I’m taking care of meBecause as you can seeIf I’m not very goodYou don’t get what you should I’m taking care of meDespite the entropyJust giving you my allAt your beck and call I’m taking care of meBecause we are a “we”Both of us must be strongThe road ahead is […]
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This is the story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg (AKA Ruthie, Retired Racer) came to live with me. I’ve owned six greyhounds since 1990. My last greyhound, George Karl (named after the great basketball player and coach) died from a brain tumor. I was distraught, lost and grieving. He was […]
Another train derailmentIn only 90 days!I wonder to myselfIs this the latest craze? Rail has always beenThe safest way we traveled. But lately, seems to beThe mode has now unraveled. It isn’t just the accident.Are trains no longer safe?It’s toxic waste that’s presentI think there’s something “treif.” Also, there’s too […]
By A.C. Cargill Nothing is more hospitable in the world, or so my travels have taught me, than a cup of tea with a congenial host. That little gesture, seen in British television and movies, is best experienced in real life. I had such an occasion – so comforting at […]
Looking for a composer to put this to music and make a hit song! Contact for details by clicking here. How did our love go oh so wrong?It’s why I had to write this song. How did such a beautiful thingjust become a venomous sting? There was not even a […]
I ran the Charm City Reptile and Amphibian Rescue for 14 years (no longer in operation). Here is a story about one of the rescues, a Burmese python. The call One winter day, I received a call from someone who worked for Baltimore County. It was a cool day, but […]
February, oh FebruaryA month of doom and gloomCertainly in my cold heartFor you there’s little room Your skies are always steely grayGrass so brown and trees so bareGroundhog Phil emerges grumpyAbout his shadow he doesn’t care Twenty-eight days are long enoughTo endure your drearinessAnd hasten the countdownTo Spring’s more cheeriness […]
The job I was working occasionally for a friend of mine who did wildlife relocation. He called me one day and said that he had gotten an emergency call. He was way out in Howard County and I was much closer. The manager of an apartment complex in Baltimore County […]
Little Girl Lament “But Mommy, I love these shoes,” six-year-old Laura cried as I was getting ready to throw them out. “But Sweetie, they’re too small for you now. It will make your toes scrunchy and hurt you.” With giant tears rolling down her cheeks, she sat on the porch […]