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MERRY MONDAY! What a wonderful discussion yesterday about art and alternative proteins! I admit I have never had squirrel. I've had venison, elk, duck, goose, pheasant, grouse, horse, and even bull testicles. I have refused icky water fare like eels and sturgeon, but have tried crawdads (not a huge fan), catfish, and frogs.

I am anything but an art snob. One of my favorite forms of art is quilting! I have several quilts that I cherish. I'm also a big water color fan. Something ethereal abou****er color, plus I am able to paint with water color. I never mastered acrylic or oil paints. I also absolutely love sketching. There is something magical to me about pencil/graphite/charcoal applied to paper to create 2D works of art that appear to be 3D.

Okay, food and weight.... Good meeting with the NUT on Friday. Helped renew some of my commitment to get to goal weight. Weight is down to 212.1. Lowest so far on this particular journey.

I've been somewhat off the last week. Perhaps the reason for being an observer here and not posting much. I'm not depressed, but I am feeling some stress about the state of affairs. I don't like how I am seeing politics become personal. As president of the national Airedale club, I am having to deal with an online social media issue caused by a political post that became personal and breeched AKC's code of behavior for a judge. Not what I want to be doing in my down time. Phone calls and many emails were made Saturday and Sunday trying to deal with this sh*t!

DD, not sure if I shared this, but our Superintendent sent out an email letting us know that the district now has a protocol in place should ICE arrive on any campus. WTF?????

I did get a big chortle out of the Danish President's address to President Trump. It was not appropriate, but I did laugh!

Today I want to concentrate on eating and weight loss and put the rest of the world aside. Easier said than done!

I have never been to the Florida Keys. BUCKET LIST!

So frustrating that OH sometimes eat our deep thoughts. When it seems wonky I type in notepad and copy/paste in.

I love your plans for Brazil!

No surprise at the senioritis. I had it too. I was always fairly outspoken at work, but became more so speaking somewhat less politically about where things needed to change. Not sure they cared though...

My Dad used to climb into the rafters of grain barns on Lake Superior's harbor in Duluth and net pigeons for his family to eat. My nephew supplements his family's groceries with venison and fish. He's a very talented fisherman. I am a city girl now and lost my taste for wild game and lake fish.(Except white fish out of Lake Superior, it's like ocean fish).

We used to play with chicken feet after butchering chickens. You can locate a tendon in the chopped off part of the foot, and when you pull it, it makes the chicken foot contract into a scary claw. All things considered, I think squirrel tails are a more pleasing aesthetic.

p.s. We ate squirrel and rabbits shot by my grandpa when we visited. You had to watch out for buckshot. We played with the squirrel tails. Ate the fish he caught. ds