Dark and stormy might.

Dark trees. Careful. They’ll know you know.©

“The suspense is terrible…I hope it’ll last. (Willy Wonka, Chocolate Factory. Oh, that’s it. Blame the chocolate.

“So much to do, so little done, such things to be” (Elizabeth Taylor. It’s the diamonds, a girl’s best friend. The glare must be blinding.)

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.” (Ayn Rand.)  

They are still running Mother’s Day guilt commercials. It’s not too late! And it’s all half price now.

“Beware of the barrenness of a busy life” (Socrates.)

So if the resident outspoken cat, the bored recuperating dog and her briefly visiting, equally shedding, German Shepherd friend weren’t lolling around here, there could be actually be a designer showcase home interior with lush window treatments, plush area rugs, countless couch pillows, and trendy accessories instead of remnants of dog toys, Greenies’ crumbs, and paw prints?  

“There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures. ” (Brutus. Julius Caesar IV,3,218-224)

Wait. Let me get this one dog hair tumbleweed. Now what was were you saying?

“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, “Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?” …Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, “We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.” (Charles Schulz/Charlie Brown)

Great. Is there a time limit? What? 

A mystery. Not really. See Alfred Hitchcock there directing this street scene? If only everyone had a director with such attention to life’s details. Maybe not him. This film,” Number 13″, was never completed. (1922.London.USPD:pub.date/Commons.wikimedia.org)

“It’s a hellava start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” (Lucille Ball)

Sometimes can’t see the forest for the trees. Or dog hair. Just let one day go by without raking the hallway. Hey, maybe we should just make that two. You’re right. It may rain tomorrow. Lucy would approve. 

Paraphrasing Charlie Brown: “The Secret of Life? You just hang around until you’re used to it.”

“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. (Alfred Hitchcock)

What me, worry? (Not so Mad advice)

Nothing like uneven ground or being ground unevenly to keep you jumping.

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge.

Waiting. Watching. Looking for direction? (Alfred Hitchcock’s ominous bird waiting./Wayne Wilkinson/Flickr/Commonw.wikimedia.org)

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