smoke and mirrors

Today I found out about a friend’s death, and I’m so disoriented that I find my emotions swirling here and there. I might be able to leave impressions scrawled on the page, but at the moment I can barely have a conversation with those closest to me. I regularly read about how unreal the friendships… Continue reading smoke and mirrors

my rays of sunshine

Before there was even the thought of Ella and Louis – the Magyar Vizsla brother and sister that I talk and write about a great deal – before them there was a dog who came walking up to our car on a little road in southwestern South Dakota on the way from Sturgis down to… Continue reading my rays of sunshine

when you’re gone spending ends, they don’t come no more

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXg83FnUbKc&w=420&h=315] (not sure why they include the photo of Josephine Baker with this tune on You Tube, but I chose it for the performance not the picture) Several different places the last several days, I’ve seen it mentioned and I didn’t want to let it go by without saying something myself. This is the… Continue reading when you’re gone spending ends, they don’t come no more