Category: Just Life
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Missing A Very Bad Dog (Detour #8)
In 2011, a Navy Seal’s Labrador retriever plodded past 1,500 mourners to lie down on the floor by his owner’s casket. He stayed there, too, his dark body stretched out on the gleaming tile beneath the flag-draped coffin as the funeral service went on. The picture went viral and you saw it on Facebook or…
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The Dark Side Of Auld Lang Syne (Detour #3)
It’s snowing again. At least as I type these words a little before midnight, an icy mist hangs over a snow-dusted yard, all of it visible in the dim glow of the street lights. The last few winters have been unseasonably warm but this first day of January has arrived like a character in a…
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Brown Shoes, Cary Grant And Props To The Fonz (Detour #2)
It’s late night. Infomercial time. You’re half asleep and Johnny Carson is on your television screen in all his pre-HD glory, a solid string of his best bits working to worm their way into your wallet. If you’ve been there, you know the scene: George Goebel taking the guest seat with Bob Hope and Dean…
2000 Detours 