MAY 21 2016

HELP.... I CAN'T FIND STACI AND MERLE'S EMAIL ADDRESS -- HOPEFULLY SHE READS THIS AND  CONTACTS ME  I am looking for Staci Woodruff and her companion dog Merle. We flew from Denver to Ct together. She asked me to look her up, but I am having a hard time. Can you pass along my contact info to her.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. She is a wonderful person that I would love to keep in contact with. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can offer. Tara I KNOW I HAVE IT HERE SOMEWHERE--- BUT.....I AM ALSO AFRAID I WILL FORGET   TO EVEN LOOK. *** FORGETTING  THAT COMERDCIAL COMES ON TOO OFTEN ABOUT "A PLACE FOR MOM" WHERE THEY HIT THE BUZZ WORDS "I REMEMBER WHEN MOM STARTED FORGETTING HER WORDS"-- POOR MOM  NICE AS COULD BE THAT CAN'T REMEMBER  HER WORDS...I AM DREADFUL-- I  STARTED MAYBE 60 YEARS AGO---AND IT DOESN'T GET ANY  BETTER !!--  IT IS GETTING SO BAD  THAT THE ONLY WORDS I REMEMBER  QUICKLY  HAVE 4 LETTERS.. NO PROBLEM THERE.  I HAVE TAKEN TO USING THE SIGN LANGUAGE HAND MOVEMENTS FOR "SH1T !"  - AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT.  AND MY LOGIC SEEMS OK AS I DID DO 2 CHALLANGE RATED SUDUKO IN THE  MIDDLE OF LAST NIGHT.  ............IF I REMEMBER CORECTLEY ******************* IT IS ALL VERY CLOSELY RELATED TO NOT REMEMBERING IN THE FIRST PLACE.... LIKE NAMES-- WE HAVE ALL THESE INTERNS  RUNNING AROUND HERE - AND 2 LOOK VERY ALIKE  SO I GET IN BINDS ABOUT "I JUST TOLD THAT INTERN XXXXXXX..."   AND  IT TURNS  OUT IT IS THE OTHER ONE... SO WE NEED NAME TAGS.... SORRY--- YOU MAY HAVE TO WEAR THEM ALL SUMMER. I MET ONE NICE GAL YESTERDAY  FROM NEW YORK...  I WILL REMEMBER FOREVER THAT SHE IS FROM MANHATTAN  BUT DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT HER NAME--THEN THERE IS THE VERY QUIET ONE--AND THE SHARP ONE WHO ALWAYS ASKS IF ANYONE WANTS A CUPPA COFFEE..ONE THAT GRETCHEN LOVES AND THE 2 WHO LOOK ALIKE.. SO I DO KNOW THEM-- BUT NAMES???? MAYBE I WOULD DO BETTER IF I NUMBERED THEM.. IN THE MEANTIME .... IT IS "HEY YOU" ***** THE CONCEPT IS A BIT FRIGHTENING...  I REMEMBER.......... I DID A COMMERCIAL WITH RONALD REGAN WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT--  HE HAD AN AWFUL TIME REMEMBERING THE ONE  LINE HE WAS TO SAY- COULD  HAVE BEEN A SIGN ON THE ON COMING ALZHEIMERS.  LUCKILY EVERYONE KEPT HIM GOING STRAIGHT... ****** I THINK THE KEY IS  TO REMAIN IMPERTURBABLE...AND DON'T EVER NAME TWO OF  YOUR DOGS NAMES THAT SOUND ALIKE....... LIKE  BAILEY AND BENTLEY ***** I was just in the yard with Emmett, he was laying on the lawn, he looked quite comfy, so I sat down next to him. When I decided to get up I asked him to help and like a good boy he stood up and swung into position so I could stand. I haven't been able to sit on a lawn for a couple of years, but with Emmett I can enjoy sitting in the grass with him. Jack **** SIMPLE THINGS-- WE FORGET.... LIKE THE RECIPIENT WHO WAS IN TEARS BECASUE SHE COULD FINALLY STEP UP TH E CURB TO GET  OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND INTO THE STORE.

MAY 20 2016

MY AMUSEMENT LAST NIGHT WAS THE BRITISH ACCENT...PARTICULARLY THE WORD  LAST NIGHT WAS  DEBRIE  WHICH AS ThEY FOUND SOME OF THE MISSING PLANE CONTENTS,  WAS THE MOST USED WORD ON CNN LAST NIGHT. -- AND IF THE AMERICAN IS daBREEEE THE BRITISH IS   DEBree-- AND WONDERING HOW MUCH OF A BRITISH ACCENT IS THE ACCENT ON A DIFFERENT SYLLABLE 

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IT IS ALMOST POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE OVERNIGHT CNN NEWS TO ONE OR TWO WORDS PARTICULARLY AS THE POLITITIANS "AND THEIR SPOKESPERSONS     TRY AND GET THE PUNCH WORDS  INTO AS MANY CONVERSATIONS AS THEY CAN.  "  IT IS LIKE THEY HAVE A  6am   MEETING AND DECIDE ON TWO WORDS TO PUSH-- THEN THE NEWS REPEATS THEM OVER AND OVER...

