Don't you? He's a cowboy poet, former larger-animal veterinarian and general philosopher. He doesn't own a TV or a cell phone, and he talks through a mustache most people would choke on.
I am reading A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future , by Daniel H. Pink. I wouldn't have chosen this book had I been book hunting because I lean toward fiction—it was a gift from someone who, like me, is right-brain dominate. I haven't gotten very far, just far enough to learn that in Hippocrates' day, the left side of the brain was considered the true source of thought, the thing that separated us from the animals and made us human. It was the source of reason and logic. The right side was considered a useless left over, a parasite. Now we know that both sides of our brains are equally important and equally involved in our daily thoughts and functions. But some of us do seem to be governed by one side more strongly than the other. Me, sometimes I think the left side of my brain has completely atrophied, that the right side governs everything. But I am learning that I don't give that other side enough credit, that logical mathy side. As I read on ab...
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The kid version of this type of humor is probably the Hank the Cowdog series of chapter books. John Errickson is the author and he reads his own books on the audio version with all the different animal voices. It is hilarious even to me! You should google him and give him a listen to one of his live book readings. So fun.
I loved the ending, Robyn.
I am a great fan of homespun story-telling.
And of magnificent moustaches!