Happy Christmas

Now this is Christmas, a great time of the year, a time for all wisdom and a time for all cheer. We don't have any snow so it seems like fall or early spring here. 51 degrees on December 18th 2011. Not like a winter we have ever had before. I wish you all glad tidings of joy!!! Paws and Hugs, Bentley

Happy Thanksgiving

Where has this year gone?? It has been a beautiful with gifts of good weather, boutiful crops and smiles on most of the people I meet! Mum will cook me a special dinner on next Thursday! Happy Turkey Day to Everyone!

BIRTHDAY/WOOFDAY

Well, Mom just finished my cake tonight.....she has been too busy to bake til this week so even though my woof day was July 12, she just got me my cake tonite. Please drop by and have some cake!!!! xo, Paws&Hugs, Bentley

Spring 2011

Awh the little bits of grass are turning green and Mum's daffodils are peeking thru the ground. It is the lenten season! Happy Spring to all my pals and furiends on Dogster, Catster and Facebook! Paws&Hugs, Bentley

Friends

Tonight I was just checking on some old and new furiends; and on Handsome Jack's page I read a note that said Friends are kisses blown to us from angels..... How sweet and how very true! Kisses to all of you too!! Paws&Hugs, Bentley

Furiends

Boy the last 6 mos I've seen alot of my furiends go to the bridge.....I'm thankful for all the furiends I've known and know. Furiends make our lives richer by giving us common bonds and laughter, understandings, goals and gentle acceptance of the passage of time. We have furiends because by definition furiendship is unconditional. My heart beats stronger for all the furiends that have made my life more meaningful.

Spring

Ah Spring.......the red buds, lilac, lily of the valley, violets, bleeding hearts, jonquils, tulips, bishop's hat, wild ginger, johnny jump-ups, forget-me-nots, dog woods, forsethia, are all blooming now, reminding us of sweet renewal and songs in young pups & kitties hearts....I do so wuf everything about the spring air and gentle breezes. Wishing everyone a beautiful spring with songs in your hearts....now and forever....

ROCKY

Dear Friends Far and Near; Please go to www. Gratefulness.org and light a candle for Rocky from Amherst NY! wuf, Bentley

Happy St Patricks' Day

Wow, BOLBOL, everybody is Irish on March 17th 2010! I hope mom don't make me eat brisket and cabbage. But I could go for some McKookies........
On March 17th you see alotta of Irish sounding names.......McRocky, McSarge,McWINston, McRemo,McHoneyBunny, McRingoDingo,McWebster,McSandy,McDustythePuppycat, McTater, McNorton,McTink,McCalliecutty, McBuster,McSugar, McCoco,McHarry,McMike,McHappy,McTavish, McEllieMae,McSophieMae,McTeddy,McHotDog,McSteak, McBentleyWantAnotherBisquit,McRootBeer,McCake,McFrosting,McE verbody,McLemonMerangePie,McLicorace,................
i hope I can find a cake for me on Wednesday!

A reading from Thomas Merton's Book:

On March 18, 1958, on the corner of Fourth and Walnut, now Fourth and Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Kentucky, Thomas Merton had a vision of oneness with all people. He called this vision an "epiphany."

"In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though we were total strangers. It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race ... there is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun."

Paradoxically, Merton experienced this transformation when he was out of his everyday monastic life and was immersed in the hustle and bustle of our shopping district - now Fourth Street Live. Merton said of his experience:

"I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God's eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all of the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed..."

(Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, New York: Doubleday, 1996)