Guy's blog about life with pets in northern mich.

A gypsy was traveling via the shoe leather express and stopped at a farmhouse looking for a meal. He explained to the farmer that unlike many of his relatives he couldn’t tell fortunes or the future. He did however, have the ability to communicate with animals and offered to use this talent to repay the farmer for the gift of a meal. The skeptical farmer told the traveler that no payment would be necessary, and that he was welcome to share a meal with him just for his company being as the farmer... Sign in to see full entry.

Here’s a joke my boss sent me. I think someone forwarded it to her, so I’ve no idea of its origin, but I liked it. A burglar broke into someone’s house and began inspecting the owner’s valuables, deciding what to steal. He was working by flashlight, trying not to attract unwanted attention from neighbors. From somewhere in the darkness he heard a disembodied voice say, “Jesus is watching you!” After checking his underwear, he shined his light around and found nobody in the room but him and a... Sign in to see full entry.

I stopped at a convenience store with my dog accompanying me yesterday and as I walked in front of my pickup the largest dragonfly I’ve ever seen dropped from the grill to the pavement. He was injured or disoriented from what must have been the wildest ride of his life on the front of the truck. When I picked it up by a wing, it clasped my skin with its forked feet and it felt so weird, I slung it off me with a shudder. That’s when I had an inspired thought. I wondered what Baby would make of a... Sign in to see full entry.

I found a beautiful little wren nest while I was clearing brush in the back yard yesterday. I nearly lopped off the young tree in which the nest is built before I spotted it. The whole nest would fit inside a teacup and the four tiny eggs fit inside a space the size of a golf ball. I knew that the kids would enjoy seeing it and I realized that I could probably finagle a little help with piling up the brush. I offered to show the kids the nest if they would help me drag cut brush. Ivy considered... Sign in to see full entry.

Sometimes I wonder if children, animals, women, dwarves and politicians exist for my amusement or to torment me. I see humor in many, and probably most things. It may be that I just have a peculiar “take” or mind or general outlook on things. It may be a defense mechanism to keep from going crazy because there is no shortage of maddening things in my life. If I can chuckle at something I take away it’s power to anger me. Walking around angry, dwelling on something that has already been done, or... Sign in to see full entry.

I think that life today will be looked at as the apex of human existence by those who follow us. Our level of comfort, leisure, diverse employment opportunity, medical care, housing, education, disposable income, entertainment, etc. will slowly erode as our burgeoning worldwide population consumes diminishing resources, land, food, water and necessities of today’s life. There will certainly be advances made in many things now part of our accepted norm and new inventive answers to some problems... Sign in to see full entry.

I think that all higher forms of life experience embarrassment. I’ve seen my sleeping cat awaken halfway to the floor after sliding off her perch on our freezer. She landed on her side with an audible thud and when she realized that I was laughing at her, there was no mistaking her look of embarrassment at my having witnessed her fall. Cats are dignified and carry themselves with obvious pride in their graceful athletic ability. Had I not seen her fall from grace, I doubt that her clear... Sign in to see full entry.

Marilyn and D.J. stopped at a combination gas station and party store the other day, and a potato chip driver who was also a retired cop gave D.J. a voucher for a steam train ride because he was wearing his seat belt when they pulled in. It was during “seat belt week” in our county and the county police force was writing dozens and dozens of tickets for seat belt violations and I’d bet that thousands of dollars of fines were generated during that week. At least D.J. was happy about it. When Ivy... Sign in to see full entry.

A friend for more than thirty years, (my second best friend in the world) and I were watching TV recently when a commercial for Cialis or Levitra or Viagra, anyway for some drug to treat the big ED, (!) came on and said that in the event that users of their miracle pill were to experience an erection lasting more than four hours, they should call a physician. My friend snorted and said, “A four hour erection! Can you imagine?” I laughed and said, “Yeah. If I called my doctor every time I had one... Sign in to see full entry.

Have you ever wondered if your life would have been different if you had been given another name? If your parents had named you Tiffany or Chad, instead of Myrtle or LeShawn, would people treat and think of you differently? I’ve met many people who virulently hate their given name but I wonder if they blame the fact that they are a bus driver and not a stockbroker on a name. I can see how something as simple as that could affect someone. Of course, kids will find a way to tease you over almost... Sign in to see full entry.