Sign Language for Dogs

i was in the Cumberland Resturant…….having brakfast on my way to my cabin in the woods…….taking a reprieve from my normal routine…….wife had commitments, she stayed home with the dogs……i was headed to the woods…to clear my head of congregating fog……….. sitting at the counter i heard a motorcycle approach…

it was a mighty battle, the sky was dark and cold……… i awoke to pouring rain beating against my brow………the rocket had landed close to me, but i survived somehow……..my back was laden with the body of a brother in my unit who didn’t make it………i struggled to wiggle free…………

you left your dragon……..but that’s okay…….he got tired of breathing fire and the lull gave us a chance to talk………we both were amazed at our similar experience…………how you conned us into believing the story about the ”fairy princess”……… we both confessed we saw some holes but choose to ignore the…

okay……there is frost on your windshield……… A. YOU CAN WHINE AND COMPLAIN ”WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO YOU”…… B. shrug it off…….hum and scrape the damn windshield and get on with it……… C. Always choose ”b” waste of time asking ”why” time is passing, flying by…..get on with it

a sunny day wouldn’t work today………requiring a level of enthusiam that isn’t there………..i take comfort in the rain and clouds they won’t ask me to wear a face that isn’t here……..not down or disappointed just steady as she goes and the darkness doesn’t bother me…….. just life as it ebbs…

the cotillion is closer to a circus than a ”ball” i thought i knew these men……………but i don’t recognize them at all………..there seems to be leash attached…..but they aren’t visible to me………….and they seem to be led by hither and fro by piles of fake hair on the heads of…

you better learn it early……………….because it will save you now and then…………..when things seem out of order and you are out of spins……………..you can keep going but you are never going to win……………………..step quietly out of the spotlight and blend in on the fringe………………….. sometimes the momentum is way to…

Grateful to know Jesus died for us all and not me only……….otherwise i would say it wouldn’t have been worth it…. Dancing with demons……………………this too shall pass

there is a med that’s been around and some consider it expired but i contest that logic because many use it and are doing fine we all will face an illness that has the power to consume…causing us to fear and struggle and think we are doomed but it is…

i’m dancing in the Potter’s Field dropping grenades as i go….. let’s wake these lounging souls…….probably many i will know…. and give them the opportunity to share what they want the world to know……… every person has a story……some never make it to the stage…. i take the time to…

what is this source of latent anger that is clawing inside of looking for a way to escape and set the demons free……..i often try to hide behind the tree of denial which never covers me…. the truth is as valuable as to the extent it is accepted…………that is the…

amazes me that at least once or twice a day i meet someone who has no idea who is walking in their shoes……..sounds comical but it’s true…….if you ask them anything personal it’s like they are in turmoil and need ” TIME OUT ” for consultation with themselves…………baffling to me…

i didn’t say victim that word is a cop out to me……we choose our indiscretions and our penalties………line me up against the wall and i will even load the guns…………….pain is just a part of life ….no reason to get undone………………….i’m not trying to be a connoisseur of pain, but…

IF I MAKE YOU CROSS, OR CONFUSED…….WILL YOU OFFER ME THE BENEFIT OF A DOUBT……..SOMEHOW THE MESSAGE OR INTERPRETATION WAS CONFUSED AND DIDN’T SEEM TO FIT……WOULD YOU BE INCLINED TO TAKE THE TIME TO SORT IT OUT OR WALK ME UP THE HILL , TIE MY HANDS AND FEET AND…

i know you feel they should demand respect from me but i could give a shit about your advanced degrees…………..why common sense has escaped you?, ………it didn’t escape me……… confucius said ” knowledge without wisdom is like a stack of books on the back of a donkey’s ass” maybe you…

”God forbid that i could have lived never earning or deserving a scar”…………………….thought it would make a nice tombstone…..but they are going to let students probe and prune my ass………. this world made it clear it would not cosset or coddle me and that pissed me off a bit………..until i…

when you feel your life is slowing it’s spin…..and you are feeling comfortable in the space your in………better enjoy because that’s not how it will end………the meteor is coming and you won’t have a choice whether to let it in……….your Orrery didn’t allow for the particles you can’t see and…

i understand /believe it or not/why you are hesitant to interject………..because you haven’t found your ”tag line” yet has to be there to hold everything, keep it together and give order and meaning……………..if you don’t have and idea how it will end……………they is no way……..you would begin……….. that heading, description…….just…

someone could suggest a script and then insert you name and it would be rather easy……………..to finish what ”your” character would do that consistency may seem admirable, but i look a little deeper than what appears to be………….. your predictability scares the hell out of me……………… now some would say…

interesting how things change…………….slow to maturity quick to change what had seemed harsh ……………has become rather tame never underestimate the power of…………….”no”………….. i used to think it offensive but actually it can be sweet……that someone would have the courage and respect for me to be clear and straight……….that you value…

why was i in that car……..with a man i did not know why did my Father tell me to go and it would be okay what were we looking for and why was i taken away i do not remember much of anything and i wonder to this day………..did something…

sitting on a bench at the Trailways station going back home after a summer with grandparents in Cleveland, Tenn…..got my ticket….. be home by Midnight……brother will pick me up….. a young freak…..hair down my back and i’m young enough not to be intimidated and stupid enough not to leave well…

i watched you with your cardboard sign, dirty clothes and tattered shoes…….your sign said”needing food”…your face said ”need a drink”……..i watched as a few cars stopped and then came reality……….someone handed you a mask quickly drove away………i saw you shake your head……and throw the mask by you sack……..i could see…

i’m sitting on top of the world……….not the creator…….nor a king……………………..a single dot that appreciates everything[okay…..okay……..at this moment……check back with me]…………………………the minute and the majestic……… a person in their right mind should find, if only momentarily, peace and comfort gazing at the amazing world around them…..if not consider reevaluating your…

my hair is out of place ……..it feels great………no desire to run to the mirror and get it straight….getting comfortable in my own skin socks don’t match, pants a tad bit short……….not a fashion show just disrupting my yard……….the world seems to like my clear disregard………for things that don’t amount…

you kings and queens listen when the bell rings……. whether butt…..[yeah butt]……..or mind……. your best efforts leave some behind……… ttucro

we humans tend to be very strange……..the same mind can be a savant or an idiot at the same time…….often minutes apart……. the same one who reads of others taking their life, while chopping on a donut……….dismissing the fact they are diabetic some parts loves me…………….some parts hates me…………….and most…

not a pleasant thought, but not as hard as Calvary when a lamb without blemish was Crucified for you and me when we have the nerve to say we just can’t comprehend, look down brother……look down sister…….we have blood our our hands when we scorn the centurions…. remember you hand…

while i was taking a leave from work i decided it would be a good time to clean out my old files….. while combing through them i came across the original script in it’s unaltered form……. i realized i had begin to depart from it around the age fifteen it…

sometimes you use advice long after it is given…….and you tend to keep it if it is good, even if you don’t realize at the time…………… for instance…………….stay in your lane.… my journey is my journey………..and your journey is your journey……………..i can admire, inquire and enjoy your travels.. but they…