A photo of me and the dogs –well, 5 of them anyway– was featured in the coverage of the local No Kings protest on 14-July-2025.

It was indeed a struggle for me keeping up with the dogs with all the noise and distractions: horns (of all sorts), sirens, drums, shouts. And then, there were the fits of domination from senior dogs of the same sex to younger dogs. I thought the dogs did very well, considering.
Peter was in his glory! Strutting around like a peacock, nothing fazes him. He picked on poor Mirk. Becca pick on Lotti. Gail stoically endured it, as she does everything. I forget what a stable dog she is.
After 2 hours of noise and people coming up to touch them, the dogs got their reward: a walk at the Dartmouth woods. No people, just nature and trails.
BIG THANKS to Mimi at GiveADogAHome on Etsy for supplying the vests!
…I couldn’t resist this one

Schadenfreude: the ‘Dictator Parade’ was a bust. But then, what should we have expected from the crew of thugs that has seized our government and a man who has succeeded at nothing but bullying and lies??
The US Army deserved better than to have its 250th anniversary appropriated by a shameless, narcissistic and crazy would-be dictator who called our veterans ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’.
The Dictator Parade HUMILIATED our armed services. Trump politicized our military to satisfy his own ego …and did a very bad job of it. We should ALL be disgusted!
Image of the Day

Trump deserves his own catchphrase: “You’re fired!“

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to
Cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you