LOL!!! Damn, why didnt we think of that!!

Mom, am I okay? I am on the edge of seven decades old, but when I walk the dog and we come to a chalked up hopscotch game on the sidewalk I always start at "1" and do the one-foot, two-foot little hop sequence until I hop out at the "10". Without fail.

My dog, Maggie, is a dear friend, very quiet and patient, and is content to watch the hours of her life go ticking by without protest. I wish I could break the surly bonds and take her gallivanting among the galaxies, zooming from star to star and chasing cat-comets whenever we felt like it.

But we are both sentenced to serve our time on this hard rock line of mortal being. We shall do so with decent grace, with dignity. But inside we are both saying, "Pfui!".