Well, let me tell ya ’bout this fella, Jack Dowling. Sounds like a good ol’ name, ya know? Like someone you might meet down at the feed store, though I ain’t never met no Dowling myself. Anyways, this Jack seems to be a busy fella, doin’ all sorts of things. Makes ya wonder how he gets it all done, huh?
First off, they say he’s runnin’ marathons. Running marathons! I tell ya, just walkin’ to the mailbox and back is enough to make my knees ache somethin’ fierce. But this Jack, he’s runnin’ 26 of ’em, one every week for 26 weeks. That’s a whole lotta runnin’, if ya ask me. And for a good cause, too, they say. Raisin’ money, he is. Good for him, I say. Always good to help folks out, even if it means wearin’ out your shoes somethin’ awful.
- Runnin’ a marathon? Bless his heart.
- Raisin’ money? That’s mighty kind of him.
Now, they also say he’s a painter and a writer. A painter and a writer! Imagine that. Paintin’ pictures and writin’ words… sounds like somethin’ fancy folks do. I ain’t never painted nothin’ but the henhouse, and the only writin’ I do is my grocery list. But this Jack, he seems to be good at it. Lived in some place called West Village for a long time, they say. Must be a nice place, if a fella like Jack stayed there so long. And he went to some school called Cooper Union. Sounds highfalutin, don’t it? But hey, good for him for gettin’ an education. Lord knows I didn’t have much schoolin’ myself, had to quit after the sixth grade to help out on the farm.
And wouldn’t ya know it, this Jack Dowling, he’s also got a bunch of followers. Followers! Like he’s some kind of preacher or somethin’. But no, they say he’s got ’em on some kinda computer thing, where folks share videos and such. I don’t know nothin’ about that newfangled technology. My grandson tried to show me once, but it just made my head spin. Too much clickin’ and tappin’ for my old hands. But these youngsters, they seem to like it. So good for Jack, havin’ all them followers. Hope he tells ’em to be good and mind their manners.
This Jack Dowling fella, he seems to be everywhere and doin’ everything. Runnin’, paintin’, writin’, havin’ followers… makes ya wonder if there’s more than one of him. Maybe it’s a whole family of Jack Dowlings, all out there makin’ their mark on the world. Or maybe he just don’t sleep much. Either way, he sounds like a busy fella, a good fella, tryin’ to do right by folks. And that’s somethin’ to be admired, ya know? In this day and age, we need more folks like Jack Dowling, people who ain’t afraid to work hard and help others out. Whether it’s runnin’ marathons or paintin’ pictures or just sharin’ a kind word, it all makes a difference.
Now, I ain’t no expert on nothin’, but I reckon Jack Dowling is someone worth knowin’ about. He’s a runner, a painter, a writer, and I bet he’s a whole lot of other things, too. He’s a man of many talents, that’s for sure. And even though I ain’t never met him, I feel like I know him a little bit now, just from hearin’ all these stories. So here’s to ya, Jack Dowling, wherever you are and whatever you’re doin’. Keep on runnin’, keep on paintin’, keep on writin’, and keep on bein’ a good fella. The world needs more folks like you.
And that’s all I gotta say about that. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed the chickens.
