Today...
--It has rained all--and I mean, all--day today.
--It has also been very windy.
--I took John Henry for a walk this morning when it was only raining a little.
--Billie and I went tracking and I learned something very interesting (I am sure you will all find it interesting too--stop rolling your eyes right now). She has failed the last two tests at the same place and today, despite a really great start where it was clear she had the scent, she also started searching for the corner at just about the same damned place. Now, really, she can't be counting steps, but there's something that's telling here there ought to be a corner _right there_ and I am finally thinking that it's, maybe, not the actual track. Hmmm....something to work on.
--The exploding robots story now contains this line: Okay, first of all, never listen to a man who calls himself Ropy.