The Book, press pic

The Football Dog

I should have seen it coming, push ups, bulking up, pushing animals around. Yes , he's gong ho to go again. Michigan Football. I said " Winston, get a hold of yourself! These linemen are brutes ( 300 lbs. and they'd squish you like a bug, severe pain) . " I showed him some Michigan videos over milk and cookies. He got the picture, squashed Sheepdog, not good.

The Bookie

Pssh, Pssh, I heard him say and I looked in the shadows and there he was. He was wearing sunglasses, Shark tie, hat with an Ace, ( A perfect little bookie.) He whispered in the dim light that he had a tip for me. Big Brown to Win at the Belmont Stakes. "Really " I said. "Ya" he said out of the corner of his mouth. " It's a tip right from a horses mouth". Isn't that inside information I asked. He said He knew nothing, so I made my bet and saw him slink away toward his little safe. He said it was a sure thing and all the animals are on board. We'll see I said.

Treasure Hunter

Who knows what pops up at my home. There he was , leather jacket, Fedora hat, bull whip, and an ancient map of England. Indiana Winston. " Greg I've finally found my calling, the Templar Treasure, adventure, travel treasure." I almost signed up as his helper and he'd probably make me do the digging while he watched, his nature. I needed my ole Winston back. My answer? Heat some warm milk, also some hot dogs, and bake a few cookies. The smell plus his large black nose almost make him pass out. All other thoughts slowly disappeared. During his nap I quietly put his hat and stuff away and waited for the next adventure.

The Friar

" I think you've been watching too many Robin Hood movies Winston." There he was with his Friars outfit on, looking at me. He said he liked the look and felt like a Friar. " Friar nothing " I said to him. "You saw the Friar Tuck guy sitting and drinking and eating chicken. Not working and just filling time and space. I think the outfit makes you look creepy and you'll probably scare the little kids. " " Ya your right he said, I liked the coziest of it but I don't want to scare anyone. Besides you give me plenty of chicken and ham bones I guess. " He slowly walked away like a big kindly ole bear. I'm sure he'll have another scam soon enough.

Back to School

Winston explains to the 3rd grade class concepts of time and relativity. Notice the clock . My granddaughter Tayte asked Winston to come to her school, so while he was there he decided to give them a lesson in relativity. He thought they really took it all in. He's thinking of going back to teaching full time. I told him we'd discuss it tonight over milk and cookies.

The Postman

Neither snow nor rain not heat nor gloom of night stays the postman. " What are you mumbling Winston?" There by the door was a big Sheepdog mailman, hat an all. So your going to be a mailman. I guess dogs won't give you any trouble huh? That mailbag gets pretty heavy during the day. You got to walk a long route to the end, bad weather and all. You know how heavy your fur gets when it's wet? Problobly you could be a mail sorter. It would be like sorting sheep and sending them to the right pasture. He gave me a ya why not node and went to think it over with milk and cookies. I told him to watch Kevin Costner in the Postman, that might scare him out of it.

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