Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Angry Bird In Back Part II OR Here's What Happened Next . . .
When last we left our teen-age Jazwolf, he was outside his car looking in, as the sun set on a chilly fall evening. He was outside because an angry red-shouldered hawk was beating about inside. ( See Blogger Learns Perils Of Giving This Bird A Ride...
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Monday, May 1, 2006
The Birds, The Bees, And Jimmy Buffett . . .
In spring, it isn't only a young man's fancy that turns to thoughts of love. So do mine, as verbalized perfectly by Jimmy Buffett: I’m looking for a smart woman in a real short skirt, A smart woman who knows how to flirt, A smart woman with a mind of her own, A smart woman who will take me home,...
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Saturday, April 29, 2006
I'm Not Lion. This Really Happened--- An Encore Presentation
Four. No, five! No, six! Six lions suddenly appeared over a rise, just at sunset. We had expected they would come to the water hole from the other side. We were wrong. They were about 50 yards from our Land Rover, and closing fast. The tracker, who had been sitting out on the bumper, scrambled over...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
A Letter To My 'Puppy Love' OR Bring Back That Toilet Paper!
Dear Ursa, I’ll never forget that morning after our first night together. You followed me into the bathroom. I stood in front of the mirror to shave, as you moved over to the toilet. Suddenly, you darted away, and I saw your reflection as you departed: a small, red puppy with floppy ears, unfurling...
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Monday, April 24, 2006
How To Turn A Newsroom Into A Mortuary OR 'Did I Do That?'
One of the best things about being a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper--- or just mild-mannered, in general--- is that an occasional outburst of outrageous behavior is more easily forgiven by those around you. Or maybe they simply don’t believe the reality of what they’ve...
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Friday, April 21, 2006
I Can't Hear You! OR The Soft-Spoken Subway Connection
Sometimes, I don’t follow my intuition. More often than not, I later regret it. Still, it’s difficult to go with that “gut feeling” rather than the intellectual choice, to accept that sometimes emotional is more accurate than mental. Other times, I just don’t hear what my intuition is trying to tell...
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Cock Fighting And Other Things--- From The Road
My friends, I’m traveling right now and haven’t been able to read or post for the past two days. Hope to catch up tonight (Thursday). I did see, however, some of the prettiest country east of the Mississippi River, as I wound my way through the backroads of Tennessee and Kentucky to where I finally...
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Monday, April 17, 2006
Blogger Learns Perils Of Giving This Bird A Ride
Perhaps you’ve heard the expression “mad as an ol’ wet hen.” I’m here to tell you that the same applies to hawks. As I stand outside my car, looking into the back window, I can tell you that one wet, angry, bird of prey is flapping about inside. I must concede that perhaps I have contributed to the...
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Saturday, April 15, 2006
At Easter And Always, Christian Or Otherwise, You Have A Right To Be Here
For Easter, a day devoted to fluffy bunnies, fuzzy chicks, and a celebration of rebirth, I am posting the Desiderata. This is very old, and most of you probably have seen it before. But even if just one of you is seeing it for the first time, I’m glad that I posted it. I still get chills every time...
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Friday, April 14, 2006
Dangerous Maybe, But Not Bad
(Author’s note: I wrote this before this spring’s outburst of deadly tornadoes and super-cell thunderstorms. They have prompted me to think again about the message here. Still, I think I’ll stay with it.) Television weatherpersons make me grumble when they talk about “bad weather.” Weather might be...
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