Comfort of My Dog

Comfort of My Dog

Lounging on the back-porch swing gives a slow goodbye to the day and lifts us to the stars where I pluck the glitter from the sky and light my own spirits lost in the ethereal. Mavis piles on top and eases into my mood making it her own sublime moment while breathing...
Fancy Silk & Flowers

Fancy Silk & Flowers

I sit for a while and enjoy the smell of rambling roses hanging over the wooden fence. Mavis also tips her head backwards sniffing like a mad dog searching for perfection with a nose that divines the beauty of sweetness. We both roll around on the odorous mixture of...
Nature Laughs With Us

Nature Laughs With Us

I confess to enjoying the world of nature where the mockingbirds laugh at us, confuse us with their sounds, and make us believe a robin’s chirping in the nest we carry on our heads to keep the rain from dampening our hair and the fleas from yanking at our good time....
Mavis Finds Love

Mavis Finds Love

Sleep eludes me. It passes by and lands on Mavis snoring lightly on the pillow next to mine. The moon shines on her soft hair and exposes her vulnerability. I wonder why dogs give humans the time of day only to be exploited in countless ways but occasionally find...
Calvin

Calvin

Yesterday, I watched my new neighbor spraying his flowers with a noxious agent determined to destroy the ground underneath his sturdy work shoes. My dog Mavis and I hung over his back fence hollering at him to bring his ear closer and let me whisper a few suggestions...
My Dog Mavis

My Dog Mavis

I want to lie down in a bed of flowers next to my dog where the sun graces us with a shimmer that warms our toes and tells me it’s okay to be crazy now and run my tongue over a daffodil and tickle my dog’s ears with bamboo grass. Life takes turns playing...

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