My friend Pop
Wagner – master musician, poet, singing cowboy and preservationist of authentic
Americana – performed at the ever-popular “Music on the Overlook” in downtown St.
Croix Falls back in July, and we enticed him up to Loveless before showtime for
a brat and beer.
Pop and his wife,
Thea, have known Chipper since he was a runt-of-the-litter pup just a few
months old. Their dog, Wiley, about a year older, was Chipper’s first backyard
playmate. The two pups scrambled freely through the pasture when Pop and I went
horseback riding, took long walks together in the woods and splashed through muddy ponds
to chase away ducks.
Chipper and
Wiley are old guys now, having somehow far outlived their average life
expectancies. I’m reminded how profound it is to live with aged dogs, and to be
connected to friends through them and through music.
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| Pop charms the crowds at The Overlook. |
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| Loveless neighbors Scott and Kay dig the show. |
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| Wiley enjoys Indian Summer in late October. |
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