The new dog is afraid of me and every time I enter a room she gets up and leaves. Which raises the question WHY WON’T EVERYONE ELSE DO THIS FOR ME, TOO??
As a kid, I'd live part of the summer in Ottertail County, Minnesota with my dad's folks. They & their cronies would gather in the shade about 3 PM, & start drinking spritzers: MD 20/20 cut 50/50 with 7-Up. I was bartender & learned early how restorative drinks are in the heat.
If I were a cop I would totally abuse my power. I wouldn't steal drug money or anything like that but I would write extremely punitive tickets to every slack-jawed imbecile with a loud exhaust system.
This morning my mom woke me the way she always has: In a clear, loud voice she said my name, first and middle.
This October it will have been 3 years since she died.
Took a funeral out today. Full procession. I drove the lead. Cemetery was outside of town. We went by a farm field where there was a man on a tractor. He saw us and stopped. He hopped off the tractor, took off his hat, and watched us go by.
Such a small thing, but it mattered.