Sign Language for Dogs

There seems to be invisible fibers that I can’t see…… that connects people, places and things to me….. when I am near them I feel their pull and there is an attraction that’s hard to describe……. does it come from my feelings for them……the comfort and familiarity….do they lure me…

I choose these words to convey there are things that words paint badly……… or not at all……. Pain……..illness……..rejection……..death………life Take your best shot………ask the person dealing with such issues and they will reel off a litany of emotions and always finish with,”I don’t know”…… But the most challenging and difficult……and most…

I know it sounds weird…….  But remember it’s me…..and I have this thing……for snap peas please don’t cook them give them to me…… and I’ll have a feast…… with my snap peas…… I like the crunch and texture as I squeeze all of the goodness from these little peas 🫛…

The thing that has you wearing a frown…….can just as easily be turned around……make applesauce take the best parts and shuck the rest….there has to be a few things that can be salvaged…… make applesauce can’t change what’s in front of you…..best to have a mindset “it will have to…

Accept this beautiful day….. don’t let this gift slip away…… put aside the clouds that can hide the blessings coming your way……accept this beautiful day……. take note of the birds as they sing……this interlude that’s yearning for spring….. but this refrain would last and the wind and rain will come…

Didn’t turn out like you wanted……. But somehow you missed the clues….  I kept trying to tell you… to loud.. ..  but it never  mattered to you…. Now the tapes are rolling in your mind……..I’ve had those tapes too…..I accepted and made peace with mine…. we both could have done…

There is something magical when the sum is greater than the parts……and it is….. when we are willing to extend ourselves and it feels natural and comfortable……that’s a good indication that something or someone else is important to you when that conscious concern is expressed and evident……the ordinary becomes extraordinary…

It’s not so bad when I recollect the many times I have slipped and let my emotions overstep…..but it was worth it because now I accept……it had to be this way to learn on any given day that if I don’t seek to be led, I stray and struggle to…

Walking along the stream the recent rains have left the creek murky and viewing the objects and animals below is impossible…… As I continue walking I can reflect how my life has been on the murky side for the past several months…….but the rains have stopped and the path forward…

I got use to sitting on a nail……trying to please others and hurting myself … … took a lot of courage and a commitment to live…..and I had the right to expect respect for the things I give….. people were surprised, I had been sitting for so long and they…

That little piece of myself that I was keeping safe…… had to have a prudent reserve…… just in case In case the bottom fell out and I was left alone…..just needed a tether to keep me from falling down but you kept knocking and I resolved to let you in…

The fact is that we never stop putting our hands and fingers in things trying to arrange them to our liking…… finger painting sometimes the colors are wrong and we misalign them….creating puddles of confusion…… occasionally we are in harmony and our hands and eyes work together to create pools…

When this world does a number on me…….you will find me down by the Sycamore Tree …… through the years I’ve spent many hours there and it’s always been there for me…….my oldest friend, the Sycamore Tree…… A few years ago the river flooded the creek and I was afraid…

I examine the trees and the nature around me as I stroll through the woods with my dog….. In these winter months everything is stark and rigid ….. bracing for the cold….. but not the evergreen tree….. the wind ruffles its branches and it waves to me in its vivid…

I suppose it sounds crazy……. but perhaps you might understand…….sometimes it seems your arms are always around me……. Everywhere When I go about my day and do the things required of me ………a feeling of care and warmth envelopes me…….. you must have very long arms Not going to spend…

We suffer a loss……. Make an attempt to access the cost ……..and try to figure out how we will pay…. Either our math isn’t right or we have lost sight of what our loss was really worth……. We brood and accept defeat……By surrendering to our part……. We miraculously are given…

My sister cares for me though we have different Mothers…….she likes the fact I’m a little whacked that’s why she can relate to me she’s matter of fact no doubt about that and she always shoots straight with me…… I never wonder where’s she’s coming from….. pretty plain to see…

The Poet died when what you did…….. didn’t match what you said….. the poet died when he realized you didn’t know him and he left the door unlocked and open…… the poet died when he adored you and gave you his heart and you either forgot it’s value or never…

Don’t kid yourself…….. you are never alone… there are shadows and they are hard to see in the daylight and a little easier at night…… shadows walk …. They bend…… they laugh and the cry…….don’t believe it? that funny feeling you get sometimes that someone is walking beside you or…

I heard your sobs and I saw your tears and the moans that originated from somewhere else….I suppose I will never know your pain of signing your children away……. But your pain was sufficient for me….. You can’t imagine that it was the best thing to do, I’m not a…

Stopped at a street light …….. the wind lifted you from the road……and you skipped along and pirouetted and twirled….. and I watched a natural ballet unfold. Other leaves surrounded you,  circled and strode, but you were the lead and it quickly showed…. I watched as the troupe was driven…

Well…… let me see… I suppose a Turtle is a way to describe me……. For I carry my home everywhere I go……. My home my heart…… filled with an abundance of gratefulness for the gift of life and all the wonderful things that come with it…. It’s a sad day…

He’ll make room if you want to go…….. say a few words and mean it…….you’re on your way some folks don’t believe it and turn away…..but I’ve been to hell and there’s got to be a better way so I read this old book that is always new to me…

When I was young I was often stopped in my tracks and encouraged to reflect on the things that I passed that reflection raised questions in my mind and now that I’m older my heart drives me to find……those answers why do people think as they do? Why do we…

My school is the world around me…….. the streets…… the neighborhoods….. the parks……the people that I cross paths with. I take it in and chew on it…. describe it……feel it and pay attention to how the contact influences and affects me. I’m in it not around it……….could never imagine testing…

I cannot rely on you to help me see……traits that aren’t beneficial to me……I have to tell on myself The responsibility of being the best “me”…..I can be, isn’t up to you…… it’s up to me…..I have to tell on myself Although I like to think otherwise……ego in reverse. I…

Be mindful……. the last geese in the formation is traveling at the same speed as the leader…… just at a different position………think before you speak ttucro

I carry a small rock in my pocket to remind me to think ……..happiness or confusion is just a stone’s throw away…..because I cannot change what is in front of me…… but I have a choice in how I view what I see……….many things come on different days and often…

The day is before you borrow some wings and fly….. what’s the use in complaining… …..when you could thrive…… sure they may be a few branches in your path along the way…… move them aside and make it play Everything is as it should be …….keep that in mind…..and instead…

Maybe I could be that man that makes hard things better …. Not by fixing them…..  but walking through them with you….. maybe I could be that man that agrees we see some things differently and perhaps that respect will encourage you to listen to my thoughts as I listen…