Tie o’ the Day #1 is a Penguin piece o’ neckwear for Fish Friday on Saturday. Long story. Shirt is a fishy Bugatchi. I’m glad neither the tie nor the shirt are scratch ‘n’ sniff pieces.
About a trillion years ago, Mom and Dad and I were hanging around the canyon above Oak City, in the ponderosas (but not THE Ponderosa from Bonanza). We saw this humongous fish in the creek, but we had no fishing pole. So Dad just reached into the water and caught the fish with one hand. Typical Dad move. He was like a bear nabbing a salmon from a wild river. Dad was as excited and amazed as a kid. And just then, the game warden showed up on his horse. Dad didn’t try to hide what he had done. He bragged to the game warden, who he didn’t even know. Showed him the fish. The guy was so impressed by Dad’s feat that he didn’t give him a ticket. Patted Dad on the back, in fact. Dad = legend, y’all.
Out at Popo’s farm one day when I was a sprite, I watched Dad take the change from his pants pocket and toss it high into the air. He pointed his .22 pistol into the air, and then I heard a couple of bang-pings. Sure enough, he had hit a couple of the coins before they fell to the dirt. Bullet holes clean through them. I never told my friends about it, cuz I knew no one would ever believe me. I told ya: “legend” doesn’t even begin to cover his larger-than-life abilities. John Wayne cowers in Dad’s shadow.😉
Tie o’ the Day #2 is a sweet, pale blue Stacy Adams.
