I had PT in Sandwich yesterday, so we brought the elephant back to the laundromat for a second wash, this time with white vinegar as well as soap.

Quite a collection of our neighbors’ deliveries and mail!

Ron treated us to poached salmon dinners at Wimpy’s last night.

He’s looking forward now to his trifecta in May!

Ron applied for two lab jobs this week and attended the job seeker workshop at the Senior Center.  He’s really got the application process down.

I did some job search activities, too; not holding my breath.

Did about a 42 minute session at the Hyannis gym.  Ron did some grocery shopping and we had a nice dinner.  Decided not to venture forth for St. Pat’s.

Walls for the wind,
And a roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire —
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love near you,
And all that your heart may desire!

At Bobby Byrnes on the actual natal date.

Canalside. Don’t get there nearly often enough!

Bobby Byrnes on the 12th, then Canalside.

We brought home a bag of pastry, too.

I’ve been a nervous wreck since pulling the info for our taxes last week. We were to meet with our advisor on Tuesday, but had to put it off until yesterday (Thursday) due to the snow storm that turned out to be rain.

We were late because I was putting together one last piece of information on our rental property. I figured there was no way we were going to finish our returns in one session, but our advisor is a patient genius and got everything done for us.

In my befuddlement I’d forgotten a checkbook, so we got a money order at Rockland. Afterwards, we dropped off Alpha’s keys at the gas station, picked up groceries at the Falmouth Service Center and drove home via the ocean.

Our friend the stuffed elephant was prepared for the storm. Fortunately, it changed over to rain after around 11 am or so. I am proud of myself that I drove Robert to work in spite of less than great conditions.

Likewise, the atheist Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of deeply Catholic France, mused, “No society can exist without inequality of fortunes; and inequality of fortunes cannot exist without religion.

“When a man is dying of hunger beside another who is stuffing himself with food, he cannot accept this difference if there is not an authority who tells him, ‘God wishes it so.’”

Jim Pence of Glendale, Ky., who runs the feisty Hillbilly Report Blog, put it similarly, if more inelegantly and irreverently: “Never before have so few with so much promised to take away so much from so many and then laugh their asses off as the so many with so little vote for the so few with so much.”

Rural Whites Will Stick With Trump

Had work done this week, and it turns out, Hyannis Toyota’s fees are competitive.

Oil change
Air Filter
Valve cover gasket replaced
Three drive belts replaced