Month: January 2021

We brought Teddy home yesterday. He’s done the circuit around the house a couple of times and had no problem negotiating the deck stairs.

Ron took him out last night. I did the 3:30 am shift this morning. 20 degrees but no wind.

He was very restless. I gave him his anti-anxiety med.

Right now he’s panting at the top of the stairs, and I’m hoping to lure him with cheese to visit me in my den.

I was out with him yesterday afternoon and grateful for our house, our yard, for Ron and for Teddy.

Update: he made it down the stairs! Good dog!

He was lying in the den but started getting restless. In spite of cheese, we had to carry him back up stairs: not easy for Ron so early in the day. He wasn’t pleased but he didn’t bite us. Some carpentry needed before he comes downstairs again, I think.

Brought him outside again around 6 am. Fed him.

Took him out a couple more times, in the yard and the field. Ron walked him twice in the field. We all got a fair amount of outdoor time today. Teddy’s not bothered by other dogs in the neighborhood.

We had a fine introduction to Teddy yesterday. He approached both of us without hesitation and walked calmly with us. He and Ron got along great; it’s going to be a boys’ club around here!

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I skipped the last standout before the inauguration yesterday because it was pouring and I wanted to do other things anyway.

Like searching through what felt like at least a dozen dog shelters and filling out applications.

I also wanted to do some cooking. Roasted spaghetti squash, tofu scramble and cauliflower. Hard-boiled some eggs for deviling.

Yesterday I cleared a path from the dog run to the field and loaded about a barrelful of branches on the truck. We did an easy transfer station run. Looks like a rainy one today.

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A neighbor’s mail had been delivered to us by mistake, so we walked over to re-deliver it.

Ron’s back was feeling okay, so we extended the walk and stopped to chat with a neighbor who is a stone cutter. He gave us a tour of his work area, including two winches and a giant trailer he’d built over an eight-year period.

Received Em’s birth certificate – great service from the Lowell City Clerk’s Office!

The fence was finished in a day on Wednesday. It looks like it’s always been there: a good sign that it’s in the right place.

I donated blood yesterday and got a Falmouth Road Race gift pack: nice!

We are getting ready to do a transfer station run. Ron’s back is better, but still not 100%.

We’ve filled out three or four applications to shelters, I’ve lost track. I lucked out with Paula. Nowadays, it’s not so easy to find a dog that is looking for a home. I’m not sure why the big demand.

We’re having the new dog run installed at the back of the property. We’ll be able to see the dog and it’ll be cooler in the summer.

Ron has peace with this.

Impeachment day, thus nailing Trump as the worst US President, at least in our lifetimes if not the nation’s.

Ron got his tooth implant today and is very happy with it!

The dog fence will be installed this week. The timing was a surprise, and I’m nervous about it.

Ron has been no help, still feels lousy, still doing nothing about it.

I drove Em to her new PCP appointment today. Had a discount coupon for Cape Cod Creamery, which was nice.

Wish the Trump slapping were over. I’m getting nervous that the corporatocracy will let him get away with his malfeasance.

Made hash browns and scrambled eggs for Ron, who was still hurting and grumpy.

Joined the group on the Falmouth Green around 12:15.

Deposited checks from MRS and Harvard Pilgrim. Did a small shop at Shaw’s.

Made one of the veg chopped “liver” recipes, and it turned out very well. I guess we don’t have to wait for Roche to stock it at the next Jewish holiday!

Sent James an Apple gift card. Used the Mass Save debit card.

Did laundry and changed the sheets. Watched a film on Netflix while exercising. We watched a couple of Wild Card games.

The new plumbing company sent a good tech to take care of our long-neglected furnace, and the fine workers at Cormier’s fixed my truck yesterday.

I stood out with Move to Remove this morning and did several errands on the way home: picked up a book at the Falmouth Library, did a shop at Job Lot for lentils, cookies and parchment paper, returned an unneeded part to Amazon from UPS, got Em’s request for their birth certificate notarized and mailed.

Ron’s back has been bothering him since Wednesday (I think). He’d run out of pain med, but S&S pharmacy was finally able to get through to his doctor for a refill. He is very unhappy and in a lot of pain even with meds.

Yesterday we did a transfer station run. I made a salad and corn chowder from a mix and baked spaghetti squash and potatoes. This morning, oatmeal and sautéed mushrooms.

We may yet have a chance to meet Teddy the dog. He’s been transferred to a shelter in Brewster. This morning, I gave the fence company the go-ahead for the installation.

Systematic failures

The French police official detailed multiple lapses they believe were systematic.

1. Large crowds of protestors needed to be managed far earlier in the process by police, who instead controlled a scene at the first demonstration Trump addressed then ignored the crowd as it streamed towards the Capitol.
2. “It should have been surrounded, managed and directed immediately and that pressure never released.”
3. Because the crowd was not managed and directed, the official said the protestors were able to congregate unimpeded around the Capitol itself, where the next major failure took place.
4. “It is unthinkable there was not a strong police cordon on the outskirts of the complex. Fences and barricades are useless without strong police enforcement. This is when you start making arrests, targeting key people that appear violent, anyone who attacks an officer, anyone who breaches the barricade. You have to show that crossing the line will fail and end in arrest.”
5. “I cannot believe the failure to establish a proper cordon was a mistake. These are very skilled police officials but they are Federal and that means they ultimately report to the president. This needs to be investigated.”
6. “When the crowd reached the steps of the building the situation was over. The police are there to protect the building from terrorist attacks, and crime, not a battalion of infantry. That had to be managed from hundreds of meters away unless the police were willing to completely open fire and I can respect why they were not.”

‘Thank god it didn’t work because I can’t imagine how hard it would be to sanction the US financial system’

The third official, who works in counter-intelligence for a NATO member, agreed that the situation could only be seen as a coup attempt, no matter how poorly considered and likely to fail, and that its implications might be too huge to immediately fathom.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/some-among-america-s-military-allies-believe-trump-deliberately-attempted-a-coup-and-may-have-had-help-from-federal-law-enforcement-officials/ar-BB1cypbi?ocid=ob-fb-enus-1541512262291&fbclid=IwAR3yZ8xNRs6dCrc_lHcYm-PJ7vFkfHLv_FVmJDdnzXg1w2wXAD03TSPcRy4