Black Rain vs. Star Wars

Sometimes ya gotta forget yer head and grab yer balls – Nick Conklin. Great quote from the classic Ridley Scott film, Black Rain, which happens to be on tonight – along with Star Wars Episode IV. I remember going to see Star Wars in the theater when I was...

Lucy Basset Hound

Lucy cracks me/us up. She’s our Basset Hound, who now relaxes even more on her own circular dog pillow/bed, which was bestowed upon her last month from, um, Santa Paws. Now when Lucy waddles up to me I notice an unfamiliar, yet recognizable scent – that of cedar...

Locks of Love

Ana got a short cut. It’s been a while since she had short hair. I had to look at a photograph on the wall just to see what she looked like with short hair. The photograph was taken almost three years ago. Until yesterday, her hair flowed almost all the way down her...

Deschutes River Brains

On the way home for lunch this afternoon, crossing over the Veterans Memorial Bridge, I stopped to look at the Deschutes. It was awesome. The snow which was stacked on top of the flowing river for almost two weeks had begun to melt – or coagulate – or...