Sadly, my story has come to an end. One person wrote with suggestions for a sequel; but my imagination has run dry. On the other hand, the REAL Carlton, a pig I sponsor at the Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is doing well and I just received photos and a newsletter documenting his progress. Ironwood performs a wonderful Christian service for unwanted pigs. They are the only charity I support besides BOYS TOWN and the two charities have a very similar mission.
I'm sure I would be allowed to visit him if I got to Marana, Arizona; but that's a long way from the Great Smoky Mountains (where I live). Ironwood publishes a great monthly newsletter and, from time-to-time, they feature pictures and biographies of pigs who need sponsors. Carlton looked so lonely & the paragraph below his picture said he was the last of his group of pigs who didn't have a sponsor, so I signed up. They take care of nearly 700 abandoned and abused pot-bellied pigs. Can you imagine? Check out their newsletter:
If the world wasn't so crazy I bet you would make a pilgrimage to visit Carlton.
Did you name him.
Gosh those piggies are absolutely lovely.
I am going to show my family.
I grew up on a farm and we had a few pigs of the long white type.
I was always nervous of them but my sister considered them to be pets and she used to scratch their backs, and although I say that my childhood memories are shot I am actually picturing how it was.
Upsets me hearing about animals being maltreated. I don't know what it says about me but it upsets me more than people being mistreated. Animals have an innocence that humans lose really really early.
Might you consider changing your avatar to Carlton. Those guide stones do make a statement of course.
Hello again, Cairn. The people who run the Ironwood Pig Sanctuary named Carlton and I named my fictional Crime Fighter after him.
While I despise the WEF, I feel it is a shame the Guidestones have been destroyed. "America's Stonehenge" could have been a warning to future generations; but its destruction is symbolic of America's wasteful throw-away society. It is what it is and we can only hope that someday the Wild Things will retake the planet and our demise will not be too painful.
Hopeful maybe that Carlton will fly in to the rescue.
But it surely is a big club and it's members are very loyal and don't like non members.
It's a big club and I'm not in it.
My family enjoyed seeing the pot belly piggies. I told them about Carlton starring in a fable. Maybe they will be inspired to write something about their pets. They have written fiction. I have not.
We didn't know about pot belly piggies.
My brother had a semi-pet kunekune piggy on his farm. He got it for the purpose of it eating something but I forget what.
When will Carlton announce his candidacy for Congress? It’s not as though there are too many hogs up there already.
You did not disappoint, I enjoyed it with a smile on my face the whole time reading it.
I don't know how this is going to end.
Why would there even be an end.
Sadly, my story has come to an end. One person wrote with suggestions for a sequel; but my imagination has run dry. On the other hand, the REAL Carlton, a pig I sponsor at the Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is doing well and I just received photos and a newsletter documenting his progress. Ironwood performs a wonderful Christian service for unwanted pigs. They are the only charity I support besides BOYS TOWN and the two charities have a very similar mission.
Sounds great, to sponsor a piggy.
Do you visit him?
I'm sure I would be allowed to visit him if I got to Marana, Arizona; but that's a long way from the Great Smoky Mountains (where I live). Ironwood publishes a great monthly newsletter and, from time-to-time, they feature pictures and biographies of pigs who need sponsors. Carlton looked so lonely & the paragraph below his picture said he was the last of his group of pigs who didn't have a sponsor, so I signed up. They take care of nearly 700 abandoned and abused pot-bellied pigs. Can you imagine? Check out their newsletter:
Monthly newsletters — Ironwood Pig Sanctuary
https://www.ironwoodpigs.org/newsletters
If the world wasn't so crazy I bet you would make a pilgrimage to visit Carlton.
Did you name him.
Gosh those piggies are absolutely lovely.
I am going to show my family.
I grew up on a farm and we had a few pigs of the long white type.
I was always nervous of them but my sister considered them to be pets and she used to scratch their backs, and although I say that my childhood memories are shot I am actually picturing how it was.
Upsets me hearing about animals being maltreated. I don't know what it says about me but it upsets me more than people being mistreated. Animals have an innocence that humans lose really really early.
Might you consider changing your avatar to Carlton. Those guide stones do make a statement of course.
Hello again, Cairn. The people who run the Ironwood Pig Sanctuary named Carlton and I named my fictional Crime Fighter after him.
While I despise the WEF, I feel it is a shame the Guidestones have been destroyed. "America's Stonehenge" could have been a warning to future generations; but its destruction is symbolic of America's wasteful throw-away society. It is what it is and we can only hope that someday the Wild Things will retake the planet and our demise will not be too painful.
I'm hopeful.
Hopeful maybe that Carlton will fly in to the rescue.
But it surely is a big club and it's members are very loyal and don't like non members.
It's a big club and I'm not in it.
My family enjoyed seeing the pot belly piggies. I told them about Carlton starring in a fable. Maybe they will be inspired to write something about their pets. They have written fiction. I have not.
We didn't know about pot belly piggies.
My brother had a semi-pet kunekune piggy on his farm. He got it for the purpose of it eating something but I forget what.
https://behindthefdacurtain.substack.com/p/pfizer-fda-cdc-hid-proven-harms-to?utm_campaign=post_embed
This is what Carlton wasn't having any of.
I hope he is off and away having a family as another commenter thought.
I enjoy reading Igor Chudov's essays. I missed this one. Thanks for sharing.