I have invited Karen Meka to join us. She is the sister of our deceased dogsalot, Laurie Meka Fallon. I hope she does because I think she needs us and she is very intelligent and would be a good contributor. She has single handedly raised orphan ducklings that gathered in her yard. No, they did not imprint on her but regularly come to visit her now that they can live independently.

Our Laura, Ms. Troutbend is a fund of knowledge and I would like to thank her for fund of recipes. I had been hunting for ages for a quickbread called Bishop's Bread that my mother used to make and Laura sent it to me. It is now in the oven baking for our breakfast.

My thanks also go to Eddie for giving us this site and trying to encourage it to become more diverse and to grow. I love it and would miss it dreadfully if it were gone.

A friend of mine is into horoscopes and cast mine. There were no
surprises other than that I am a typical Aries with Gemini in my first house. Perhaps that is why I embrace change and no, I am not a believer.

Yesterday was really a full one. Jose had a heartworm shot, Ted and I got flu shots, I had a doctors appointment and I got sorted at the bank. The flu shot left me with a sore arm but I am so relieved to finally have it done.

Boston Scientific has come out with a device called the Watchman that makes blood thinners unnecessary. I am sending some of the literature to my cardiologist. My doctors had not heard of it. I think the blood thinners deplete your energy and I have barely enough as it is. If you are on them, google the watchman.