Hark, the axeman cometh.. I know, I ‘saw’ him!! But he uses ‘cutting edge technology’ though, and he gets his equipment from the Sharper Image. Ha, ha oh, I’m such a cut-up.
Arrrghh! This is so timely for me. We’re chopping down a dying tree on our property in two days, and I feel sad about it. I hope it’s really a mercy killing, as everybody tells me. I’m going to miss that tree.
52 responses to ““Facing Mortality” by Carl D’Agostino”
Tony McGurk
September 4th, 2014 at 15:09
Sounds like someone has an axe to grind. I wonder what they saw
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Carl D'Agostino
September 4th, 2014 at 16:19
That made me smile.
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alesiablogs
September 1st, 2014 at 09:19
The first cut is the deepest and then it’s all downhill from there.
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Carl D'Agostino
September 1st, 2014 at 22:06
Painfully true.
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doronart
August 31st, 2014 at 15:08
So Sad my friend.. very touching 😦
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Carl D'Agostino
August 31st, 2014 at 15:16
Yes. In one way funny , in one way sad.
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doronart
September 9th, 2014 at 16:53
🙂 😦
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lscotthoughts
August 30th, 2014 at 23:34
Oh, this one tugged at my heart, so sad, Carl! We just love trees, but this is how it goes, I suppose!
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Carl D'Agostino
August 31st, 2014 at 10:29
Yes cute but environment commentary as well.
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lscotthoughts
August 31st, 2014 at 12:54
Very cute and heart tugging. Have a nice Sunday, Carl.
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Mark Petruska
August 30th, 2014 at 11:40
I bet they PINE for the good ol’ days!
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Carl D'Agostino
August 30th, 2014 at 13:50
Yes but they will have a big Cedar dinner first.
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kutukamus
August 30th, 2014 at 09:04
Aw! Life is tough.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 30th, 2014 at 13:51
Perhaps they will be tough enough to wear down the saw blades. Thanks for visit.
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jannatwrites
August 30th, 2014 at 02:52
I expect this is one segment of the population that doesn’t look forward to Christmas.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 30th, 2014 at 13:52
Perhaps they appreciate the royal Christmas decorated funeral they’ll get. Glamour has it’s price.
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clinock
August 30th, 2014 at 01:59
I’m pining for their lives but stumped as to what to say. Perhaps I’ve logged enough puns though and it’s time to leaf…
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Carl D'Agostino
August 30th, 2014 at 13:52
You certainly bark a lot and get to the root of the matter.
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seeker
August 29th, 2014 at 01:54
Getting ready for Christmas?
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Carl D'Agostino
August 29th, 2014 at 06:42
Actually I do include this one as a post at Christmas time.
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poemsandponderings
August 28th, 2014 at 23:33
Hark, the axeman cometh.. I know, I ‘saw’ him!! But he uses ‘cutting edge technology’ though, and he gets his equipment from the Sharper Image. Ha, ha oh, I’m such a cut-up.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 29th, 2014 at 06:43
Dream on. An old man’s sawdust. But full steam and let-her-rip.
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poemsandponderings
August 29th, 2014 at 23:51
“Let-her-rip”? What if he’s going against the grain and using a crosscut?
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jbstoons
August 28th, 2014 at 17:48
There goes the neighborhood.
Sent from my iPhone
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 18:06
HA that made me laugh – yep the WHOLE neighborhood will be gone !
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jbstoons
August 28th, 2014 at 20:54
Give the buzz cut.
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suzicate
August 28th, 2014 at 12:18
If only trees had legs instead of arms they could skedaddle!
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 15:29
Great Land a’Goshen and Lordy Mercy. Skedaddle. That’s a word I have not heard inna passle of years.
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suzicate
August 29th, 2014 at 08:01
Haha, and passle is another one!
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Darlene Campbell
August 28th, 2014 at 10:36
This is a true worry. Good cartoon to remind us to save tree lives.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 10:45
If I had the power I would plant millions of trees and create thousands of jobs in a “Reforestation of North America” project.
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Let's CUT the Crap!
August 28th, 2014 at 09:41
Out with the old and in with the new. 😦
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 10:44
Oh great. I’m the old and someone else is the new. Not a good deal at all.
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Let's CUT the Crap!
August 28th, 2014 at 11:07
Not for the trees, that’s for sure. 🙂
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Yoshiko
August 28th, 2014 at 09:21
No wonder the world is lesser green
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 09:28
They are chopping down the Amazon Basin at an alarming rate .
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Yoshiko
August 28th, 2014 at 09:42
Oh no
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Maxi
August 28th, 2014 at 08:57
We never know when it will be our turn.
blessings ~ maxi
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 09:29
I hope I draw a “lose turn” card in this game.
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thunderbolt1959
August 28th, 2014 at 08:54
Reblogged this on Thoughts and Ideas and commented:
Cut down in their prime….Tales of the tree….:-)
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 09:30
Thanks for reblog.
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thunderbolt1959
August 28th, 2014 at 08:53
Is the about being “cut down in your prime”…..that where it comes from? 🙂
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 09:30
I wooden know.
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Deb
August 28th, 2014 at 08:21
I have 4 dead trees that need to come down on our land. It saddens me, but I plant some new ones in place of them.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 09:31
If I had the power I would plant millions of trees and create thousands of jobs in a “Reforestation of North America” project.
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Ankur Mithal
August 28th, 2014 at 08:06
If not the “sword of Damocles”, “the chainsaw of development”
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 08:09
And the delight of termite ants.
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Ann Koplow
August 28th, 2014 at 08:05
Arrrghh! This is so timely for me. We’re chopping down a dying tree on our property in two days, and I feel sad about it. I hope it’s really a mercy killing, as everybody tells me. I’m going to miss that tree.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 08:11
Please accept my condolences and may it bring you comfort to know that you and your family are in my prayers as you grieve through your loss. Regards.
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Ann Koplow
August 28th, 2014 at 08:14
Thank you, Consoling, Condoling, Comforting, and Kindly Carl.
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fictionfitz
August 28th, 2014 at 07:58
Reblogged this on Writing Out Loud and commented:
What, me worry? Maybe a good thing.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 28th, 2014 at 08:13
Save seeds of rebirth. Death to the Axmen !
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