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What is this orange thing? Can I eat it? No? Well, then, maybe I’ll just attack it.
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Max the Mofu Mofu Dog
The Japanese have an almost unnatural affection for onomatopoeia, which Messrs. Funk & Wagnall tell us is “the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.” Simply put, a word that mimics a sound. We English speakers use onomatopoeia, too. Consider words like “sizzle,” “splash,” “boom,” […]
Max Goes Leaf Peepin’ at Mammoth
Last year we did our leaf peeping in Japan. The colors of the trees were amazing. No offense to the traditional sites in the Catskills, the Great Smoky Mountains, the […]
Max Got In Trouble
Earlier this month the Alpha Japanese Female (AJF) celebrated a birthday. She’s not a big fan of birthdays; even less a fan of admitting that each one represents another year […]
Evidence
Lipstick stains have long been prima facie evidence of a wayward partner. Cliché. Some of you Ancient Ones will recall that in 1959, Connie Francis made bank singing her something […]
Max Visits RMNP
Rocky Mountain National Park is our second favorite of the western US national parks behind the extraordinary Glacier NP which is on the America-Canada border at the top of Montana. We’ve […]
Max Spends a Day in Denver
Max’s recent road trip included a few days in Colorado, one of our favorite states. Although we had not specifically planned to visit Denver on this trip, we found ourselves in nearby Boulder CO and thought it would be fun to make a day trip to the “Mile High City.” […]
Max Crosses the Mojave
When we told Max we were taking another road trip he was less than enthused because he knew that the first couple of days would be a test of his […]
One Night in St. George Utah
We left the Rancho in mid-morning and set our sights on St. George Utah. It’s a place we love and a place we lived from 2004 to 2010. St. George […]
Git Along L’il Doggie
Max is heading out on a road trip! Starting tomorrow and for the next two weeks or so, he will be traveling into Cowboy Country on a journey that will cover a couple thousand miles. He’s got his cowboy hat, his six-shooter, spurs, some chewin’ tabaccky and a bad attitude […]
