Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: For Love of Dogs

    Our puppies are growing. Freya, our granddog, is here hanging out with Bo and Tiger. Their antics help us get over Ruby's loss....but it's not easy. 

     Freya and Staff love charging around the couch, past the chair, down the hallway to the front door...rinse and repeat, full speed. We call it the 'Circuit,' and they generally do at least 5-10 laps a day on the Ruby Memorial Raceway. It is a little surprising to be watching a movie, though, and see three dog bodies flash by, one carrying a squeaker the other two are grabbing at. All in a day, I suppose.

Other than that, not much happening but work. The skies have been dreary, which is unusual for Colorado. A little rain, but we need more.

Meanwhile:

Dangerous White House intruder slips through the fence! (He was eventually captured.)

At least one person thinks that the Michigan Wolverines will win the NCAA basketball championship. (Darn, he was wrong. They made it to the Sweet 16, though.)

Quick decisions that saved a person's life. Usually their own.

An ancient South Korean temple goes up in smoke.  Yet another sad reminder of the impermanence of our world.

'Things to think about on a snowy Monday:' a classic from yours truly.

Is this drawing, bought at auction for $12, really a Renoir? 

I live in a bathroom -- for a ltitle more than $6 a month.  Hey, do what ya gotta do...

Ten of history's most impressive horses. And here's something equally awe-inspiring:

What? The NPR chief admitting that dismissing or pooh-poohing the Hunter Biden laptop story...was a mistake? (Granted, she could say it virtuously because she wasn't in charge then.)

One of my favorite bouncy dogs:

A few years ago, omeone who had just met us -- and saw Ruby in the truck waiting -- was sure that there was a "big white dog" in there with her. Our only white dog was Charley, who died a year earlier. Ruby LOVED to ride in the truck. Will she insist on keeping our new puppies company?

     I wonder.

Have a great week.