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DOING NEW THINGS, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

September 13, 2025 by

Doing new things opens doors, broadens horizons, and gives us hope that we still matter. “Watch this,” isn’t always the best way to start. If you like what you’ve done for the first time, start practicing to improve. And that’s the problem.

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PET LOVERS SHARING THE EXPERIENCE

May 28, 2025 by

Pet lovers are the best. They have their pride and joy and love giving it their attention. Naturally they want to share what makes them so happy, which is why they’re the best. So go ahead and pet their dog, their cat. Whistle with their bird. Tickle their turtle. In this case it started with, […]

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NATURE SURPRISE, THE GOOD KIND

April 14, 2025 by

A nature surprise is what I hope for every time I leave the house. It might be in the air, on the ground, or in a tree. I’m not looking for a snake or an alligator. Not deer, elk, or coyote. I’ve got a zoo for all of that.

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DREAM CATCHER HOLDS TIGHT

September 15, 2022 by

Hang on to the good stuff as long as you can Picture your dream catcher self at a SoCal party with your wife’s high school friends. It’s all good in a Santa Monica apartment complex, except for the pet. Not a kitty, not a puppy, not a dream catcher, but a huge freaking snake.

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WHEN A SOAKER HOSE IS NOT A SNAKE

September 22, 2021 by

Not one soaker hose, two. Two? Both chopped and buried. Right here? You know the metal thing you screw a hose to? Yeah, that thing. They’re in there somewhere. What if I found the soaker hose and hooked water up? Those hoses are thirty some feet long. All chopped by shovels or rotten. So don’t […]

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COMFORT ZONE AND BIG SNAKES? GET. OUT.

December 8, 2017 by

      If you’ve ever seen a snake wrangler in their comfort zone, they probably don’t look like this. There I was in a lovely Santa Monica apartment with nice people in Los Angeles.   They seemed like nice people, then I saw the snake in a cage.   “Do you like snakes?” someone […]

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