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I HAVE BEEN SHOCKED LATELY TO FIND SEVERAL  PEOPLE BESIDES ME  HAVE WORRIED ABOUT ROME FALLING AFTER ABOUT 250 YEARS-- AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE AFTER ABOUT 257  YEARS-- THE

RE ARE OTHERS--- AND 1776 FROM 2016 IS 240.. COULD BE........ 

I WAS WORRIED IN THE 1980'S  BECAUSE  WHE I WAS IN EDINBURGH IN (1957) IN THE MATH PHYSICS ENVIRONMENT  SOMEBODY ( TONY AND GORDON) PLOTTED POPULATION GROWTH ON A GRAPH AND IF THE CURVE IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IT BECOMES A   ASYMPTOTIC AT 1984( NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOES STRAIGHT UP NEVER GETTING TO 1984) WHICH IS ABOUT WHEN WE BEGAN TO HEAR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED EVERYONE IN 2050  OR PLANET WARMING...

ONE OF MY EDINBURGH FRIENDS READS THIS DD AND SHE IS VERY ACCURATE.. SHE MAY GIVE ME THE EXACT CONVERSATION....  BUT THAT WAS THE GIST OF IT.

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A BUNCH OF CUT AND PASTES TO BAIL ME OUT TODAY..

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ANOTHER ENJOYABLE APPRECIATION DAY.

I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE FIREMEN TODAY.  IT WAS AMAZING AND SO MUCH FUN.

MY HUSBAND AND I DROVE INTO THEIR PARKING OUT AND BEFORE WE COULD GET OUT OF OUR CAR, ONE OF THE MEN, JAMIE, CAME OUT THE DOOR WITH A BIG SMILE AND SAID, “YOU ARE BACK” AND ANOTHER, DAVE, CAME OUT AND SAID, “IT’S THE 19^TH – APPRECIATION DAY”. 

 ALL IN ALL, THIS WAS A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET – A TRUE MEANING OF APPRECIATION BY THESE MEN.  DAVE EVEN CHECKED HIS CALENDAR AND HE WILL BE THERE ON JUNE 19^TH…

CARLENE, THIS IS ONE OF YOUR GREAT IDEAS AND I LOVE IT.  EVERY MONTH I COME HOME WITH A WARM HEART

CHEESE CAKE FROM COSTCO'S THAT I DOCTORED UP WITH FRUIT.

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From Team Hunter and Wendy:

Hunter had a school show tonight that was 50s themed. Wendy even wore a scarf to be dressed up. It was his first time, out of PT, that he wore his short braces and he did great! He said he got his workout today since there was no formal therapy! The only bad thing that happened was that "the boy with the dane got taken out by a cane!"

 Hunter thought his brain had "malfunctioned" because he had no idea why he fell coming into the show and didn't find out until his teacher told him after the show. He was clipped in the ankles by someone's cane and down he went. "Good thing I was wearing my short braces because it's easier to stand up!" he said after the show.

He was fine, got Wendy on her fluffy and went to his chair. The person felt terrible, but how Hunter described it was pretty clever, as SDPs slogan is "Give up your cane for a dane!" He had a fun time, but is really tired after his "workout" and is 

 fast asleep!

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From Bella's Mom:

A little early posting today but I am sitting and relaxing. Gabi is finishing homework and Bella and George are watching a show on Netflix. All is good. This morning Bella had George outside to go to the bathroom one last time before school. I walked out and see Bella sitting in the tree. Then George spoted her and runs over to the rescue. Even though she said she didn't need to be rescued he was right there. She just looked so cute sitting there in the tree though.

At school they had PARC testing. I walked with Bella down to her room for her testing. Bella doesn't do the testing in the room with everyone else because sometimes she needs to have someone do her writing for her when her  hands get tired. She also is allowed extra time of she needs it and to have  break times to stretch. So she goes into the room with George and Ms Kate. 

When they waked in George went right to his spot under the table without even being told. He knew the routine and did it. After the test they had extra time outside in the field. So they had a good day! Now they are already inbed.

