A lie. I created one recently. A major misrepresentation of truth. But, you know, a good one.
#30 PUPPY - Christmas Eve Mistakes
Imagine then, the afternoon of December 24, 2020, when for the first time, my human Mom and I met a particular Labrador retriever; a shy, but beautifully black-coated, stately standing, well-behaved dog (But, that’s a Labrador for you).
#12 A WOMAN'S BRIEFS -- AN EARRING/A MEMORY
I chose earrings this morning that I haven’t had in my ears in years. I bought them, along with the festive necklace they match, in a Philadelphia department store.
It’s a weighty thing, this season of celebration, but it’s a Jewish thing, really . . .
#10 A Woman's Briefs
They delivered a dehydrator that cycles sound similar to a tugboat running through sea swells. It’s comforting, that sound
#29 PUPPY--PROGRESS REPORT
“Scooter, read this. It’s about you.”
A WOMAN'S BRIEFS #9 - ELEVATORS. WOW.
Elevators.
Learn from elevators.
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Lickety-Split! Scurry-Hurry!
Shepherds ran into each other Stepped on other’s toes and tripped over sheep as they rushed to the village seeking a stable with a lantern still lit . , .
#28 PUPPY -- MUD. So Very Worth It
Off the leash he was! In the woods he ran! Crazy with joy he was as he familiarized himself with the campsite bank, some fifty or so feet above the Hood Canal shore.
#8 A Woman's Briefs -- CIABATTA BREAD
“It tastes different from the last ciabatta you made.”
A slight change
Correction — sometimes one seems required. So it was that the final paragraph of #7 A Woman’s Brief’s got changed.
A Woman's Briefs #8
We all know strange things make sense in dreams . . .
#31 Thoughts Along the Way to Dying-- "SUZIE"
Suzie died yesterday. We who watched the inevitable were not surprised but, oh, yes we were. Just as I hate that the sound of the Singing Bowl leaves me, I hate that death sends a very real Self away from existence as we know it.
PINEAWEIGH 2020 REPORT
And so, in 2020, PineAweigh settled for sprints rather than distance running.
A Woman’s Brief #7 — RIGHT WE ARE
Wait! I have family, friends, and acquaintances expert enough in fields of politics, theology, ethics, finance, science, and social do’s & don’ts to turn statements of “seems to me” to “no question about it.”
A Woman's Brief #6 WORDS IN OUR WORLD
A ROLODEX rests on a cupboard shelf in my writing room, a slender, tangible thing holding intangibles . . .
#26 PUPPY -- A STEAK, A MISTAKE
It was a cold nose touching mine that woke me, a small black nose at the tip of a fluffy, four-footed boy whose wide black eyes watched for mine to open.
#25 PUPPY — A DREAM
For some good reason, in the dream that woke me, my job was to give Scooter Sublime away
#24 PUPPY — LET’S GET SERIOUS
Let’s get serious — today is a special day for Scooter Sublime