Wonders Await

A Dad Blog founded on rambling thoughts, sudden wisdom, and ample amounts of goofiness.

Caught Up


Our sweet and beloved LBD (Little Blonde Dog) has been on the older side of old for a while now. Overall, her labs are good, her demeanor is good, but her hind legs are having a tough go on our hard flooring. We’ve known this for a while. Randomly this afternoon I look behind me and she fallen off her small dog pillow and is laying on her side on the floor. I pick her up and she’s a little grunty, but overall seeming grateful I picked her up. I try to put her back down and her left hind leg is sticking straight out. I panic quietly and call Mrs. D who promptly drove home. A friend of ours picked up Trix from me and was able to get Max from school. After she left with Trix I laid the LBD on the guestroom bed and was examining her legs. Feeling each small frail chicken bone all the way up to her toes when I realized…

Keep reading

70sscifiart:

Cover art, likely by Jerome Podwil, for 1975′s “The Secret Power of Pyramids”

That Sound

Do you ever hear a sound that instantly reminds you of something? This sound for me is the sound of bare feet lightly grazing a hard floor when walking. It’s a slight sound, nothing overtly odd. It just reminds me of my Dad walking barefoot around the house when I was younger. The sound of his feet sliding across the floor every now and then would make my own feet sweat. It was cringe-y sometimes. Now, I get to pass this along to my own kids.

If they listen close enough they can hear my feet gently brush against the floor as I walk. It’s AMSR, but mildly irritating. That’s what I’m here for folks.