Well, I didn’t expect a Super Bowl blowout. But that’s part of the fun of football. Football comes up in my work from time to time, going all the way back to Hard Rain, and it’s central to the plot of Reality Check (my YA novel that won an Edgar.) But there’s some in the Chet and Bernie series as well. This is from Heart of Barkness. (For newcomers the narrator of the series, Chet, is a dog but NOT a talking one.)
We kept running. And what a nice sight – Bernie was running as fast as I’d ever seen him. Which isn’t at all fast, not even for a human, probably on account of his leg wound in the war, but it made me so happy to see him back to running not fast. As for me and my running, let’s put it this way: I was delighted that the dart player turned out to be one of those humans who could really motor, especially after his flip flops flew off. Why hadn’t he gone into football or track instead of robbery? I wondered about that as I loped along behind him, trying not to catch up too soon and spoil the fun.
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Go Chet!
Good day to all.
I love Chet’s idea of fun. Rather cat-like, playing with your prey.
Today I think I am finally, going to mostly finish the fence repair. It has been a long slog since before Thanksgiving. I have some photos so think I might add it to a Phriday Photo entry as I believe Wose has enough dog photos for her calender. I will still post write-up for Diana and then start with the family dogs, Cuppy and MItzi, Candy, Dolly and maybe even find a stock photo for Madame Curious as I never did take any photos of her. Maybe a stock photo of Chipper too as I don’t have access to the family photo albums at my parent’s house and I think the only photo that might exist would probably be blurry. Most blue Budgies look alike.
Ramses is a part of the fence repair story.
There are vacation photos too.
I really want to read all of the Plunderer stories past and present and see their photos. But I’m not sure we have enough for 52 weeks.
Mom and I are huge Chiefs fans so very disappointed in the Super Bowl. But football is over and soon we will move on to March Madness!!
WTAFP, I told Mom about your request. I anticipate a story about Gus is in our future.
Excellent. And if it isn’t Gus, then how about a story of her first ever cat that started it all, even if there is no photo?