Thursday, March 2, 2006
Forbidden Love!
The small black dog jumped up into my lap. “Oh, look. Sammy likes you!” said Daphne, the dog’s owner. No big surprise there. Animals and children always have been attracted to me. I was soon to learn, however, that Sammy’s “attraction” to me might more accurately be termed “the love that dare not...
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Business Trip Saves Me From Blogit
Oh, my god, I was addicted to Blogit. This trip to Florida has served as an “intervention” of sorts for me and the Magic Kingdom has been my Betty Ford Clinic. Down here, I’m kept busy with meetings and social events all day and into the night, so that I have very little time to couple with my...
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Monday, February 20, 2006
Cloud, Cold And Depressing---
Here in the eastern Ozarks, we experienced our warmest January on record. Along with that warmth, came more sunshine than normal. I think that’s why my annual bout with a bit of winter depression--- also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder--- is just now setting in. Here in mid to late February,...
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
The Pain--- For Both Of Us--- Will Be Worth It---
When my 12-year-old friend J mentioned that he used to eat hard, crunchy tacos but now preferred soft shells, I didn’t see much significance to the comment. But on our next outing, he mentioned that he was the only one in his family who could eat peanuts because he was the only one in his family...
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Saturday, February 18, 2006
It's My Party!---
For years, I didn’t like celebrating my birthday, even when I was very young. I didn’t know why, but, having what I fancied to be an analytical mind, I tried to figure it out. One of my theories was that the attention seemed misdirected. My mother went through the ordeal, so she should be recognized...
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Amnesia Cured And Now I Remember! Oh, The Horror!
Back in college, I had the male lead in a one-act play called “Hello Out There,” by Edward Albee. Unjustly accused of rape, I spent most of the play in a jail cell. Toward the end, I was shot, died, and carried off. Yes, I, Jazwolf, played a character who died on stage, a role coveted by every...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
Cabin-Fever Wisdom---
People who live in Florida shouldn’t be allowed to “vacation” in Southern California. And vice versa. This occurs to me on a cold and snowy February day, as I eat lunch and watch an old game show. One of the contestants said he lived in Florida, but was in Los Angeles on vacation. Outta be a law!...
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Giving Them The Finger---
My garage had a large, fixed window in the back. With the door up, as I usually kept it during summer, the garage appeared to be open front and back. Consequently, birds such as finches, chickadees, and hummingbirds flew in, and suddenly found themselves trapped. I’d see them fluttering against the...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
'You Treat Us Like Real People'
A student once told me that, despite the subject matter (English), he really enjoyed my class. “You treat us (students) like real people,” he said. It never occurred to me to do otherwise. Conversely, it never occurred to me to make a concentrated effort to do so. But I do know some of the things...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Love Scene Excerpt From My Wolf Novel--- A Valentine's Treat
But then, just as they had dropped their jeans and prepared to crawl into the sleeping bag, the wolves howled. Their song rose from down in the valley below the campsite, where the step-like cascades of Mina Sauk Falls leveled into a small, but turbulent stream. “Oooooooouuhhhh! Oooooooouuhhhh!...
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