and most all did some kind of drug. The question is should all these drugs be legalized? They argue that alcohol and tobacco are legal and are additicive. No argument from me there . . . I wasted a lot of my life on booze, mostly beer, but the hard stuff too.

I don't see what legalizing all this crap is going to do to help the sufferers. It will undoubtably will make it all cheaper to buy, but you don't help rapists, murderers and child molesters by telling them that they won't be arrested for their crimes.

That is another subject I could rant on all day . . . CHILD MOLESTERS and sexual perverts. Everyday in every part of the country a parolee has struck again, kidnapping, raping, killing mostly young children. They should be locked away for life, they can not be rehabilitated. Pass a Federal law, get them off the streets.

In case I didn't make it clear, I am against legalizing ANY DOPE . . . and that's the truth . ..