Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. When Spring comes around there is one event I look forward to and that is mushroom hunting. Now the truth be told, I am a lousy hunter of mushrooms. I love to eat them, but finding them is like looking for the lost treasure of the Aztecs. My dad was the number one hunter of mushrooms in our family. I swear he could smell them. When I was young kid we would hike out into the woods and it would not be long before dad would be calling my name. I would come over to where he was standing and he would tell me to look around. I would look all around. Nothing. Then he would tell me to take a few more steps in one direction or the other. Still nothing. Finally he would walk over and point his foot at a small patch of leaves…MUSHROOMS! I am happy to report that last weekend…on my own…I found my first sponge mushroom. It was the only one I found but I found it all on my own! I am so proud of that mushroom that I am spraying it with lacquer and saving it in a shadow box. You know..just like that first dollar you ever earned..except I did not have to share 20 percent of my mushroom with the government.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
– Robert A. Heinlein
REALLY!?
Somewhat skeptical of his son’s new-found determination to become Charles Atlas, the father nevertheless followed the teenager over to the weight-lifting department, admiring a set of weights. “Please, Dad,” pleaded the boy, “I promise I’ll use ‘em every day.” “I don’t know, Michael. It’s really a commitment on your part,” the father pointed out. “Please, Dad?” the boy continued. “They’re not cheap either,” the father came back. “I’ll use ‘em Dad, I promise. You’ll see.” Finally won over, the father paid for the equipment and headed for the door. From the corner of the store he heard his son yelp, “What! You mean I have to carry them to the car?”
THAT HAD TO HURT THE EGO
Good old Ted Cruz can talk up a storm but I think even he was lost for words when it was reported that he lost in one New York district… Westchester… not to Donald Trump… but to Ben Carson who stopped running for the Presidential slot months ago. Got to love em!
That is all I have. Very tired from hunting down all of those elusive mushrooms. As always be good, do good, play safe, and remember they are out there…just keep the faith.
JR
