The State of New York vs. Kemba the Duck Dog
On Sunday, July 12, Kemba was arrested. Well, actually, Kelly was arrested. Well, not really arrested. She got a ticket.
Is this the face of a hardened criminal?
So here’s what happened. On a beautiful, peaceful, sunny Su…
Kemba and Luz and the Tulip
Tulip plant (minus tulip)
I only heard about all this last week.
Apparently Luz, who most of you know as Robby’s old baby-sitter and patron saint of Ricky, Kemba, and all dogs everywhere, had planted some tulip seeds two, may…
The Lion King and the Peaceful Panda
Best friends
Patty, the youngest of my three nieces, and Teddy, her husband, have a four-and-a-half-year-old black Lab named Bruce. Bruce might just be the nicest dog you’ll ever meet: mellow, friendly, good-natured, well-tr…
Stealth Dog
Where he is . . .
This past weekend Kemba jumped off the roof.
Yes, my writing students at Blackham Middle School in Bridgeport, this is hyperbole. But not by much.
Wait, though. Let’s back up a little.
From the time Kemba …
Dead Fish: It’s a Wrap!
LA/XC-4 DAY THIRTY-ONE: POSTING FROM WESTPORT, CT
GREETINGS FROM CONNECTICUT!LA/XC-42015
Last-day mileage from Port Clinton, OH to Westport, Ct: 571
Total LA/XC-4 mileage: 8,710
Road Music: Sirius cycle; Spurs-Clipper…
The Centennial Beach Massacre, Touchdown Jesus, the Blue Lep . . . and Much More!!!
GREETINGS FROM OHIO!LA/XC-42015
LA/XC-4 DAYS TWENTY-NINE AND THIRTY: POSTING FROM PORT CLINTON, OHIO
Two-day mileage from Kenosha, WI to Port Clinton, OH: 481
Total LA/XC-4 mileage: 8,139
Road Music: “Sweet Home Alabam…
On My Own Again (to the tune of Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again”)
GREETINGS FROM WISCONSIN!LA/XC-42015
LA/XC-4 DAYS TWENTY-TWO THROUGH TWENTY-EIGHT: POSTING FROM KENOSHA, WI
Seven-day mileage from Mount Shasta, CA to Kenosha, WI: 2,761
Total LA/XC-4 mileage: 7,659
Road Music: Sirius …
The Duck Dog Swims!
GREETINGS FROM MOUNT SHASTA!LA/XC-42015
LA/XC-4 DAYS EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY, AND TWENTY-ONE: POSTING FROM MOUNT SHASTA, CA
Westbound mileage to L.A.: 3,602
Mileage while in L.A. area: 524
Three-day mileage from Santa M…
Kemba the Ranch Hand
LA/XC-4 DAYS FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, AND SEVENTEEN: POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA
GREETINGS FROM SANTA YNEZ!LA/XC-42015
Yesterday Carol, Kemba, and I drove up the PCH to visit our good friends, former-Westporters Susan and R…