Because I was writing about pets (last time, I mean) I thought I’d continue. Humankind is finally learning about animal intelligence and behavior. In the past, animals were generally thought of as something dumb, disposable, targets for hunters, creatures in the way of progress. How could we build large environment-polluting,
I suppose you’ve heard there are two types of persons in the world: You’re either a cat person or a dog person. As with my political affiliation, I’m an independent person, or maybe I should say, an animal person. My sister and I grew up with both cats and dogs,
Around Veterans Day, I try to write something that qualifies as inspirational, heroic, and military-related. To that end, I decided to write about me. Unfortunately, this eliminated the first two qualifications, but left the third. If any of you out there have read my book (Oh, no, another shameless plug
Just when you thought you’d had enough of Halloween horror, spooks, and spirits, I have one more tale I’d like to lay on you. It happens to be true. I know, I know, I don’t have to say that because everything I write in this column is true. Oh, it
It appears Fall officially has arrived and soon Halloween will be upon us. There will be blood-curdling shrieks, moans, eerie, and unearthly sounds from all manner of creeps and goblins to send us searching for safe hiding places. But once you ignore Congress, it will be much more peaceful. One
It’s come to my attention recently that, in spite of my best efforts, I keep getting older. So far, it hasn’t been a problem. What is a problem is a tangential effect of aging that does hamper me from time to time: My brain is turning to mush. It doesn’t
If you read my written ramblings here a couple of weeks ago, the last time I rambled, I wrote that my wife had prepared a list of things that needed to be done around our house and property. Clearing out my boxes of valuable treasures, junk according to her, I
Another Labor Day has come and gone. I hope everyone had an enjoyable, relaxing day. For me, the day was appropriately named because it was a day of labor. My wife had prepared a nice long list of things that needed to be done around our house and property, and
I’m giving you a heads up before you read any further. I’m somewhat impaired physically this time, rather than my standard mental impairment. While doing some yard work the other day, I ran over my glasses with the lawnmower, which made them unsuitable for seeing through, mainly because they are
