Archive for the ‘Friendship’ Category

The Best Father’s Day Present Ever

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Recently I wrote about Buford.  He was my friend’s basset hound that had been a constant and faithful companion for years.  He was tragically hit by a car and killed suddenly.   My friend was devastated.  Actually, devastated was not an adequate enough way to describe it.  He has been down since then. 

Bar Hopping

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Do you remember the 2002 movie – Bar Hopping – that Steven Cohen directed and Tom Arnold and others starred in?  Are you a bar hopper?  I wouldn’t say I’m much of a one…at least I wouldn’t have said that until I retired.  

The Lucky One

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Faith Hill sings a country song called The Lucky One.  In it she talks about the things in life that are rough – no air conditioning, not being as far along as she would like to be at age 27, not enough money for a even a bus ticket, no cable tv, but she is […]

Buford: A Man’s Best Friend

Monday, May 19th, 2008

The first time I visited I saw Buford with his master, Marshall.  They were some of the first we met there on main street in the cowboy town of Possum Trot, Tennessee.

Imperfections

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Imperfections…we see them all the time.  We all have them.  With reality television these days, millions of people can see mistakes happen instantly.  There was a man this past week on Dancing With the Stars – where an arm weakened in the middle of a dance routine and an injury disabled him.Then there was a […]