That's Life
My brother’s best friend
A week ago, through my morning mind fog, before my first cup of coffee, the hair on my neck rose when I read those couple crypic facebook posts. No one is a fan of cryptic posts in general, so I Read more…
Animals
Little Mike
I met “Little Mike” over carrots a couple weeks ago. And something about this particular horse made my ears perk. He ambled over to the fence-line as soon as he caught sight or smell of our tour group and nibbled Read more…
Animals
Mooving on In
Sshhh, Mooie here…I’ve commandeered this iPad. Dale lazily left it laying open so I pawed through the memories area. I noticed it was the one year anniversary of my outside photo shoots so I wanted to share a collage of Read more…
Animals
After fight festivities
It was just before sunrise when I pushed through my door. Needing to recuperate after the fight, I headed back through my cat-door, to my feral villa in the garage. As I curled into the straw to lick my wounds, Read more…
That's Life
What to do with dead Facebook friends?
I see dead people, stalking around Facebook like regular people. Some of them don’t know they’re dead. In the most advanced levels of civilization and technology, I find myself more connected to the past than ever before. The dead, they’re Read more…
Animals
A Moo’s Story
Damn… finding fresh meat this time of year is a pain in the ass. Like clockwork, the temps cool, the leaves turn and fall, and then -bam, slim pickings in the meat department. Most the summertime staples disappear and while Read more…
Animals
No Moo is not good news
We all have bad days when we need to lean on a friend, it’s no different for little Holstein looking cats. Just as Mooie and friends were basking in the glow of all the good vibes and love coming in Read more…
Money
DIY Grill Fix
I wasn’t really expecting a kaboom, blood, nor flames when I decide to DIY retrofit my grill. I expected a few trips to the hardware store then back to BBQ in no time. The stakes weren’t that high. The grill Read more…
Exercise
I’ll run with Ahmaud
I’ve been jogging semi-regularly for a couple of years. I run with the pace and grace of a Clydesdale. After decades of sketchy self-care with numerous starts and stops I realized that a sitting back passive approach to exercise does Read more…
Short Stories
Gimme Shelter
My impulse buys are typically nondescript run of the mill purchases. Unneeded t-shirts, the fifth pair of tan dress shoes, a novel new pretzel dip, extra items that go on my back, on my feet, on my waistline. Rarely if Read more…