Martha’s Rain (Jazz x Max) doing his job in Portugal.

TACO Trump backed down from his mad, dangerous, destructive Greenland bluster today …but the damage to trust and the old world order is done. America kicked its friends and allies in the genitals. 80+ years of trust spoiled.

In Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered an important address about the fallout from the cancer of Trumpism and the end of America as force for good in the world. Go 🇨🇦 !!

Here is the full text of that speech and link to a video.

Sadness in a letter from Europe published in The NY Times. Click the link below to read as a guest.

GUEST ESSAY

I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.

Jan. 19, 2026
Alain Berset, Secretary general of the Council of Europe.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/greenland-trump-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1A.xu-T.Ir3NpGqg3jgM&smid=url-share

6 month old Finn (né Shark) is off to a new home in Central Vermont with Gregg, Lisa and their two pre-teen daughters. With an easy temperament and happy nature, Finn is ideal as a family dog for this young household. I asked Gregg & Lisa if they needed to come back for a second visit just to make sure. They said, “No, Finn is the one.”

Martha sends me the most awesome shots of her Thundering Paws Farm working collie, Rain, from Portugal, where she has wisely taken refuge from the crumbling, disintegrating USA. Martha made the right choice, for her family, and for Rain. I’m right behind her.

“Rain makes so many things special. He is such a merry, loving soul. Who dreams of sheep.  Fortunately there are many of the wooly creatures and large pastures, so his dreams come true several times a day.” ~ Martha

Martha …I’m coming! And I’ll bring you a pup to keep Rain company.

I spontaneous screamed “Yay!!!!!” at the end of this clip on FB.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/896798982802300 Stephen Colbert is a courageous voice of the resistance!

Even if you mistakenly supported Trump and his malevolence, take stock and resist. Otherwise, the American experiment will perish and….

Pretty tricolored female, Phoenix, joined Sarah and Travis on their Angus cattle farm in NY State today. Phoenix is the first of the Nel x Blue litter to go off to her new home (a bit earlier than usual).

An injured 10-week-old puppy is my housemate until she recovers. She is slowly getting used to the idea. She would love to go out to the kennel with her littermates, but that will not help her recovery.

Update 8-January

Injured puppy now with Kathy for special care and a more than a bit of puppy spoiling. She sleeps right next to Kathy.

…or in Ken’s lap.

Kathy even has a puppy pack to take the injured puppy for walks

The ‘wickedness‘ of Trump
…becomes our own

“It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.”
~ Carl Jung

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
~ Confucius

Breakfast for the ten 9-week-old pups: 12 cups of premium Orijen kibble and 2 chicken breasts.

…nothing left behind  for Mr. Manners.

Because this is a litter of 10, who were born 5 days early and needed a boost, I opted for Orijen puppy over my normal ACANA.  Both are made by the same company.  Orijen is more than most dogs need —and can cause dogs to put on weight— but has worked really well for these pups. I also like Orijen puppy because it has fish in it. Good nutrition early means healthier pups over their lifetimes. At about 14 weeks, I will transition the pups over to ACANA puppy, which is what all my other pups get.

Anyone who balks at the cost of a puppy should see my food bill …or my tax return with well over $10k in losses for breeding puppies.  Hobbies can be expensive.