Only a couple days left to order Team Bella and George shirts! We close off orders Saturday night. We are so close to 300! Here is that link 

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HI CARLENE,

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON IVY AND HER PERFORMANCE AS A SERVICE DOG.  I KNOW THAT DANES DON'T LIKE WATER, BUT I BELIEVE MY SERVICE DOG MAY BE AN EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE.  HAHAHAHA.  LAST NIGHT I HAD A VERY NASTY FALL IN THE SHOWER AND, AS USUAL, SHE WAS LAYING ON THE BATHROOM RUG.  AS SOON AS I FELL, SHE WAS RIGHT THERE TO HELP ME GET UP AS I BRACED ON HER.  SHE IS A SPECIAL GIRL.  THANK YOU FOR IVY.  SHE HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AND IN MY LIFE.  I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT HER.  SHE BRINGS ME SUCH JOY EVERY DAY AND HER LOYALTY IS UNBELIEVABLE.  I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT HER.  SHE IS MY LIFE PARTNER AND I HAVE YOU AND ALL THE TRAINERS TO THANK FOR THAT.

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THIS NEEDS EVERYONE TO VOTE-- UNCOMPLICATED... NO SIGN IN.. AND WE GET $500  AS  TOYOTA'S CHARITY OF CHOICE

http://woobox.com/nnd6qk/hbov12

THEN CLICK ON CHARITY OF CHOICE AND VOTE

MAY 19 2016

happy 19th !!---- time to cut the mustard... or was it bake the donuts???

means a costco trip  and then A  fire station...

i have tried to give a cake to TOPSFILED---   I HOPE THEY READ THIS- but  THEY DON'T ANSWER THIRE DOORBELL  SO I HAVE GIVEN UP ON THEM. 

i am glad i am not trying to tell them my car is on fire at theIr doorstep, but for 3  19ths now... thier door is locked..  so no cake fot them

IPSWICH IS VERY NICE BUT MILES AWAY.. GEROGETOWN HAS A NICE   FUN GROUP AND DANVERS ( ON THE WAY) IS A FUN BUNCH..

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IN AN EFFORT TO STAND UP STRAIGHTER, I AM BACK IN  MY COWBOY BOOTS. THEY ARE THE MOST UNAPPRECIATED COMFORTABLE FOOT WEAR---- THEY DO RESULT IN BETTER POSTURE.. I THINK...  THE HEEL IS ONLY ABOUT  1.75 INCHES---- BY ACTUAL MEASUREMENT.. AND THEY ARE COMFORTABLE... EVENTUALLY MEN GOT TO WEARING THEM IN DRESS SITUATIONS-- EVEN FORMAL... FOR A WHILE--- THEY MAY EVEN STILL-- I HAVE NOT STUDIED MENS FEET  LATELY.

I BOUGHT MINE  FROM LUCHESE BOOTS IN TEXAS ( ?SAN ANTONIO?)  THEY DO HAVE THE MOST EXOTIC BOOTS- ALLIGATOR HIDE  -- SNAKE SKINS  ---ETC  --BEAUTIFULLY MADE-- SOME FOR $5000-- HOWEVER MINE ARE BEAUTIFULLY MADE OF GOATS SKIN- WHICH ARE EVERY BIT AS WELL MADE AND COMFORTABLE FOR ALOT LESS.

I  WONDER IF I COULD DEDUCT THEM AS MEDICAL DEVICES IF THEY IMPROVE MY POSTURE..?   PULL ON... NO TIE...  BEATS SLIDING AROUND IN THOSE SLIPPER THINGS THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TIE EITHER.  AND THEY SOUND SO GOOD.

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I THINK I AM A FRUSTRATED TAP DANCER-- I DO LIKE TO MAKE NOISE WIHT MY FEET AS  I TYPE..  BUT TAPPING REQUIRES SPEED AND  I HAVE NEVER BEEN KNOW FOR SPEED OF MOTION OR THOUGHT-- FROM PING PONG TO MISERABLE CLARINET PLAYING I JUST DON'T HAVE IT. I TRIED VERY HARD TO PLAY THE PIANO-- I HAD TO TRY HARD-- MY MOTHER KEPT POUNDING AT ME  WITH THAT  "IF YOU'D  ONLY TRY" NONSENSE.

HOW BAD WAS IT??? LAST NIGHT I DREMPT I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW PLAYER PIANO JUST SO I COULD PRETEND TO BE ABLE TO PLAY.-

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I DO APPRECIATE LEATHER-- EVER SINCE I REALLY GOT TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE SKILL MAKES WITH MY DONKEY HARNESS.

