Jonathan Kelley
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  • Acting Projects
    • Monologs >
      • You Can't Handle the Truth
      • The Matrix
      • Shawshank Redemption
    • Stage >
      • Burlador de Sevilla
      • Too Many Tamales >
        • Too Many Tamales 2024
        • Too Many Tamales 2022
        • Too Many Tamales 2019
        • TMT 2016
        • TMT 2014 Conga
        • TMT 2014 Tamales Song
        • TMT 2014 Cormack monolog
      • The Bird Cage (Jaula de las Locas)
    • Film >
      • Amor en 266 Millas
      • Beauty in the Broken
      • Look No More
    • TV >
      • Better Things, S4 E5 Carbonara
    • Commercials >
      • Milk Life Tango
    • Internet >
      • Falling in Reverse, I'm not a Vampire
      • I Am Easy to Find, The National
      • Kubed Living
      • Tosh O. Vegan
      • Interview, Alas Media
  • Art Projects
    • Glass projects >
      • Pellegrino drinking glasses
      • Mosaic glass
    • Neon Art Projects >
      • Neolithic Spiral
      • Newgrange Neon Spiral
      • Neon Coconut Palm Tree
    • Coconut Frond Weaving
  • Musical Projects
    • A Fine Romance
    • Bamba
    • Begin the Beguine
    • Beyond the Sea, J and G
    • Blues Exercise, 2020
    • Christmas Music >
      • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
      • Baby, It's Cold Outside
      • I'll Be Home for Christmas
    • Dí Porqué
    • Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
    • Early Autumn
    • Easter Parade
    • I Get Along Without You Very Well
    • I'm Just Wild About Harry
    • Jonathan's musical compositions >
      • My Los Angeles
      • Life is Like a Stage Play
      • Pretend
      • Get A Dog
      • Let's Begin
      • Leila
      • Unexpectedly
    • Jonathan sax numbers >
      • Four Brothers
      • Jonathan's Sax numbers
      • Cute
    • Let Me Call You Sweetheart
    • Let's Get Away From It All
    • Lil Darlin'
    • Lullaby of Broadway
    • Lulu's Back in Town
    • Memories are Made of This
    • Rags >
      • Bumble Boogie
      • College March Boogie Woogie Medley
      • Dill Pickles Rag
      • Joplin - Bethena
      • Joplin - Elite Syncopations
      • Joplin - The Entertainer
      • Joplin - Heliotrope Bouquet
      • Joplin - Magnetic Rag 2023
      • Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
      • Joplin - The Nonpareil 1907
      • Joplin - Palm Leaf Rag
      • Joplin - Peacherine Rag
      • Joplin - Pineapple Rag
      • Joplin-Solace
      • Joplin - Sycamore
      • Joplin - Wall Street Rag
    • Ragtime Cowboy Joe
    • Rhode Island is Famous for You
    • Sand in My Shoes
    • Sand in my Shoes
    • Tea For Two
    • Tzena Tzena Tzena
    • Ukulele: Puff the Magic Dragon
    • We'll Sing in the Sunshine
    • When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    • When Joanna Loved Me
    • You're a Grand Old Flag medley
    • You're Just In Love
    • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  • Culinary Projects
    • Amaretti al Mascarpone
    • Coconuts >
      • Coconuts demo trailer 2015
      • Coconut Lime Soup
      • Coconut Shell Bowl
      • Coconut Cream Pie
      • Tembleque
    • Tropical Fruits >
      • How to eat a mango
      • How to eat a pomelo
    • Pies
    • Croissants
    • Watermelon Poinsettias
  • Head Shots
  • Xootr Mg Kick Scooter
  • Literary Projects
    • Senior on a Xootr Scooter
    • Timely Tips for the Home Chef
    • Counting Backwards from 100: My Life as an Anesthesiologist
    • Short Stories by Jonathan Kelley
    • Poems >
      • The Little Boy and the Old Man
      • Christ Climbed Down
      • La Niña de Guatemala
      • In Flanders Fields
    • Obituaries >
      • MKK Obituary
      • J Obituary
      • S Obituary
      • D Obituary
      • D Obituary
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  • Australian Shepherd, Coco
  • JMK - Joplin - Magnetic Rag 25
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Coco  
July 20, 2023 with an advance tip from our neighbor Becky Daugherty, whose retirement gig is volunteering at the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society, we adopted a beautiful Australian Shepherd pup, born November 23, 2022.  From our first meeting, it was apparent that he craved friendly contact with humans.  

We considered various names for him:  

'Kelbi' which means 'My Dog' in Arabic... but also has an unflattering connotation;

also Argos, after Ulysses' dog, which had a nice aura of loyalty... but seemed stiffly formal;

and finally 'Coco' because of the brown patches over his eyes,
with generally white color as you'd see in coconut meat,
​and some black flecks as you often find on the inside of a coconut shell.  

Coconuts.. a subject near and dear to me for many reasons from the functionality of coconut shell bowls to the nutritional options of coconut meat, water, and oil, to the many useful items that may be woven from coconut fronds.  

So, Coco:  sweet, inoffensive, unpretentious.  

It turns out that Coco is the best dog ever.  

His mission:  to be near me at all times.  
I get up to go to another room:  he follows me.  
I sit at my desk:  he lies at my feet.  
I sit to eat dinner:  he's at my feet.  
I  nap on the sofa:  he stretches out on top of me or beside me to nap at the same time.  
We take a walk together, on or off leash, he's never far.

No question, this dog is everything I've ever wanted in a canine companion.  

​A gift from God.  

​To top it off, Gloria loves him too!
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Gloria's son Lawrence
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A friend, Robert Amico
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Coco and me, February 2025
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Farmer's Market, 3d and Fairfax, Jonathan and Coco and Edwin Craig, April 11, 2025
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Easter Greeting, April 20, 2025, Jonathan and Coco, Easter Parade, Irving Berlin 1933