ACTION AND PURPOSE
action – tossing the first vole of spring onto a trampoline.
purpose – tactic used by Belgian farmers to interpret the wishes of Otto, the rain god.
action – tossing the first vole of spring onto a trampoline.
purpose – tactic used by Belgian farmers to interpret the wishes of Otto, the rain god.
I can go on a beach and stand perfectly upright, touching nothing but the soles of my feet to the ground for four minutes, with my hands held high above my head, and at the end of that time there will be sand in my pockets, on the back of my neck, around my belt line (inside), and in my pipe.
Shelf life of Benchley? Forever.
At track practice, when told by his coach to run hard through the finish line, the loon took a plane to St. Petersburg and ran to Helsinki.
proud target poses
contemplating fulfillment
the arrow in flight
“What’s wrong, amigo?”
“Senor, the bird, he refuses to help.”
“Toucan! Do this as well as Juan!”
To wind his way down the road in such a blustering wind proved extremely difficult for the invalid, plagued as he was with guilt for carrying an invalid driver’s license.
To Summers Jim said, “All Boone hankers for is fat meat and a fire and to be away from folks.”
The Big Sky is jest about as good as you can get if you’re hankerin’ to read a yarn about a mountain man in the Old West.