This is Eclipse…she makes everybody happy

From Purpleraysblog – a dog with real initiative

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This is Eclipse. Every day she leaves her house, by herself, and takes the bus downtown to the dog park where she spends a couple of hours getting exercise and making friends, and then she takes the bus back home again. She even has her own bus pass attached to the collar.

It started when her owner, Jeff Young, was taking too long when the bus arrived, so she impatiently ran ahead and got on the bus by herself. The bus driver recognized her and dropped her off at the dog park, and later Jeff caught up with her. After several more trips by herself, Jeff started letting her go on her own, and she always comes back home a couple of hours later.

All of the bus drivers know her and she makes them smile, and many of the regular passengers enjoy seeing her every day and will often…

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Preoccupied

Before I occupied my body

and watched that jeweled hummingbird

bury himself in a small blue blossom,

I was off somewhere,

lost in a cloud of concern.

                                                                   JDG

Who, Me?

I spent so long

looking for answers

I forgot

the original question.

                                    JDG

Number One

A stranger went out of his way

to help me today.

Interestingly,

his name was Adam –

a contemporary first man.

                                                      JDG

Song Of Silence

As we walk together

down this winding country road,

the space between us

is filled, not with talk, but with

a quiet understanding,

a silence reflected

In the unmoving water

of the green-edged pond .

From above, a nearby bird 

punctuates our silence with a song.

                                           JDG

In Process

With a touch of yellow,

a splash of orange,

a bit of red,

Autumn prepares

a colorful cape 

for trees to wear

before the coming 

gray of winter.

                                JDG

The Call Of Home

Off a curving country road

a round house sits,

encircled

by a softly curving porch.

In the gray mist

a mourning dove coos,

offering comfort

in curves and gray.

                                      JDG

Fall Tonic

A bracing blend

of cool breeze

and bright sunlight –

trees shiver

with delight.

                               JDG

Please

Lying there 

on the crisp white sheet,

the poem silently pleads,

“Come fill me with your breath.

I’m lying here, alone, unread.”

                                                JDG