Cool!
Is it a wrap?

Naw.
Just a naked truth trap.

I know we're made for each other.
I have this feeling about it.
Deep down inside.
Where my stomach is sloshing about,
Terrified that you won't agree.

Flight of the Fledgling

Wheeee.
Oops!
Wheeeeee.
Oops!
Wheeeeeeee.
Oops!
Wheeee.
Oops!
Wheeeeeeeeeee.
Oops!
Wheeee.
Oops!
Wheeeeeeeee.
Oops!
Wheeeeeeeeeeee???????
.......???
..............??!
!
*.......................aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......................*

***

Bip bop bip bop!

Just a little hip hop!

Keepin' my heart a poundin'.

Bip bop bip bop!

Then a little trip trop!

To open the door astoundin'.

Flying high.

If I just stand still...
...

maybe
...

mmm

...

the good feeling
...
mmm

...
will
...
mmm
...
last
.
.

.

m
m
m

OooooooOOOOOOOOoooooooo!

Lightensity!

Hey!

You OK over there?

You need any help?
...
No?
...
You sure?
...
Well, ok.
...
But if you ever...?
...
Oh, I see.
Yes.
That makes sense.
I did that too when I ...
...
Oh. Ok.
Bye.
Oh wait!
I just wanted you to know
I'll be checking in on you tomorrow.
...
What?
...
Oh, yes.
I know, I know.
It's true. I can be annoying.
Hindsights usually are.

I think I might be getting too old for this.

tic tic tic

Ping!

tic tic tic

Zing!

tic tic tic

(Oooh, this feels so good.)

Sing!
Ding!

Bing!

(Whoops!)

OUCH!!

Sting!

Sting!
Sting!

Here I am.
Finally.

Where I thought I'd be.

...

...
...

The Muff

Ooh, this cold.
Tingles my tips.
Wiggle wiggle.
Fire sticks.
Ooo.
There goes a flame.
Now I'm warm.
And now I'm... hot!
Oh, go slow! go slow!
Whoa! Whoa!
The flames are sweltering.
My fingers are melting.
Wet fish sticks.
Stinky.
And all that snow
looking so clean.

Perfection...?

Oh, I'm sure there's a flaw in here somewhere.

Why?

I dun'no.

It's mystifying.

I tries to avoid it...

But there I go.

Again on that track.

Like everyone else.

Maybe it goes somewhere?

Shoot the breeze?

Imploding sneeze.

_______________________________________________________

*This cartoon was created a few days ago and scheduled to appear today. Yesterday a wild fire took over my rugged country hometown, burning the homes of many friends and neighbors. Is there humor in an unfolding disaster? Containment is fiercely being fought for but at this point illusory. I feel like this man, standing there helplessly looking from a distance, wishing like crazy that all that smoke would clear up in a poof of magic at my will.

Oh, geez!

You guys want to be friends?!?

Now you tell me.

Doink.

Doink.

...

Doink?

Doink? Doink?

Doink! Doink! Doink?

...

...
(Sigh.)
...

Doink.

Doink.

Doink.

Shooshooshoosh, Beastie Mine.

I be feelin' your muscles strong,

Your courageous heart,

Your stilled anger,

Your sweet, quiet song.

I be whistlin' next to you, Beastie,

Breathin' in that warmth of your inner fire.

hu...
hu...
hu...



HaaaRRRRRR!


Beat the BARRR
FAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrRRRRRR!

!!!

Is this it?

It isn't.

Magnifisn't.

Hi guy, up there so high,

Putting your energy into the sky.

H'lo Joe, down there so low,

Breathing warm spirit out of the snow.

ARRR!

(Hachooo!)

(Rest reflex and renewal.)

(Hachooo!)

A Determined Moper

Shooo!

Shooo!

Got to get rid of you,

You happy, happy thought.

Elderly Conversation

(giggle)

(snort)

(toot)

(twinkle, twinkle, twinkle)

Ooo... ooo... ooo!

(Capture the moment,

Frame the scene,

Quantify the quality,

While critics convene.)

Shoo!

That bee-brained tweety has got her flight and fight all mixed up.

Finger flickin' scam man,

Walkin' down the street.

Wove a little tale to tell

himself and Mama Sweet.

Lost Heroine

If only I were she...

If only, if only, if only.

Variations on a Theme

Darn shocks!

You hoo!

(Springy sproingy diverting boingy.)

How?

Listen

...
......
...
......
..
.

I'm trying to ignore it.

Peace within... peace within... peace within...

oh... what a weird little brown bug.

Huh. Look at that thing dig.

Crawl on my finger?

Oops.

Dang.

Peace within... peace within... peace within...