“What I would do for wisdom,”
I cried out as a young man.
Evidently not much.
Or so it seems.
Even on walks
I follow the dog.
~ Jim Harrison, Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry
Source: Thank you Hammock Papers for poem. Photo: Brian Guest with a Vizsla
Ooooh, I SEE – THE TIME HAS COME….. for the new long eared baby 🙂
Brilliant words! I so relate to them….. Only in my case, my tiny long-haired beauty pulled me along behind….. the wisdom came MUCH later!
Laughing. At least it (wisdom) came. Like Linus, I sit and wait for the Great Pumpkin 🎃 to arrive.
I beg to differ, dear friend. If YOU have not found wisdom, I don‘t know who has….. And even if you didn‘t have wisdom and knowledge in spades, you‘d still be one of my heroes….. Because YOU make me smile, and I LOVE people who make me smile 🙂
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Now you‘ve made my life, not just my day 🙂
Ha!
Just coz wisdom is here, doesn’t mean we always have to abide by it, right? Keep life interesting… 😉
How quickly time catches up to us only to realize, we haven’t done what we thought we would! 😉
More Truth!
A great conversation with poetry and the dog looks quite a man of wisdom too.
Book is amazing. Highly recommended. And yes. Dog beams Wisdom. 😬
Yes must be will see if I can get a chance to read.
I see that puppy inching closer to the Kanigan household…😁
I was thinking the same thing, Lori. It’s just a matter of time.
Hmmmmm.
i see yoda in those ears and wisdom in those eyes. a good one to follow in your ongoing quest to learn.
Smiling. Yes!
I drive by Jim’s studio/museum a few times a month while taking the backroads. I’m afraid to go inside as we continue to downsize and simplify. Alicia would not be pleased if I came with a car load of “Harrison Art”
Funny! I could see you with a bunch of his Art in trunk hauling it in. “Ray, WTH is this?”
Followed by: “Ray, there is no way in H*ll that is going up in here!”
Thanks for the smile, and the reminder that dogs make good leaders 😉
Don’t they though!
My dogs are my leaders for sure. I often think they are wiser than I. Love that Jim Harrison wit (and wisdom).
Oh they are wiser…so much wiser. And who was better than Jim Harrison. What a lover of life.
“Barring love, I’ll take my life in large doses alone — rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.”
Jim Harrison, Wolf False Memoir (Published January 1st 1982 by Delta; first published 1971)
Who better to follow than the dog? He/She will lead you to places you would not consider and allow you to stop and smell the roses as they stop and smell EVERYthing 😉
Laughing. So true.
I know… just took an over two-hour walk with the Zeke-meister. Boy did we sniff 😉
2 hour walk. You are like a walking marathoner.
I was challenged today (once a week a friend and I challenge each other… 😉 )
SuperWoman!!!
Hah! Just trying to trim the winter fat!!
Winter Layer. Winter layer.
I can’t think of anything better to do than follow the dog. They help put life into perspective and show us how to enjoy the simple things in life, as well as appreciate the moment 🙂
So true Sarah. They have it figured out.
Sometimes it’s better to follow…than to try and lead….
Yes! So true…
It’s always wise to follow the puppy
It is! 🙂
So true indeed
Great photo! I think you and Susan need to settle in to be grandparents of Racheal’s new pup…
It is a great photo! And no, THAT won’t happen. 🙂
What you won’t be furry baby grandparents- babysitting her pup? Have you held the puppy yet? Girl or boy pup…
Dear Anonymous: Boy Pup. Yes. No further comment. :).
Knowledge can go either way. It can make egoists or wise men of us all. Our canine friend by instinct, not knowledge, is not in danger of egoism, for he always responds to things as they are. In that he is wise for he lives by truth.
-Alan
And he does it so well all the time.