Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. We here in the pack, hope you had a great three day weekend…as for me, I don’t know yet. I am typing this ahead of schedule since my play-date book has been pretty full the past four weeks. As I mentioned in my past article, I had the opportunity to attend the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, where we got to stand in lines for hours under a hot sun, and pay $30 for two brats sandwiches and soft drinks…but what are you going to do? Then this…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Before I forget, Happy Fourth of July! Well, OK, maybe it is a tad early – better than a tad late – but I really needed this as my lead-in for this week’s topic. I have had the opportunity to attend several sporting events this year, most recently the Indianapolis 500 race, and I noticed something that I guess I was aware of but did not put it in perspective until recently. At the beginning of the race or any sports event, they ask everyone to stand and take…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Before I forget, happy Father’s Day to all of you wonderful dads, who in my opinion, really do not get the credit they deserve. You work hard every day; day in and day out to support your family without complaining. The pack tips its hat to you. And a tip of hat to me for getting this column out ahead of the actual holiday. [Yee-aw!] Anyway, I had the opportunity to attend the 100th running of the Indy 500; it was sold out with easily over 300,000 in attendance.…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Doctor visits have certainly changed over time. When I was little, the doctor still made house calls, black bag and all. Then, we moved to a more centralized visit, going to his office which was actually in the back of his house, and he would come in one of the exam rooms, sometimes with cigarette in hand [I know, I am old!] and check you out. Then, we moved on to sitting in the waiting room for 30 minutes. Then, another 30 minutes in the exam room, with the…

CHESTER, Va – Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound.  This is Sunday, and hopefully I will make it under the wire to get this in the Memorial Day issue.  Wow!  End of May is just around the corner.  Anyway, please do take time out from your holiday activities to honor those who have died to protect not only our freedom but the freedom of millions around the world [Note: Veterans Day is to honor all who have proudly served]. Originally this was called “Decoration Day,” a day to place flowers on the graves of those…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. A few weeks ago I was able to attend my first ComicCon Convention. No, I am not too old for that stuff, even though most of the attendees were of the younger generation. Just so you know, I still collect a few comic books and I probably have at least 5,000 comic books in my basement. (By the way. Do you know anyone that wants to buy a nice collection?) Anyway, I know the younger generation takes a lot of heat about their attitudes toward those older than them,…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. As I have related over the past few articles, things in my small section of the Dogpound have been rather disjointed and it appears the trend is not going to end very soon. I was mowing the lawn last week with my riding mower down by the pond. I try to get as close to the edge as possible since the slopes have to be hand mowed or weed whacked…both very difficult to do around the pond, so I wanted to get as much grass cut as I could…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound where things just continue to spin out of control. First off, before I forget, Happy Mother’s Day… Belated, but I finally remembered, and I was doing so great staying current with the holidays. Anyway, last week I was telling the story of the missing bolt and how I was kind of feeling off-center the whole week; well, things just continue to drop and I do mean “literally” drop. I was eating some Fritos last night and I suddenly felt this hard thing in my mouth. A crown had broken…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound…I think. I added that little tag because lately I seem to be a step behind my own shadow or maybe a better description would be…more “scatter-brained” than usual. I think it started when I found a full container of ice cream in my car that had fallen out of one of those silly little plastic bags, and it had been there all night. Not sure how I did not see it because it was on the front seat floor…and thankfully it was in one of those big sealed plastic…

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…