WHEN I STARTED WITH TRYING TO DRIVE 4  DONKEYS-  I HAD HEARD  A FREEDMAN HARNESS WAS TEH ULTIMATE-- MADE IN TORONTO...I HAPPENED TO BE IN TORONTO FOR A CONFERENCE SO I  WENT TO SEE SAM FREEDMAN WHO WAS CHARMING AND  LIKED THE CHALLAGE OF SUCH AN UNUSUAL REQUEST AS A 4 IN HAND FOR 32" DONKEYS.---- HIS SON ?DAVID?  TOLD ME  IT WAS SAM'S HOBBY TO WORK ON THAT HARNESS INTO THE EVENING FOR FUN..  COACH LEATHER WAS NOT ANY BETTER- TIME PASSED-- SAM DIED AND I STARTED TRYING TO DRIVE  ANOTHER 4 SO I WOULD LOOK LIKE THE BUDWEISERS 8  ... AND SAM'S SON WORKED VERY HARD TO REPLICATE MY ORIGIONAL 4.. THEY WERE  LOVELY ALMOST AS GOOD....,, BUT JUST DID NOT HAVE THE  PERFECTION OF SAM'S 4. OTHER THAN COACH LEATHER , I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY LEATHER WORK AS PERFECT...

EVEN THESE BOOTS....:)

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EVERY MORNING PAM GIVES ME A WHO'S WHERE LIST-- WHICH YOU CAMERA PEOPLE MIGHT LIKE TO LOOK OVER

Grace with SPAYS at DAH then farm

SPAYS Amelia and Pilot 

7:00am – 9:00am V Melissa 

7:00am – 3:00pm Shannon 1 

7:00am – 3:00pm Donna 

7:30am – 3:00pm Ryan Grounds/Maint 

8:00am – 11:00am V Jade Deagle

8:00am – 2:00pm V Devin2 Intern Barn/Grounds

8:00am – 3:00pm V Mary & Mia Barn

8:00am – 4:30pm Steve G­ Training 

8:00am – 5:00pm Megan Training 

9:00am – 12:00pm V Carson 

 9:00am – 12:00pm V Bobby 

9:00am – 2:00pm V Kelly Intern Barn/ICU in house if needed

10:00am – 2:00pm Margaret­ paperwork & training 

11:00am – 7:00pm Linda K 

12:00pm – 3:00pm V Lori ICU2

3:00pm – 7:00pm Olivia ICU2

3:00pm – 7:00pm Steve M

SEE THAT STEVE 3-7?  THAT IS MEATCUTTER STEVE WHO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO  RAISE A FLAG OR TWO AT MAIL  CALL

STEVER IS FAMOUS FOR ALOT OF THINGS... HE IS HERE SATURDAY MORNING TOO  WHEN HE BRINGS THE REMINANTS OF HIS SCHOOL'S KITCHEN FOR EITHER PEOPLE OR  DOGS... WHICH IS WHY WE SOMETIMS HAVE ½ BUSHEL OF BANNANAS ON THE COFFEE COUNTER.( ON CAMERA)

IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT SOME OF YOU FOLK DON'T KNOW THAT EVERY DAYAT 4:45 THERE IS 15 MINUTES OF Q&A WITH TRAINERS MEGAN AND STEVE #3  FOLLOWED BY ME AT 5:00 WITH MAIL CALL FOR 30-45 MINUTES Q&A

IT IS RIDICULOUS.. BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN GET TO BE FUN... LETS SAY... UNSCRIPTED...

may 18 2016

i don't expect to hear from  our lawyer  about the building inspector for another few days...  that being the case i think i will ask jeff masterson if he can  get a big machine here to take the bumps out of our parking area-- i was going to use the equipment which would dig the foundation... but... who knows when that will happen..

and  to all of you who are suggesting a trailer....it  is certainly an option but not the sterility we really need.

jeff did manage to drive the slalum course of our driveway  with his truck and trailer to donate a terriffic golf cart for grace to use...

it is a construction model... new batteries even...  great for toting laundry...

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as we prepare for delivering the cake of the 19th to your local fire department.........  we had this comment yesterday --- now here is a deviation from the norm of   give your firefighters a happy day.....

Hi, Linda,

Instead of the cake this month I happened to be checking out of the market at the same time as one of the fire crews from the station down the street in Prescott, AZ I paid their bill over their protests and they were so grateful, even offered to help me unload my groceries. Great guys! And they were eating healthy too....chicken to grill and veges for salad, etc. 

Sharon kbtz-AZ

Prescott, AZ

maybe what i should do to be kind to my fire department is to  NOT eat the cake myself-- and go on a diet so i would not be so heavy if they have to carry me down some ladder out of a third  floor window.

