Nice Kitty
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I was tackled by a tiger once. I must stress that it was voluntary for both me and the tiger. I was recruited to be tiger tackled as part of a fund raising event to support some charity or other during other events at a county [...]
The Taurus and the Bull
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Leslie Hallcraft smiled at me as he reached over the top rail of a board fence and scratched the back of an immense Charolais bull.
“This is Baby,” he beamed. “He’s just as sweet as he can be…yes, he is!”
Les was my landlord. In [...]
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I’m sure many if not even most of you out there lay awake nights wondering why I choose to spend the vast majority of my time sequestered away from civilization in the company only of Digger the outstanding dog, Clancy the incredible dog, Grizz the irritating cat, [...]
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Before this epic begins, I must warn you that this is a long bit – if you actually intend to pay attention, perhaps a cup of coffee is in order, or a sandwich…a big one.
“C’mon,” she said, “go with me. I’m gonna look at their new [...]
Attitude In Red
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His name was “El Rojo”. He was a rooster. I got him from Jeremiah Mavis when I lived in “Almost Arkansas”, Missouri. Jeremiah Mavis was an Arkansas Ridge Runner. Big, raw-boned, and redheaded, he was of hearty Ozark stock. His biggest claim to fame were [...]
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He was about 6 and a half feet tall, weighed maybe 280 pounds, and had straight, blue-black hair to below his waist. He looked down at me through hard, dark-brown eyes from a walnut face and said, “You’re white. Where’d you get that necklace?” He was referring [...]
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When I was a young man, I attended official cop school. Week after week, after week, after week, a select number of young valiants such as I were sequestered from the world, the victims of excessive indoctrination and instruction into the art and function [...]