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Magic from A to Z Elite user Sweet Home Alabama 482 Posts |
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Daryl -the other brother Special user Chicago 594 Posts |
very nice.
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Tom Jorgenson Inner circle LOOSE ANGLES, CALIFORNIA 4451 Posts |
Yes...well done. Thanks.
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TomBoleware Inner circle Hattiesburg, Ms 3163 Posts |
Excellent.
Tom
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imgic Inner circle Moved back to Midwest to see 1337 Posts |
I made mistake of watching the video while waiting for a plane...almost was crying in the airport...
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
Geordie approves; so does TJ.
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
Thank God for nature.
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I give this 5 barks!
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Don't miss the Laurel and Hardy link of "Laughing Gravy" for a funny dog story. Lynn
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9982 Posts |
Lovin’
I can’t say exactly why we always seemed to talk about pets more than people. Oh, some of us had pets and shared stories of their antics and ailments, but it was more than that. A good pet story allowed us to talk about the owners too without actually gossiping, I guess. We tried to avoid that – might be overheard! Any university system runs on “insider information,” of course, and professional survival depended on what my father used to call “scuttlebutt.” If you talk about a person directly it is difficult not to allow envy, suspicion, prejudice and ego to slip in a bit; but if you talk about how they treat their furry friends, that’s another matter. A lunch gathering might go something like this. “I hear Amy gave her German Shepard to her son. Seems he doesn’t fit in with that overpriced condo she picked up after the promotion.” “Well, she got Andre to keep away intruders. I gather that now she needs a dog of a more welcoming kind.” “She’ll probably get a cat and ask me to stop buy and feed it when she goes up North to visit her mom. Then I can get the real scoop …” Everybody laughs and Fern steals a French fry to prove she isn’t on a diet. Not that all of the pet discussion involve someone we know, but it’s amazing how you can learn about a person by how they react to a story. Even friends will surprise you and it’s a great way to learn about a new person, and a guy coming over to pet my dog isn’t exactly like flirting or anything. “I shouldn’t be saying anything …,” offers Suzanne when everyone’s mouth is too full to protest. “poor Fran’s service being just last week and all.” Some of us had attended and offered comments on the clothing some people thought appropriate, but that wasn’t about pets so I’ll skip it. “I wonder who takes care of her Sheltie and that little dust mop thing that yapped all the time. Her cat just ran off, I understand. I hadn’t seen her for months – since she retired last Fall. Kinda wish I had stopped by …” “That aneurysm was a surprise – could take anybody, though I’m not surprised in a way. She and Paul certainly depended on each other a lot. After the accident her attention to things at work certainly went down hill.” “Good thing she had those pets at home.” “That’s what I was going to tell you about! You might remember what a church person she was, and going on about how it was sad animals didn’t have souls so that she could take them to heaven with her.” “I know a lot of folks that have no soul and they think they’re going to heaven.” Everybody laughs but Tony purses her lips a bit. “So, I gather her pets didn’t handle her passin’ very well.” “No, just the opposite, from what my cousin Laurence told me on the side. He’s a police detective, you know – and said the report is kinda being buried. He was there because the UPS guy reported a package not being taken in for days and seeing Tuffy peaking out through the curtains like that.” “I hope they didn’t have to call animal control, the poor things.” “No, what those animals did was amazing but might get some people upset, not being real close and treating dogs and cats like kids like she did. Larry says that Fran had been dead a couple of days – laying smack in the middle of her living room floor. He could see her foot through the curtain where the dog had moved it and he broke in. Told me he was surprised the dogs didn’t bark when he smashed the glass.” “Amy’s dog would have torn his arm off.” I gave a little signal to Beth to hush, knowing we hadn’t heard the whole story yet. “Some of you might remember last year when we talked about ‘familiars’ and sort of agreed that some people and pets seem meant for each other.” A couple of us nodded. “Well, I’d never have thought that about Fran, bless her; but I guess nobody ever thought to ask her pets what they thought.” Suzanne was a little more ‘Earth Based’ than the rest of us and always called animals “he” or “she” and never “it,” so I’m not surprised she tuned into anything unusual about Fran’s ‘kids’. “Anyway,” she continued, “Fran was lying right where she fell and those two dogs and the cat were just sitting there looking at Larry and his partner like they had been expecting somebody to come.” “That’s not so strange – lots of indications that animals understand about death.” “It’s more than that! These darlings had constructed a shrine for her. Seems they had gathered every toy from around the house and placed it in a circle around her – cat balls and pull toys and stuffed pillows and, and …” None of us said a word! “and little treats too, like she used to give them …”
