Prairie Dogs & the Moon

I got the thought the other day they could have a lot to say. Moreover offer the world the real lowdown here and there— about what is really going on, in fun, insightful and ways you can pawn for gold! Aka: utility, great trail mix! As is a knockout poem!

And glad to admit that this wonderful book was a major league factor in giving me my own idea of a comic strip— which is the title of this blog entry, or at least, the idea for a series of e-books.

There seems hundreds of things I could offer, from so many angles; I wrote out about 80 good, I thought, possible strips in just a couple days. And have included here three samples. And look how cute they are. And I think we can catch cute. Even better we can catch— beauty, and the wonder in nature, and keep it in ours eyes and hearts, and share it with others.

And who are those Prairie Dogs? Sure they are so much us at times! And who-what is the Moon in this scenario? Ahhh the moon, I have long used —the moon— as a maybe softer and more accessible way to speak of — Jesus, Buddha, a great Zen Master, Carl Jung, Santa, Yoda, and even Elvis ... all rolled into one. All rolled into One! How can we go wrong with a moon like that!

I will be working on this comic strip and book series with Dr. Dawn Grinenko, an up-and-coming good artist (although none of the art work below is hers), and Melissa LaScaleia. Melissa was a big help to me with the Darling, I Love You book, that this first link presents. Melissa is, too, a great friend, and has been my agent and business manager as it were for some 12 years now.

So some samples, okay.

The setting for most of the comic strips is:

It shows a beautiful full moon and usually two prairie dogs under it, and talking, often sharing what they can about an animal and human heart; about what motivates us in life; and what wisdom of utility, illumined trail mix, they have gathered. And then too, the moon sometimes speaks in a, to me, wonderful range of ways. She even sings! Some of the dialogue gets into many sentences, and sure at times quotes some great timely poetry from my books. Some is short, like this one my agent liked a lot, I just wrote yesterday. And would more expound on it in any kind of book; but could hopefully work well just like this too; and did annotate it a bit, in a following sentence!

We are all working on this flea-bite problem aren't we? Biting ourself and others sometimes; and with the world hitting us with its sharp tooth-jabs. Another I like, also just from yesterday, well the next two now . . .

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