Naming Animals

Okay, so, morning, Glories, already.

Some animals it's hard to discover the name. Sometimes it comes right to you.

The evening our first dog showed up, I went out to visit him tied in the yard. He was white, with lots of black and gray. I stood there in the yard with him, fog swirling about, thinking, he's the colors of the night fog, and suddenly his name came to me. And I felt kinda bad. But it couldn't be helped. From that moment on, he was Foggy. That's right, Foggy Doggy. He was a good boy.

Now, the cat that paid us $15 to rescue him from an Illinois truck stop, there was never any question that his name was Buck.

Warning to pet owners: Do not name your dog Buddy as my daughter did. Buddy is not a name. It's like calling your cat Kitty. All dogs are Buddy.