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Lucky Garvin

LUCKY GARVIN: Saying Goodbye To Lola

Our Lola appears to be deep in sleep on her favorite corner of the sofa, her head resting on out-stretched paws. But to our sorrow, this is not sleep.The...

LUCKY GARVIN: THE BREAK-IN  [from years ago]

Darlin’ wife Sabrina is under the delusion that our pet Doberman Onyx is a guard-dog....

LUCKY GARVIN: The Tale Of The Ugly Christmas Tree

All Christmas trees are beautiful aren’t they? My wife, Sabrina, looked at the artificial Christmas...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Driver

It was nearing Christmas this year; a hard-working Mexican-American family man was driving his fully-loaded...

LUCKY GARVIN: 3 Wildlife Memories

While there are sorrows in the rehabbing of injured, orphaned, or diseased wildlife, there are...

LUCKY GARVIN: A Child’s Memory

Bouten Hassen is one of those little fixtures of my mind which refuses to be buried by the patient working of time. Such memories...

LUCKY GARVIN: Invisible Hinges

Years ago, a sign hung in our ER: “If there’s a job to do - and you can do it - it’s yours.”He leaves...

LUCKY GARVIN: What Matters

It is 9:30 in the morning. I look out the window at the counterpane of snow that fell through-out the night; at the long...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Return of The Smidge-miester

I have withheld telling this story for about six months. The occasion of my reticence is I didn’t know if he would survive the...

LUCKY GARVIN: Cailan’s Gift

Many, many years ago, son Cailan approached me, one hand behind his back. He was like a puppy with his food dish in sight,...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Indian Coup

I heard two interesting stories the other day re: Native Americans who had been involved in the Vietnam war.Native Americans suffered a far lower...