Hi Bob!
Just read your journal entry… what book??!! (: or are you just joshin’? Can’t begin to tell you how wonderful your photos always are!

Thank you for sharing the photo of Boris and Ivan. I’m so sorry you had to lose one. Losing a loved one is so hard but losing a pet is very hard too. I understand. I lost my cat almost two years ago and I cried so hard and suffered tremendously

I’m not going to say who emailed this to me out of respect for this person’s loss of their cat. My post about losing my dog has sparked more comments than I could have ever imagined. The great thing is…It’s so nice to know there’s so many animal lovers out there who consider their pets family. It’s really quite comforting to me to know I’m not the only one who feels this way.

As for the book comment? I was totally joking Perhaps some time down the road I’d be happy to write some sort of autobiography but I’m way too young for that sort of thing right now. Funny thing is..I feel like I already have a pretty long bio I could easily write now. The trouble is, I’m waiting for a nice “happily ever after”—perhaps that sort of thing never comes for writers and poets? What would we have to draw from without a little suffering and excitement here and there? It really is a roller-coaster ride. It’s really the only way I can explain it.

Some people avoid the big scary rides that turn you upside down… And there’s nothing wrong with that, but knowing that none of us live forever, I’m from the school of doing things in the “here and now” and taking risks so I don’t have to look back with regrets.

Oh sure, I do have regrets…But I’m trying to learn from them. Win some, lose some…Life still goes on [end of sermon...Can I get an "Amen"?]
Hope the day brings you all good things!