I Literally Died

February 25, 2026 / animar64 / 5 Comments

I have a love/ hate relationship with the word literally.

When most people use it ( yeah, except for YOU smarty pants ) they say things like, ” it was so funny/weird/stupid that I LITERALLY died.

Saying you ‘literally died ‘ means exactly that- you heard something so funny/weird/stupid that it killed you and because of that you end up in a cooling unit in a morgue and then a funeral home and you were embalmed or cremated or set out in the elements in a body farm where Forensic Anthropologists study the death process.

On one hand, it makes me cringe when the word ‘literally’ is misused.

On the other hand- the image that pops into my head when someone says, ” I literally died ” amuses me- a lot.

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Saint Mary’s Cemetery
Fox Lake, Wisconsin
October 2024

Well Hello Dolly!

January 20, 2026 / animar64 / Leave a comment

I’ve had to take a few weeks off because I’m making some changes in my life that are purpose and pretty cool.

It involves my day job, which exists in it’s own Universe so I won’t go into it here.

I had to square up that new phase so that I can write and practice my guitar on schedule (again) but I needed to see how the time was going to shake out.

So my dream job is and always has been writing and I’m glad to say I will be getting back to it now.

Anita

Good Bye Sweet Frankie

January 7, 2026January 7, 2026 / animar64 / 3 Comments

Franke and Opie
2025

Yesterday my Son lost his wonderful dog, Frankie.

Julio and Frankie had play dates at first and in a short period of time Frankie moved in with Julio and his fiancé Nicole.

Frankie was there when both of my Granddaughters were born and in my eldest Granddaughter’s world Frankie has always been there.

Frankie got to spend a lot of time with my youngest granddaughter Luna who was born in September.

Frankie was there when two of my Granddaughter’s cousins were born and he was there to grow up along side Julio and Nicole’s nephews.

He was there when my son made that jump from being a single and carefree kind of guy to a grown man with a family.

Frankie was loved. He was a big part of a very big family and even as time moves on and that distance between where Frankie is now and where we are is unfathomable, there will always be a place just for him right here in all of our hearts.