Little Blog In The Big Woods

Ok, sure, I'm appalled at everything- but at the moment I'm most appalled at discovering that my last post here was in December....  Gad.  Sorry about that!
I have no intention of abandoning you, or this blog.  Life, however, has been consistently more difficult than seems strictly necessary for the past months, leaving us all, thee and me, both exhausted and without cheerful conversation material....

I was overjoyed today to run across this major news story, by a major news source, The Baltimore Sun: "Most Popular Dog Names In Baltimore In 2017"
And with cute puppy photos, too.
It just really resonated with me; this is the news we all crave, yes?  I was a bit appalled to find that two of my dogs have names in the top 10 here; and one of our horses has another...  Just goes to show... something....

Hi, Folks.  It's not that I have nothing new to say about mass shootings.  It's that I've already said 90% of it; here, and here; and what little new I might say is not going to change anything,  I may say it, eventually, but if you're like me, the pain...

Pushing on icebergs is my metaphor for continuing to work  - push - on causes that can seem hopeless.  The philosophy behind that choice can be complex, but sometimes the simplest reason to work is - there is nothing to lose by making the effort.  Why...