Soon after we got out of the bed today, Cola ran downstairs to do his own usual morning routines.  Then he started barking really really loud.  I could almost hear echos.  His barks sounded different from his usual barks and he wouldn't stop, so I ran downstairs to see what was going on.  It turned out that he was barking toward the back of our house at two deer walking by.  By the time I made it to the storm window, they were about 2 houses down.  They were just strolling along in peace, and they looked so beautiful.  Cola didn't think so, I guess.  He stopped barking after I got there and watched them walk farther away from us.  The sighting made me feel warm and nice.  I just hope that they don't get hunted down by hunters here as I read in the papers that there was an overpopulation of deer and the local government has given permission to hunt down deer.  They look so innocent and beautiful.  It's a shame that some will need to be sacrificed to lower the population.

"It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then."
-- From a 1994 interview, as quoted in First Son,  by Bill Minutaglio