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it is too late to remind you we have posters to  give out with the  "cake of the 19th" ....  which are not really necessary except  it explains that there is no real explination as to why we  celebrate the 19th of the month .. except  we ( at sdp)  do.

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all these people who are running for office have such lofty ideas.  they must have a worse memory than i do... because they don't seem to remember them ...."on  my first day in office i will xxxxxxx" ---- their memory must be  affected by the  cold weather of january.  or maybe  they can't remember the first day in office because they are hung over from the inaugural parties...

 the writing on the wall i can see is  the gop splitting trying to start  another party, the democrats splitting more disorganized into a write- in campaign and all the computer gurus who screw up the electronic voting machines will b left with their chads hanging.  

as long as the guy who collects our trash is  more reliable than that bunch , i will not worry.

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per the ava news article....

another bonus for having a service dog,  ... jumping the queue at the ladies room ...  this brings up another related topic...  we all know about parking in handicap spaces... next we need  a thought or two about using the handicapp stall in the rest room----  in the last week i have had 2 comments from recipients about having to wait while someone rested in there making cell phone calls...

now .... i did get that book i talked about..." the specialist" about the building of an outhouse... - and that man had the cure for employees who spent too much time in there.. he cut all the holes square- so the users would tend to  business and get back to cutting the  hay..

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Hi Carlene

Just an update on Merle. She is doing great! We have been to my corporate office for work a couple of times now and getting the full concierge treatment with wide handicap entrances, space to lay down, access to the entire building and her name included with mine on the door. A touch of gas (Merle not me) in the conference room.... that made everyone smile. Everyone has been very respectful and so has Merle. I wish everyone had this type of acknowledgement & support. 

Staci

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may 17 2016

short doggie... i have a physical therapy apt a 7am...

the good and the bad-- the good--- jeff  donated a newish golf cart  basically for grace--  i have not seen it yet- but i am told it runs really really well.

the bad is the building inspector has decided an infirmary is  an expansion of SDP and therefore denied a building permit for the infirmary. 

he is wrong on many scores- and i have hired a lawyer to deal- i am so angry  

there are separate issues.  these are going to our  lawyer

1. The driveway usage has nothing to do  with the infirmary building. Because i don't want to park cars close to the barn ( fire hazard/gasoline)  so that the cameras can enjoy the new baby donkey-  i decided to use my other driveway and  land  for that purpose. the neighbors do not like the change.  it is my land on which i have paid taxes for 38 years. totally legal.  i had it surveyed to be  certain of the lines. 

2 This building  is not a"significant expansion " as described by the building inspector. but a needed part of our  existing operation. For many years  Dr Myers has pointed out i really should have an isolation unit to prevent possible spread of diseases which are bound to occur in dogs that are out in society as our service dogs in training are.  With huge effort we contained a parvo outbreak which might not have happened if we had the correct  facility to isolate any pup with a temp.    The wooden   material of the rest of our kennels is not conducive to sterilization.   To ignore that is irresponsible.

3. Both Mr Masterson and I were told by the building inspector  there was no problem if we just got him a very basic set of drawings.

which I ordered.  As a town official we took him at his word.  At this point we  spent the charity's money- with the approval of the board of directors. He then  denied issuing a permit. 

4. As a 501 C 3 charity  Service Dog  Projects donates  these dogs to mobility patients.  These are not pet dogs, but dogs who's lives and training fall under  federal ADA rules.  I know there are  federal laws about  the fact that  a service dog or a service dog in training  is not to be treated as a pet or companion by states and towns.

 We are fully accredited and inspected by the ADI organization.  We are registered with the Attorney General and are recognized by the VA as donating certified dogs to veterans.  Our  dog "George" was awarded the #1 service dog in the country. 

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how can you help?? find out all the ADA  laws you can about service dogs in this situation.. i know there are some about they my not be taxed- what else does it  say????

        from the Society Page of the New Bedford Star, May 15, 2016

Last night, young Miss Ava Gardner attended her first symphony, Beethoven’s Ninth at the Zeiterion Theatre. With her petite and svelte figure, she was striking and with her matching hat and fur coat of spotted black and grey, heads turned when she entered the theatre. Designers may already be attempting to replicate the colors in faux fur in time for the fall. 

But what attracted many, were the impeccable manners of someone so young. Miss Gardner remained quiet throughout the concert and readily joined the standing ovation.  The humorous note of the evening occurred before the concert began. A person sitting close to Miss Gardner reported that while Miss Gardner’s party was still getting settled and deciding who would sit in which seat, Miss Gardner stood up and inexplicably, the foot of her friend shot up in the air, over the back of Miss Gardner. The witness said that he kept waiting for more comedy, but there were no other incidents, except that Miss Gardner appeared bored and to be asleep at times. 

