DAVID ZENT – Writings, Images & Inspiration

The night sky in my jungle is on fire.

Someone, probably my old friend God, has strewn a galleon’s-worth of diamonds over the sea of black velvet above me. . .

I MEET SANTA BOB   (Long post, but so was the walk...) You’ve never eaten an avocado nearly as good as the one I’m eating right now. This is not a boast. Even in Bakersfield, the ol’ hometown, I was something of an Avocado Afficionado. Used to think...

MORE FUN STUFF FROM FERN ACRES...   I thought I'd put up a few more pics from my hilarious upscale neighborhood...heading out to work in the Aegean Stables today with Crusoe...eye still needs prayer but I'm pushing ahead and doing what I...

STILL ALIVE!   The story of one man's survival of the Hawaiian Medical System... Bahaha! Well, we still don't know quite what this is but best case scenario in my feeble mind is that it's an impacted infection that might be helped with antibiotics,...

JUNGLE DAVE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM!   Well, I have landed here in the Emergency Room at Hilo Medical Center on the advice of my state disability doc, who did a brief exam of a lump in my tear duct that seems to be growing rapidly. It hasn't affected my...

ANOTHER BLUE HAWAIIAN DAY   (Country tune I wrote yesterday; Pic is where I swim in Hilo) Got pretty lights out on the harbor A little boat out on the bay We anchor off the coast of Kona Down where the dolphins come to play And in the evenin', talkin'...

WALKIN' WITH SMOKEY   I rededicated myself to my walking regime this morning; after bouncing my tender fanny over jungle roads in a car with dead shock absorbers far too often, I realized that the one thing that most keeps me healthy and contented had...

MISSING MY DAD ON A RAINY DAY   Well, I'm sitting in PT CRUISER, drinking a big Mason jar of fresh coffee creamed with sweetened condensed COCONUT MILK! Yes, it's equally delicious, and I would have switched sooner had I known it was available,...

F-E-R-R-R-N ACRES IS THE PLACE FOR ME...   It's a a beautiful day in the neighborhood! In my neck of the jungle, most lots are about two-to-three acres, owned by a spectrum of homesteaders ranging from the well-heeled with pristine frontage, to the...