Let's You and Me Do the Local Paper's Crossword

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1 TNM

2 lecturer

3 Belfrance

4 phlegm

5 inacting

6 fairy

7 bitch

8 LatviaCity

9 Ace

10 pit

11 dick

12 writer

14 jagger

17 gaming

18 rich

20 austriahungary

23 lipoed

24 shutup

25 tacky

26 dude

29 forsale

30 narc

31 criticized

32 leaves

35 nothing

36 Syria

38 Jew

40 salt

41 bidet

42 holler

43 busy

44 thataway

45 finally

46 wait

47 fox

Ride a Feral Hog

Only 50 cents a ride. I sent this photo to Reeve. He wrote me back, "Where the heck are you?"

In Missouri, of course. Only in Missouri can you ride an electric feral hog at the local Wal-Mart. Now, you are saying, "That's a razorback." In Arkansas they may have electric razorbacks. But in Missouri it's an electric feral hog. (Actually, the words mean the same thing. But this here is nobody's mascot.)

BTW, the "Rapture," or the end of the world, was a bust, so now you have plenty of time to ride a feral hog. It isn't sinful.

Follow the Game Trail

One day a couple with a young son came over, and the boy, preferring to be known as "J.T.", had a GameBoy with him and barely lifted his eyes from it to say hello, and was directed into a corner where he could be entirely absorbed in it. The couple went for a walk, leaving me to entertain J.T., and I chatted boringly as adults tend to do, and then I mentioned the game trails. He perked up at the word. "Game trails?" "I said, "By 'game' I mean animals," and I lost his attention at once.

Snow makes the game trails more visible, and I get the urge to follow in this case the deer tracks, and see where they lead, here into the cedar forest. All animals (except man) take the path of least resistance. Beautiful walk through here, following the path of deer who sidestepped fallen trees, backtracked, and I liked imagining I was a deer, but prefer to be me who sleeps in a heated house.