Wendy’s Blog

Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to. ~John Ed Pearce
For a long time, I adhered to the phrase, “you can’t go home again.” Why would I want to go back home? What could I possibly find back home? Didn’t I [...]

Remember what Bilbo used to say: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
So you’re a single guy with a buff tan, hanging out at [...]

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
- Bill Vaughan
Heavy sigh. Yes, it’s the beginning of another year at Cowpoke Alley, and all is well with the world. The casa is still in one piece, we’re [...]

Ralphie: No! No! I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
Santa Claus: You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.
- A Christmas Story
Well, it’s Christmas time again, and all the frantic shopping and wrapping and tearing apart of toys, electronics, clothing, jewelry, and gift cards will soon be over. Ribbon will be [...]

“I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.”
-Julia Child
It has come to my attention recently, that we little buckaroos at Cowpoke Alley have a serious addiction. And I’m not talking about the tequila. I’m talking about the T.V. That little box of cable pleasure which seeps into [...]

Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
- Ambrose Pierce
Ah yes, the ocean. That great swath of blue and green that seems to go on for miles. Time literally stops when you’re walking on the sand, and it seems as [...]

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed.
- Anthony Powell
A hospital room is very awkward. Ditto for rest homes and other healthcare facilities that cater to the elderly. You know you should visit your friend or relative, but you just don’t know what to say. [...]

Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland. - Josh Billings
Okay, we didn’t have a pond, but there was a pool, and no human children were in attendance, but there [...]

“The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.”
- Edward, Duke of Windsor

Children, to those brave souls who have them, are angelic, rosy-cheeked nymphs who bring joy and happiness to their everyday lives. To those of us who’ve decided NOT to propagate, they appear to be the devil [...]

If you want to be liked, get a dog. The people you work with are not your friends. -Deborah Norville
So the Oscars are over, and all the golden statuettes dispersed, and every winner will spend the next 2 weeks sloshing their way through a multitude of droning television interviews, and wondering whether to [...]