Heads continued to turn at intermission, as Miss Gardner and her friend were escorted by an efficient usher to a large, seemingly private, but handicapped accessible bathroom, while other female members of the audience waited in long lines to use the facilities. The smiling usher negotiated the crowded theatre and moved too quickly to allow Miss Gardner’s adoring fans from touching her. After the concert, the maestro, himself, Mr. David MacKenzie, came to Miss Gardner to express his admiration.

An anonymous member of Miss Gardner’s staff stated the starlet had had such an exciting evening that she slept late this morning, before she and her friends went out for breakfast. 

MAY 16 2016

BABY OWL IS AROUND... LAST NIGHT ON THE GUEST HOUSE  JOINED BY A PARENT IN A TREE AND NOW... BOTH ARE HIGH IN ONE OF THE TREES------ JOHN ( AROUND THE CORNER ON 97) SAYS HE HAS 2-3 IN HIS BACK YARD. HE TOO BACKS UP TO WILLOWDALE FOREST...  I SURE HOPE THAT IS WHERE THEY DO THEIR HUNTING, AND NOT IN THE  HIGH RENT NEIGHBORHOOD  WHICH GETS RID OF MICE WITH POISONS --- WHICH DIE OUT IN TH OPEN-- WHICH WE THINK MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SECOND OWL...IT WAS BIG AND STRONG AS THE OTHER. NO POISONS ALLOWED AT CRAZY ACRES--- WE HAVE SNAP TRAPS ONLY !.... WHICH WE THEN FREEZE AND THEY BECOME PART OF THE  "FROZEN RODENT DELIVERY SERVICE"  AS WE TAKE THEM TO REHABILITATORS FOR HAWKS OWLS ETC....  THE ONLY OTHER RUMOR I HAVE HEARD IS OWLS DON'T BREED IF THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF FOOD...NOW... SHALL I LEAVE THAT COMMENT RIGHT THERE??? ***** ON WE GO.... LAST NIGHT I RAN INTO A NEW "FILLER" PROGRAM FOR CNN-- IT WAS SOOO INTERESTING I PUT IN BOTH MY HEARING AIDS... I AM TIRING OF THE GUY WHO EATS HIS WAY ROUND THE WORLD...  THIS NEW  GUY IS A HUGE AFFRIICAN AMERICAN MAN- STARTED OUT COMMEDIAN- AND BEGAN A REALITY STUDY OF ODD THINGS...LIKE AN HOUR INSIDE A PRIZON SYSTEM...  A CROSS BURNING  WITH THE KKK...WALKING THE BEAT WITH POLICE MEN IN PHILADELPHIA...DINNER WITH A SPANISH FAMILY IN LA---MEMORIBLE COMMENT FROM THAT ONE..."IF WE HAVE TO LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH TO COME TO THE STATES- THEN YOU ALL SHOUL D LEARN TO SPEAK SPANISH TO COME TO LA.... AFTER ALL IT ONCE WAS ALL MEXICO"   IT IS A DIFFERENT SORT OF REALITY SHOW. *** NOW I HAVE HEARD IT ALL W/R/T POLITICS--I GET EMAILS  ALONG WITH  GOP AND DEMOCRATIC ADS,  I GET A DAILY EMAIL FROM "TEA PARTY POLITICS"  SO I OPENED THE TEA PARTY EMAIL OUT OF CURIOSITY AND IT WAS ABOUT " HOW  TO LOOSE BELLY FAT OVERNIGHT???" MAKES ABOUT AS MUCH SENSE AS THE GOP AND DEMOCRATIC  NEWSY EMAILS... **** I CAN NOT GET ANY "WORK" DONE ON SUNDAYS...  THERE ARE ALOT OF NEW PEOPLE-- LIKE A FAMILY WITH YOUNG KIDS WHO HAD NEVER HEARD THE RULE  "IF YOU BRING AN 8 YEAR OLD - YOU HAVE TO BE WITHIN 8  FEET OF THEM  3...3.. ETC... AND NOBODY RUNS AROUND HERE..."  AT ONE POINT THEY TURNED 4 DOGS LOOSE TOGETEHR IN THE FLAT FIELD AND THEN SOME LITTLE KID STARTED TO CHASE THEM.....CITY FOLK ARE CITY FOLK...   THERE IS ALOT OF REAL EDUCATION  THAT THEY ARE MISSING.. I NEED TO BABY SIT THEM ON SUNDAYS.... THEY SEEM TO KNOW ALL ABOUT SPLIT INFINITIVES BUT COULDN'T  CHANGE A TIRE **** .WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO ... KEN ROBERTSON'S TED LECTURE... WHAT ARE WE PREPARING OUR CHILDREN TO DO? THEY CAN NOT ALL BE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS.  WHO IS GOING TO MILK THE COW AND GROW THE CORN??? WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THE OWLS NOT HAVING CHILDREN UNLESS THERE IS AMPLE FOOD SUPPLY.   OH THAT HUMANS HAD THAT MUCH SENSE. ****** SPEAKING OF SENSE....AND FOREIGN  POLICY--- I WAS ONCE  HIRED BY THE GOV'T TO  FIGURE OUT HOW I WOULD  BOMB THE UNITIED STATES IF I WANTED TO...-- AND IT WOULD TAKE ONLY 5-6 BIG  BOMBS DROPPED ON CALIFORNIA AND TEH FALLOUT  PATERNS WOULD KILL OFF  THE REST OF THE COUNTRY LEAVING THE BUILDINGS. ------TODAY,    I HEAR ON THE TV ABOUT JAPAN AND KOREA SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN BOMBS AND I HOPE SOMEONE POINTS OUT, THAT THE PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA MIGHT HAVE MUCH MORE TROUBLE WITH THAT .. THAN CHINA.   I WON'T EVEN GET INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN  BOSTONIANS-- LETTUCE, AND THE MISSISSIPPI... **** LUCKILY OUR GOV'T  GAVE UP ON THAT PROJECT AND WENT BACK TO WORRYING ABOUT WHO  PIDDLES IN WHAT REST ROOM. ********** I CAN'T LET THAT LEAD GO... JANINE AND I CAN TESTIFY THAT  A MAN WITH A FULL BLADDER DOES NOT NOTICE WHO IS IN THE REST ROOM, AS SHE AND I SAT ON THE FLOOR OF A MENS ROOM  IN BOSTON TRIMMING  FUZZ OFF A SHEEP'S MALE PARTS AND SOME GUY CAME IN AND NEVER NOTICED US.( TRUE STORY  AND IN HER BOOK  DOGS DONKEYS AND CIRCUS) **** I BETTER QUIT P.S. GRETCHEN IS DOING WELL...

