Comments on: How We Spend Our Days: Fenton Johnson

By: conflict: 68/365 | catching days

conflict: 68/365 | catching days — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 20:16:14 +0000

[…] “Going It Alone,” an essay I recommend in the current issue of Harper’s, Fenton Johnson writes about solitude. Toward the end of the essay, he lists what he misses as a […]

By: In the Wake of Three Broodmares | Darrelyn Saloom

In the Wake of Three Broodmares | Darrelyn Saloom — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:26:06 +0000

[…] then I read a lovely tribute to Fenton the Canine by Fenton (the human) Johnson on Cynthia Martin’s blog Catching Days. That’s when I decided to […]

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:16:26 +0000

Thanks to each of you–Jodi, Darrelyn, Sarah, Andrea, Patricia, BK, Dave, and lfj–for taking the time to leave a comment. Much appreciated. And from Fenton: For all who shared such kind thoughts, many thanks. More evidence of how we are all connected–by the Net, of course, but more importantly by our love for the created world and for each other.

By: lfj

lfj — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:22:59 +0000

Really so beautiful, so beautiful.

By: Dave Malone (@dzmalone)

Dave Malone (@dzmalone) — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:51:39 +0000

Absolutely wonderful. I shall point the gun. And continue to hang with our adorable mini-Schnauzer.

By: BK

BK — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:11:52 +0000

By chance, I read this first thing this morning, upon waking. It felt like a prayer. Like the most grounded and unreligious but divinely humane prayer. What a gift. Thank you, Fenton the human, for this beautiful tribute to Fenton the dog, and to life itself.

By: Patricia Smith

Patricia Smith — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 01:28:05 +0000

I love this. I loved that dog, too. Thank you.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 23:51:59 +0000

In the losses lie the lessons. I can’t stop thinking about this. Thank you for sharing.

By: Sarah Laurence

Sarah Laurence — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 14:03:53 +0000

Fenton, your bitter sweet post made me smile. When I was growing up, our next door neighbor named her dog Sarah, not after me. It drove my mom crazy. Your Fenton seems more worthy of his namesake. What a gorgeous dog! I’ve loved and lost a couple of dogs myself. What I like best in your responses is how you redefined the questions to allow you to say what you wanted to say. Creativity has no limit.

Cynthia, thanks for hosting! I hope your writing retreat on the Cape is/was productive.

By: Darrelyn Saloom

Darrelyn Saloom — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:16:47 +0000

Grief can mute for long stretches, and I’ve yet to write about the recent loss of my once-stray, blind dog. Not blind from old age but born without eyeballs in her sockets. And yet, she fearlessly ran about my farm (even though she’d bump into things). Like Fenton the Canine, she taught by her amazing example.