I lived through the era pre-MADD, which basically means I knew many young friends who thought nothing of drinking and driving. Yes, it was unwise. Yes, it was dangerous. But it was also a different time, and there wasn’t the stigma attached to it that we experience now. My friend, Lynn, used to have a basement bar where…
It was covid time winding down. Many were still wearing masks but no longer raiding the supermarket shelves. We’d spent the evening with one of our good friends, Angie, laughing and carrying on as we always did, joking about Covid and life in general. The next day, George was in our local supermarket, but found he’d left…
We had long wanted to fly fish for Canadian brookies–those large sparkling trout that were plentiful and praised for sportfishing. The lodges that catered to this fishing were nestled in the Canadian wilderness, most of them accessible only by float plane. The smaller brookies that lived in our home streams were easily my favorite to stalk, but the…
I had knee surgery scheduled, and George was lurking in the waiting room, pacing, expecting to talk to the doctor. After months of uncomfortable pain, only time and rehabilitation stood in the way of a new working knee. When the doctor finally made his way to George, he had a smile on his face. He said all…
Kodiak was our 140 pound Malamute. We had her for 15 wonderful years. As a new puppy to our household, she weighed 22 pounds, so we knew she was going to be large. Her personality was just as large. She was a character, always letting that personality show in heartwarming ways. We used to laugh…
Chris and Sandra were having a celebration. My older brother and his wife knew how to throw a party, and for this one, they were having a good old-fashioned pig roast. They had been roasting this one for hours, and people from all over were coming from it. Her family, from Oklahoma and elsewhere, were…
We were fishing. George, his brother, Carl, and I, were kicking back on a bright, sun-shiny day on the Mongaup River. We were new to fly-fishing, so we weren’t proficient, and we knew no tricks of the trade as yet. I remember I had finally caught my first fish on the fly–a small panfish who…
Madison Square Garden. A group of us had gone down to see a concert. We were all in good spirits. It was a big crowd, and we still had time before it started. Carl (George’s brother) decides he needs to visit the bathroom, and a little while later, George gets up to go as well.…
I used to wake up, go into the kitchen, and hear all six puppies. And they made a ruckus, playing with each other, growling, hopping over the yellow peanut or the 2×4, chasing each other, shaking toys or squeaking balls, running up to the door, six little heads peering out, banging repeatedly, hopefully, against the…
She was born December 28, 2008, and we found out about her through a friend who was acting as a foster parent for the ASPCA. There were seven puppies, and the parents had been given up when the economy hit the skids and the owners could no longer take care of the bred Lhasa Apso…
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