MAY 15 2016

EXCITEMENT OF THE YESTERDAY-- CLEARLY WAS  WHEN THE INTERNS DECIDED ONE OF THE PUPS , GRETCHEN DID NOT LOOK NORMAL- AND CAME TO GET ME-- I TOOK ONE LOOK - SHE LOOKED PREGNANT--A ND WHEN I TOUCHED HER SIDE I COULD HEAR IT - LIKE A DRUM...THE ONE WORD TO MAKE  US MOVE.... BLOAT....SO I IMMEDIATELY SAID GET HER TO GEORGES...AND PEOPLE RAN FOR MY CAR ( WHICH  WAS GASSED UP AND READY TO GO- THANKS TO RYAN'S LIST OF  TO-DO'S)  I DID SEE HER JUMP IN TH BACK-- SO IT HAD NOT GONE TOO FAR YET.... I NEVER SAW WHAT PEOPLE GOT IN- APPARENTLY STEVE DROVE MY CAR FASTER THAN IT HAD EVER GONE  ACCORDING TO LAURA I RAN FOR THE PHONE TO LET DANVERS KNOW THEY WERE COMING WITH A BLOAT-  ONLY TO FIND THE SURGON ON CALL WAS NOT "BLOAT QUALIFIED" AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE HER TO WOBURN--  THE TIME WAS THE WORST  PART OF THAT... AS THE BLOAT BUILDS UP IT STARTS TO INTERFERE WITH OTHER ORGANS  SO TIME IS CRITICAL.. I HAVE GEORGE'S CELL-- SO I STARTED TRYING TO FIND HIM... HE USUALY ANSWERS-- BUT DIDN'T-- SO I SAT BACK AND CALLED AGAIN-- THIS TIME  HE WAS THERE... AT HOME ( IN THE SHOWER) IN DANVERS AND  WOULD GO RIGHT OVER TO THE HOPSITAL- WHICH HE  DID AND OPERATED IMMEDIATELY RELEIVING THE PRESSURE- HER STOMACH HAD ROTATED.AND SAID SHE SHOULD BE FINE...HE PROBABLY DID A "GASTROPLEXY" IN THE MEANTIME... HE WOULD KEEP HER OVERNIGHT SEDATED AND  WE WILL SEE WHAT IS NEXT AS SOON AS HE GETS UP AND GOES OVER- I AM SURE HE WILL CALL OR EMAIL ME. WE WILL PROBABLY SET UP THE ICU IN THE SUN ROOM AND BRING HER HOME MID DAY--- THE QUICK ACTION OF THE 3 INTERNS COULD HAVE BEEN LIFE SAVING - AS WAS THE ABILITY OF GEORGE TO GET OUT OF THE SHOWER AND GO OPERATE WITHIN MINUTES. THAT IS THE FIRST BLAOAT WE HAVE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME-- LAST I REMEMBER WAS A RESCUE DOG WE GOT FROM NEW YORK..  I HAD JUST... IN THE PAST WEEK  NOTICED HOW EXCEPTIONALLY BROAD HER  CHEST WAS AND HOW I SHOULD MAYBE CONSIDER BREEDING HER... OK... WAS IT GOLDIE WHO THEN INTERVENED AND SAID  WIDE IS GOOD... EXCEPTIONALLY BROAD IS TROUBLE... GOOD SERVICE  DOG NOW...- DON'T BREED HER. EXPERIENCE COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCE.   ************ THAT MADE EVERYTHIGN ELSE YESTERDAY TAKE A BACKSEAT--  WE DID GET 3 POSTS SET- AND TODAY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET THEM NAILED TOGETHER.. THIS IS HAPPENING INSIDE THE OLD WALLS OF THE OLD  ARENA --- BECAUSE...   THERE WAS A GREAT STEAKHOUSE ACROSS FROM WHERE WE NOW LIVE... IT BURNED ONE NIGHT-- ALL BUT ONE CORNER- GONE.