Month: March 2018
Furrydoc, our dogs, and I went woodswalking yesterday. Given Furrydoc’s schedule with the vet clinic and her active, hyper-accomplishing family, we manage to do this only a couple times a year With all the recent forest closures, we had to go 10 miles out of town to DNR lands to find a great place to hike. We climbed a logging road for about a mile before picking up a well-marked equestrian trail that took us deeper into the woods. We’ve been here before but not for a couple of years. The trail we were looking for ends in a magical…
It’s a mix of good and bad, as you’d expect. With a few surprises, too. However much the left may criticize, they won’t be able to call this weak or right-wing absolutist. Purists (like me) won’t like it. But it’s … more nuanced than usual from Trump.
In many ways they were more oppressed and miserable than the country’s slaves. They refused to stay down for long.
I spotted these guys while out walking Ava this morning. Two were familiar faces. This one objected to our presence even though we were probably 30 yards away. I have no idea what this guy is. Do you? When I first saw the three from a long distance, I thought he (she?) was a blue heron; there’s one that hangs out in the vicinity. But this bird was small and graceless. It might be a heron, but only in its dreams. I didn’t actually get a good look while I was there. We were pretty far apart. Seems one of…
On Saturday, Florida International University in Miami installed an “instant bridge” — a 950-ton span to allow students to more safely cross the Tamiami Trail. The $14 million pedestrian structure, funded by the federal government, whose main span went up in a single day, was scheduled to open next year. Today, five days after its rapid rise, it came crashing down on the busy eight-lane highway below. Still a developing story. Fatalities, but number unknown.
Lessee … First you give the kids a day off from school … then you provide transportation to an anti-gun rally at $100,000 worth of city taxpayer expense … and you have a “grassroots” movement. Such a deal! I hope the suckers who fund the schools in Baltimore sue over this. All around the country Bloombergians, Hollywood stars, and hoplophobic, rights-hating others are laboring away to manufacture a dramatic children’s crusade against freedom. Today’s rallies and another proposed round in April involve skipping school. Hey, what student wouldn’t go for that? Guns? Who cares? We can ditch algebra! Then there’s…