Hello on Monday

Dear Friends,

Hope that you all had a pleasant Sunday.

My legs did get a much needed rest, and I spent most of the day in my Man Cave savoring a book written by the author whose books are based on the television program "Bones". The main characters in these books are always trying to catch some sick minded killer(s).

I usually have the television turned on low while reading the book. I wanted to watch the Daytona 500, but I won't be able to view the postponed race until noontime today.

Before I did settle down to my book reading, I did visit dad in the nursing home. I did purchase some bird seed on the way home from the Mt. Greylock nursing home. I should stop feeding the birds because the bears will be coming out of their dens if they haven't done so already.

Speaking of animals, there is an annual rabbit hunt sponsored by a local Sportsmen's Club. They hunters claimed that the rabbit count is down. The naturalists and the hunters contend that the Bobcat and Coyote populations are keeping the rabbit population lower this year. People have spotted Bobcats in their backyard. One family said that a bobcat was sunning himself on the railing of their deck. The homeowner rushed into the house to get a camera, but the Bobcat departed for she could take a picture. Oh Darn! I was wondering if this home owner had bird feeders in their yard. When I fed the birds yesterday, I saw some tracks in the little bit of snow we have, and they weren't bird tracks, rabbit tracks, or squirrel tracks. Could the bobcats be in our yard?

Social Calendar -- I will be helping with dad going to my sister's home, along with a therapist from the nursing home, for a home inspection. The nursing home won't officially discharge dad unless they deem the home is safe for dad who is a fall risk. Dad was in good spirits, and the staff at the nursing home knows that he will be leaving soon if all goes well today.
This evening, Linda and I will be leaving the house but going in opposite directions.

The national news was kind calm this morning. There was a video showing a billboard in UTAH which somebody paid for which said "Bomb Iran!"
The burning of the Kouran's at a United States military base in Afghanistan is still causing problems for the remaining American troops who are there. I had heard somewhere that the bad guys who were in our prisons were communicating with one another in those bibles. If this was true, the Americans should have said so before they burned those bibles.

It was another evening of the actors and actresses patting themselves on their backs. The awards don't seem to all go to the favorites. It is like trying to pick the winning horse in the Kentucky Derby. Some long shot usually wins the derby.

Weather -- We have some kind of snow event heading this way on Wednesday. The weather prognosticators keep on mentioning the track of the storm. I have to see the white stuff on the ground before I believe their forecasts.
The snow budget in Boston has used $2 million of the their $17 million snow budget. What will Boston and the other communities in Massachusetts do with the budgeted funds if they don't get used up? How about lowering our property taxes?

On the local scene, we have had a rash of burglaries of Convenient Stores here in Pittsfield. The bandit hit another one on Saturday night. She comes in with a mask while brandishing a hand gun. She demands the money from the cash register of these stores. If I owned or worked at one of the stores, I would have some pepper spray or my own handgun. The Pittsfield Police are working feverishly to stop this bandit. When the person is caught, they better give her the maximum jail time, and not use any excuses for doing so like: she is a drug abuser and was robbing stores to buy drugs, or she had a terrible family life. How about the victims who go to work each day on the night shift not knowing that the bandit will hit their store soon. I am betting that the workers at the stores who have been robbed aren't sleeping well.

Well, it is back to school today for teachers and students who had this past week off. I remember those Mondays after a school vacation very well.

Have a great week at work or play!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad

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