-- THE MAN WHO OWNED IT TORE DOWN THE CORNER TO REBUILD- AND FOUND HE COULD NOT BUILD.AND LOST HIS LIQUOR LICENSE.-- IF HE HAD LEFT THE CORNER AND BUILT AROUND IT, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN REMODELING AND BEEN FINE TO REPLACE THE CORNER LATER. THAT IS WHERE I AM WITH THIS  RUN IN  SHED...  INSIDE THE FOOTPRINT... ************** PROJECTS AROUND  HERE TEND TO OVERLAP-- WE NEED THE SOIL FROM THE NEW INFIRMARY TO IMPROVE THE RAMP INTO THE NEW PARKING AREA - WHICH WILL BE A GODSEND..  I LOVE HAVEING THE AREA BY THE T TENT AND FLAG OPEN WIHT MINIMAL CARS. SO THE BABY DONKEY AND MOM CAN GET OUT TO SOCIALIZE....MARK, BUD AND JEFF HAVE EQUIPMENT INTHE IR TRUCKS SO THEY CAN PARK THERE-- AND  AS WITNESS YESTERDAY MINE SHOULD BE THERE  BACKED IN LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.... FOR EMERGENCIES. *** FYI MY CAR ALSO HAS A 911  CIGARETTE SIZE BUTTON WHICH SHOULD WORK ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY-- IT IS INTHE SUNGLASS HOLDER JUST BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE OTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHICH DOES NOT GET ENOUGH PRESS IS TEH DEFIBRULATOR JST INSIDE THE LAUNDRY BUILDING.-- *** WE ARE READY FOR DOGFESTING.... ****** IF I CAN GAIN 3 POUNDS IN ONE DAY WHY CAN'T I LOOSE 3 POUNDS IN THE SAME TIME...WEIGHING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING SO DON'T SEND ALL THOSE ANSWERS .  I DO LIKE CERTAIN FOODS-- ACTUALLY IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE LESS TIME TO LIST THE  FATTENING FOODS I DON'T LIKE.....WELL.... I CAN'T THINK OF AN ICECREAM I WOULD NOT EAT-  OR MOST ANYTHING FRIED...  WHICH IN THE CASE OF SOME FRIED FOODS,  THE FRIED PART IS IS 94% OF WHATEVER THE MENU SAID-  THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY FRY WHICH I DON'T THINK HAVE MUCH OF ANY FLAVOR OF THEIR OWN-- BUT THAT FRIED PART IS GOOD... ( MOST OF THE TIME) THE CLAM SHACK  DOWN THE ROAD FROM US IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE #1 FRIED CLAM PLACE IN MASS.....AND THEY ARE BETTR THAN MOST... THERE IS SOME DETAIL LIKE THEY ARE CLOSED FOR 20 MINUTES MID AFTEERNOON WHEN THEY CHANGE THE GREESE. - I NEVER HEARD OF ANY OTHER FRIED PLACE CHANGING GREESE... THEY ADD IT... ******* NOW W/R/T THE OUTHOUSE A CAMER PERSON WRITES.... The cottage we rented for many years in Canada had a two seater before they moved the plumbing inside. It backed up to another one and you could have quite pleasant conversations with the neighbor if you were in there for a while.  ** AND SO IT GOES