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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Thanks, Chuck for taking me back to the days of my youth. I enjoyed every page especially the ones about men trying to be handy around the house. If laughter is the best medicine I should be in good shape for awhile. This a wonderful book for everyone, but especially for those of us over 40 or over 50 or even over 60 as author Thurston reflects on the universal experiences we've all had from the days before digital media, Facebook and the like.

His every essay elicits vivid memories of what makes life so special and such a gift. All of his pieces bring a smile to my face and many also evoke loud laughs. Don't let the ominous fellow on the front cover dissuade you: Its positive spirit is infectious and much needed. Senior Scribbles Second Dose is unquestionably a fun read. Thurston has a way of drawing the reader into his stories that tell of growing up in rural Pennsylvania and being transplanted in North Carolina. My only complaint is the book is too short. Another fifty pages please.

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Someone had winged the pheasant. Unable to fly, it had been running through the tall weeds — and these long-legged birds can really run. As I ran up to Judy, I saw — to my utter horror — that she was frantically rubbing at her eyes and nose with her front paws. I was sickened at the thought that I might have blinded my dog. I picked her up and looked her over. There was one bright streak across the bridge of her nose. Apparently a single pellet had creased her there.

Within minutes she seemed like her old self, but I put the pheasant in my game bag and carried her home anyway. I found an ointment of some kind in the old farmhouse medicine cabinet and put it on the wound. She healed quickly, but carried the scar the rest of her life. I figured that, at the least, Judy would be gun shy from that point on, and useless as a hunting dog. Till almost the end of her days, Judy looked forward to a rabbit hunt with unabashed enthusiasm. Even when she became old and arthritic, nearly deaf, and unable to hunt, she would rouse from her pillow in the warm corner of our living room and give an excited little howl when my brothers and I pulled our guns from the cabinet to head for the fields on cold, crisp fall days.

We knew what it meant to her. One of us would pick her up and carry her outdoors. We would walk a few yards toward the fields and sit her down.

She would run around a little — searching for a familiar scent — but would soon tire. We would pick her up, carry her back to the house and return her to the pillow in the warm corner. Only then would we take off on our hunt with the younger dogs — leaving her, I like to suppose, to dream of crisp fall days and brushy fields and the scampering rabbits of long ago. The book is available through Amazon or Second Wind Publishing. Tagged as beagle , Chuck Thurston , dogs , hunting accident , hunting dogs.

Many years ago I dated a nice, pretty girl. I did not treat her particularly well.

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Our dates were pleasant enough, but I craved more excitement, I guess, and I would frequently drop her off after a date, and head for some noisy nightspot where things were really cooking. I thought about, and was vaguely disturbed about this behavior for some time afterwards. At the beginning of one Lenten season, a priest counseled that instead of giving up something for Lent, we might look around and see if there are people in our lives we have wronged; asking their forgiveness might be a better option than sacrificing candy or movies for 40 days.

I looked up my old girl friend — living alone now — and took her to dinner. I apologized to her for my shabby treatment of years before. I listened to it often over the years, but never associated it with any behavior I was guilty of until my old girl friend pointed it out. I was stunned, but she spoke the truth. As I looked back and thought about it, I began to see this behavior as one of the most dismissive actions in humankind between people who ostensibly should have some rapport.

After my illumination, I vowed never do this again — I would try to approach people with the same honesty and sincerity I would want for myself. But the more I thought about this episode, the more I became convinced it was just one symptom of a much larger disease that afflicts most all of society. Many commentators say that civility is slowly disappearing in modern life. A grandmother is distressed that her grandchildren never acknowledge the gifts or checks she mails out for Christmas and birthdays.

Is it possible the root of this is our gradual depersonalization of one another? I once studied the comments employees wrote on the opinion survey form of a large company. All of these examples deal with acknowledgement, pure and simple — and it is as necessary as oxygen to most humans, because it is affirmation — of our deeds, our contributions, and our very worth. We want it from family and friends, no less than our bosses, teachers, students — almost everyone in fact, that we have any kind of meaningful contact with.

I now pay attention to the name badges on restaurant and store employees who serve me, and address them by name. It may sound trite, but it works. In this series of insightful, humorous essays, Chuck Thurston delights, informs and inspires his readers. This second in a series of wide-ranging vignettes is full of misdirection, nostalgia, personal insight, warmth and beautiful writing. Twenty Funny Stories, Book 1. Barking From the Front Porch. Twenty Funny Stories, Book 6. Mike Nelson's Mind over Matters. Twenty Funny Stories, Book 7. Twenty Funny Stories, Book 3. How To Be a 21st Century Man.

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