feb 19

sweet potato crunchies-- now that it has got cold again... the first thing--- i start the  iron stove ---slice some sweet potatos legmth wise - add some olive oil and seasoned salt stuff all in a fry pan- and by the time  the stove has burned thru 2  batches of wood  the potatoes are soft-- the third batch of wood they are a bit blackened and very crunchy- i suppose with precision cooking you could hit the semi black stage... but i am not into that type attention...  the souis vie  with the  chicken legs done anytime between 2 and 5 hours suits me  better. 

Among other things I am on a dog park kick---Ipswich has none---and my intro to the concept is “  if you are a tax paying citizen who has a family member who happens to be a dog.......and you move to Ipswich your dog’s freedom will be restricted to a 6’ leash.”

 I have a few   of judy’s pictures of dog parks in surrounding towns but if any of you people out there could get some spectacular pictures for me that would be very helpful.

looking up Ipswich dog parks I ran into about eight parks that were absolutely beautiful.. but I noticed none of the names were at all familiar to me and I realized I was in Ipswich in Britain.. yes indeed have some absolutely lovely places---British they have a far better attitude toward dogs in the first place.. I'm not sure if Americans did all they could to deserve the bad attitude to  our dogs because Americans have not been very well trained.. or responsible.  Fact remains that doesn't help the dog. there are a lot of people who walk their dogs at the bottom of our driveway and I wince every time I see one trying to have a bowel movement while the person at the other end the lease hasn't even noticed and it's getting dragged along.. talk about having  personal freedom removed... that has to be the ultimate.

so with that in mind.  i would love   to have some photos or engineering design of some spectacular dog parks.. just to see what I could get going with a bit of luck in Ipswich.   of course the first complaint would be it smells... I have yet to find anyone who can smell a pile of poo standing 5 feet away so if that's your complaint about dogs then please stand up get your nose out of the pile.. As for the sound I've been there done that a barking dog under one goal post on a football field cannot be heard under the other one 300 feet away if the birds are chirping in the meantime.. I have lost five audiometers to various Ipswich residents and officials

to no avail.. the loudest and the wrongest.. have the attention .

not unlike the news?

Tho... maybe now.. someone has asked the question.. if it is allowed to be called news. Is there any fact checking?

i remember when the editor of the ny times was MUCH MORE than he is now....

now... andover dog park -- come on ipswich