I’m not big into consumerism, so I’ve never understood the appeal of Black Friday. I’m not averse to fighting, but for me, it’s strictly recreational- the idea of fighting over a television or a pair of sneakers is repugnant to me. I preferred to spend a Black Dog Friday- playing with my niece’s Dog, a Black Belgian shepherd. My niece really wanted an army of dragons, but that’s not feasible, so she decided to settle for a dog, with the proviso that it would be a big, wolfy dog. A husky-Alsatian mix had caught her eye, but had already been adopted. She settled for the next wolfiest dog in the shelter, a skinny fellow with big, alert ears and a shabby coat. Apparently, ‘Lupin’ had been running the streets for an indeterminate period of time, either a runaway or an abandonee.
A couple of weeks of good meals and good care resulted in Lupin being the strong, handsome dog I met on Wednesday. He’s a social dog, uncomfortable with being alone, and excitable around new people. He and I became fast friends from the get-go.
There’s one tantalizing clue to Lupin’s footloose days... I was telling the girls about a goofy mockingbird on my worksite which mimics car alarms. While whistling the opening bars of the typical car alarm, Lupin ran across the kitchen into the living room, took a flying leap onto the couch, and proceeded to exfoliate my face with his tongue. Ever since, if I want the dog’s attention, all I have to do is mimic the car alarm. It’s a mystery, one I find amusing.
I’m writing this post on my phone, but I will update it, including a picture of my handsome, wolfy friend.
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A few years ago, back in the early 2000's, my biological extened family got on my nerves to a degree such that my wife and I began a tradition of being out of town for the Thanksgiving Feast. That first year we drove my ancient Toyota station wagon on an over-nighter around Lake Michigan, and the trip across the Mackinaw Straits bridge was a real eye-opener. It was so windy the authorities stopped traffic on the bridge for a while! We stopped at Traverse City for the night, and ate in a nearby Mexican restaurant. In subsequent years we drove on to Luddington as closer to the half-way mark.
My immediate family (spouse, daughters, and spouses) concluded treating Thanksgiving as a moveable feast was a fine idea. We met at my house a week later, on the weekend, and did a wonderful meal with turkey, dressing, etc., and thoroughly enjoyed each other's company for the day.
All holidays have become moveable feasts for us, including birthday parties, Easter, and XMAS.
I always enjoy your essays, and hope you and yours have a great time during the annual gorging season.
Thanks, John. I’m not a big one for getting hung up on holidays. The important thing for us is being together, not the calendar date.
from time to time i comment at the daily mail site "you have to be an above-average person to be a better friend than an average dog"
i look forward to seeing pictures of your niece's dog
if spouse and self adopt another animal companion or two, chances are they will be feline in nature - but as lawrence berra could have said, 'you never know when something surprising might happen'
A couple decades ago car alarms used to go off pretty regularly - often the ones that play a series of different kinds of sounds over and over. I lived in the Sunset district of San Francisco and regularly heard mockingbirds doing pretty obvious copies of those car alarms.
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