Here's to all of us who are homesick for a place that no longer exists. For the first few years of our relationship, Charlie and I spent a lot of time poking around in some pretty desolate areas out west. It was awesome, sometimes days where human interaction was available only when initiated; it was available, but we had to search for it. But in 2019, Covid and ATV vehicles changed all that. When vacation…

Psst! Titus! Whassup, Charlie? Don't look up, but Dad just put on "the pants"... How do you know that those are "the pants"? They look just like any other pair of pants to me... Well, Titus, part of the reason that I'm the Queen of this here outfit is my attention to detail; it's not so much the pants, but how he's wearing them. You know, kind of furtively. "Furtively"? Does that mean that he's…

Howdy, folks; I'm Mac o' the Duff! Although it feels like I have been at the Casa forever, it will only be a year this coming Wednesday that Dad found me down by the Arkansas River. As I don't have any idea as to my actual birthday, I henceforth declare that the fifth of October, my "gotcha" day, will be the official date of celebration. As it seems to be the thing on the Book…

Charlie Bravo here; It's incredible what you will hear if you take time to listen. Dad and I were once coming through the Ozark mountains late at night. Up in those folds and hollers, cell coverage is spotty at best, and radio reception has to be set on perpetual scan to pick anything up at all. Even then the best you can hope for in that neck of the woods is snippets of "modern" country(yark)…

As everyone knows, Charlie is the Queen of the Casa, and she's quite protective of this title. When she heard that there was actually a band named "Queen", she was not pleased at the effrontory, and took it upon herself to re-write their biggest hit to reflect the most important story of the last millennia: hers. So here is the Queen's interpretation of a classic, Bravissimo Rhapsody A basket of ten pups Quite a large…

Sometimes, following your dreams can be a tricky procedure, especially when you spend a great majority of your life not even realizing that your dream was even a "thing". When Charlie and I first became acquainted back in 2015, I didn't realize that writing was that thing. It just seemed to come easy, especially if Charlie was in close proximity; it was almost as if she was my muse and it required close contact to…

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