Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. When was the last time you went to a demolition derby? You know…where you are allowed to take your car and ram it into someone else on purpose, and without penalty? The last one I attended was many years ago. I was 20-ish, and our county fair had a demolition derby out on their horse racing track. It was the final event of the week-long fair, and it was a big draw, filling the grandstands to overflowing with hundreds more standing along the fence or in the infield to…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I, for one, do not like going to the doctor, and thanks to the good Lord above, I have not had to go very many times in my lifetime. However, when I need to go, I do go. For the past few weeks, my back has been acting up. Most would think “lower back,” but my problem is higher up on my right shoulder….about halfway up under the rib cage in the perfect place that makes it difficult to reach. It is an old injury I received many years…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. If you have been paying attention to the calendar, you are aware that the kissing cousin to Mother’s Day is just around the corner. No peeking at the calendar or Google…can you guess? That is right … the lesser known Father’s Day is just around the corner. Mother’s Day was made an official holiday by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914, whereas Father’s Day was not recognized as a national holiday until 1972 by President Richard Nixon. That’s the reason I call it the lesser known. The truth be had,…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I hope you had a nice Memorial weekend, and I hope you paid proper tribute to everyone in who has given so we can enjoy freedom. Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and started out as a way to honor the many soldiers who died during the Civil War. On May 5, 1868 General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance to be held on May 30. Many states adopted this date as a holiday but…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I was reading the Sunday paper, and I came across an interesting headline that tweaked my interest. The title read: “My daughter told me to stop being a hermit crab.” In short, the story was about a 40-something single mom who had just gotten out of a bad two-year relationship, her first after her divorce, and she was about as low on the “loser” totem pole she could be. Her 11-year-old daughter had finally had enough and sympathetically told her mother that she had to stop living her life…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Based on the weather of late, it appears we are going to pretty much skip over spring and go right into summer. Along with summer comes yard work, and that means bringing out the hoses and sprinklers. Every year I discover that Washington is not the only place that has problems with leaks. I don’t know about you, but I seem to be very hard on hoses and the sprayer heads. I don’t buy the cheap ones, but after one season of use something happens to them. I drag…

Hello and welcome back the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Just recently I have been thinking about accidents, and I will tell you why, but first let’s review my history of car accidents. I have been in a few accidents, but thank the good Lord, I have never been in one that was really serious. Now I did have two that had potential written all over them; in one case, a young kid for some reason decided to make a U-turn out of the clear blue sky, right in front of me. I hit the side of the truck a…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Spring must be in the air; first there was one, then two and now three; Yes, my turtles have returned to the pond. Then there was the “winter legs” alert that went out to my neighbors. Yes, my first day outside wearing shorts while mowing my lawn. Draw the shutters and put on the shades; these legs have not seen the sun for a very long time. Along with turtles, shorts, and mowing…here comes the dandelions. I declare this the “Year of the Dandelion!” They are everywhere! It is…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. The other week I wrote about bringing back old TV shows and someone mentioned that it would be nice to bring back the American Bandstand. For the older generation, I think that is a great idea. How many times have you gone to a wedding or any other event where there is dancing, and there is always at least one couple there, usually older, drawing all the attention on the dance floor? Not the Dancing with the Stars-type of dancing with lifts and jumps, but a smoothly coordinated dance…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Do any of you remember the name Roseanne Barr? She appeared on TV for the first time in 1985 performing her stand-up routine on The Johnny Carson Show. A few years later, her hit TV show Roseanne hit the airways. It ran from Oct. 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Do you remember that show? It was one of most popular shows of its time, and they just recently brought the it back with a record figure of more than 18 million viewers. It is said that if they…