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9982 Posts |
Lovin’
I can’t say exactly why we always seemed to talk about pets more than people. Oh, some of us had pets and shared stories of their antics and ailments, but it was more than that. A good pet story allowed us to talk about the owners too without actually gossiping, I guess. We tried to avoid that – might be overheard! Any university system runs on “insider information,” of course, and professional survival depended on what my father used to call “scuttlebutt.” If you talk about a person directly it is difficult not to allow envy, suspicion, prejudice and ego to slip in a bit; but if you talk about how they treat their furry friends, that’s another matter. A lunch gathering might go something like this. “I hear Amy gave her German Shepard to her son. Seems he doesn’t fit in with that overpriced condo she picked up after the promotion.” “Well, she got Andre to keep away intruders. I gather that now she needs a dog of a more welcoming kind.” “She’ll probably get a cat and ask me to stop buy and feed it when she goes up North to visit her mom. Then I can get the real scoop …” Everybody laughs and Fern steals a French fry to prove she isn’t on a diet. Not that all of the pet discussion involve someone we know, but it’s amazing how you can learn about a person by how they react to a story. Even friends will surprise you and it’s a great way to learn about a new person, and a guy coming over to pet my dog isn’t exactly like flirting or anything. “I shouldn’t be saying anything …,” offers Suzanne when everyone’s mouth is too full to protest. “poor Fran’s service being just last week and all.” Some of us had attended and offered comments on the clothing some people thought appropriate, but that wasn’t about pets so I’ll skip it. “I wonder who takes care of her Sheltie and that little dust mop thing that yapped all the time. Her cat just ran off, I understand. I hadn’t seen her for months – since she retired last Fall. Kinda wish I had stopped by …” “That aneurysm was a surprise – could take anybody, though I’m not surprised in a way. She and Paul certainly depended on each other a lot. After the accident her attention to things at work certainly went down hill.” “Good thing she had those pets at home.” “That’s what I was going to tell you about! You might remember what a church person she was, and going on about how it was sad animals didn’t have souls so that she could take them to heaven with her.” “I know a lot of folks that have no soul and they think they’re going to heaven.” Everybody laughs but Tony purses her lips a bit. “So, I gather her pets didn’t handle her passin’ very well.” “No, just the opposite, from what my cousin Laurence told me on the side. He’s a police detective, you know – and said the report is kinda being buried. He was there because the UPS guy reported a package not being taken in for days and seeing Tuffy peaking out through the curtains like that.” “I hope they didn’t have to call animal control, the poor things.” “No, what those animals did was amazing but might get some people upset, not being real close and treating dogs and cats like kids like she did. Larry says that Fran had been dead a couple of days – laying smack in the middle of her living room floor. He could see her foot through the curtain where the dog had moved it and he broke in. Told me he was surprised the dogs didn’t bark when he smashed the glass.” “Amy’s dog would have torn his arm off.” I gave a little signal to Beth to hush, knowing we hadn’t heard the whole story yet. “Some of you might remember last year when we talked about ‘familiars’ and sort of agreed that some people and pets seem meant for each other.” A couple of us nodded. “Well, I’d never have thought that about Fran, bless her; but I guess nobody ever thought to ask her pets what they thought.” Suzanne was a little more ‘Earth Based’ than the rest of us and always called animals “he” or “she” and never “it,” so I’m not surprised she tuned into anything unusual about Fran’s ‘kids’. “Anyway,” she continued, “Fran was lying right where she fell and those two dogs and the cat were just sitting there looking at Larry and his partner like they had been expecting somebody to come.” “That’s not so strange – lots of indications that animals understand about death.” “It’s more than that! These darlings had constructed a shrine for her. Seems they had gathered every toy from around the house and placed it in a circle around her – cat balls and pull toys and stuffed pillows and, and …” None of us said a word! “and little treats too, like she used to give them …”
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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