click on link to take you to a page with various live cams trained on Mackinac Straits area Today I’ve learned about two big developments in the fight against Canada’s Enbridge building a tunnel around their decrepit oil pipelines running under the Straits of Mackinac, where 21% of the world’s fresh water resides. The first,…
Category: health
POPO 2025 — Day 30 — Dotty’s Prognosis
Dotty’s Prognosis Stage 3 of 3, aka the worst. 12-18 months eta to heaven. Her frankenbelly pale, a shaved expanse criss-crossed with thin, dark suture. “Bad news,” I message my kids, “will tell you more later.” Honestly, I don’t have the heart. Why such a small, gentle cat was given a life filled with misery,…
Bike Ride Sunday 102725
Halloween decorations displayed in the house as of yesterday. My friend and I decided to take a bike ride, probably our last one of the year. Temp was in mid-50’s, wind 12 mph, sunny, but not sunny under the trees. In summer the shade of trees is welcomed; just the opposite in non-summer. I wish…
Sunday Afternoon Walk
Sunday afternoons are the most common time older son and I go for walks. It’s been so hot outside that we haven’t gone in a few weeks, but today we braved the heat, burning sun, and thick, smoke-scented air and walked over 2 miles on a nearby bike path. The path is a rail-to-trail convert…
dVerse — MTB (2nd) — [untitled] cherita
soft breath curled she sleeps plush cushion bed forgotten stitches diagnoses nightmare dreams kittens and journeys journeys and kittens dreams nightmare diagnoses stitches forgotten bed cushion plush sleeps she’s curled breath soft Kim inspired me to try to write a double cherita. Dotty is having some health issues and this poem is about her. Cherita…
Take a Good Look — fish meds
I’ve had these pics for awhile but haven’t had time to post them. It is the first post in a new feature. It will be posted when I find stuff like this. A few months ago, the fish in the aquarium looked like they were getting some kind of fungus on their fins. First I…
