It is hard to imagine that the heat is also fueling mass rage to the degree that we are seeing it. The gun lobby bears a lot of responsibility for these dead babies that get caught in the cross fire and all the other mass shootings that take the lives of innocent people. I cannot even pretend to understand it. Here at home, I am dog sitting and it is no easy task. Ellie is having some boards replaced on her house and since Mandy barks constantly, she and Penny are here for the duration. It is sheer chaos here with dogs going everywhere I go and usurping all of Jose's favorite spots. At present, Mandy is under the desk and Jose is under my feet. Penny probably went back to bed with Ted. Ted is not very well and is on a strange, self imposed diet of Ensure and jello so we have both lost a lot of weight with me not cooking much...understand I am not complaining. Ted has lost two of his brothers in the last two months. It was a blessing in both cases because they were sick for a long time. My poor sister in law is a registered nurse and she had been caring for her husband for nearly a year. He had dementia, cancer and Parkinson's disease. The other brother died from liver disease, he was an alcoholic and it was not pretty. I will really miss David. He was like a brother to me and we enjoyed going places with them. I am glad that I got to tell him I loved him like a brother while he was still in his right mind. We vacationed together a lot. He was just two years younger than Ted and they were close although not as close as we are in my family. We will be home on the fourth of July but will go to my Sister's house on the fifth. I wish you all a happy celebration and a safe one. Be well.