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Month: June 2020

Sweetness and Pain

Posted on June 21, 2020July 31, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

Two years ago, instead of springing for a nice all-inclusive year-end vacation, I decided to literally put my money where my mouth is. I got a root canal for Christmas, which led me to figure that it was time to have my teeth checked. It had been three years since my last check up.  My…

The Dogs We Love

Posted on June 16, 2020July 31, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

When you think of the words “dog lovers”, you might have visions of the legions of breeds, their breeders and fans at their show-of-shows, the Westminster Dog Show. A great sendup of this world can be found in the Christopher Guest mockumentary “Best in Show” (which also includes Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, more recently…

Stories of Death and Hope Part 2 – Oliver and Miyoko

Posted on June 4, 2020June 16, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

This past week we learned of another death. Oliver died at little more than a year old.  That seems tragic enough, but he wasn’t expected to live past six weeks. Oliver was a suckling pig, destined like his brothers and sisters to be the tender main feature at a barbecue or luau.  A kind-hearted person…

Stories of Death and Hope, Part 1 – David Berman and Drag City

Posted on June 1, 2020June 16, 2020 by Caring Curmudgeon

Anyone else thinking about death lately?  Self-isolated, socially distanced reflection and introspection.  It can be a bit gloomy at times.  Just when you see a glimmer of light in the Covid-19 storm, along comes an intensely tragic flareup of racial tensions that is reverberating around the world. It is hard to find the glimmers of…

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