Good Bye, Charlie

Charlie, my 17-year old Yorkie, went on to his next life yesterday. When my Husband took me 13 or 14 years ago to look at this Yorkie who had been returned to his breeder, I found him living 24/7 in a crate--lonely, shivering and so eager just to be touched. The rest is family history.

He joined the household which included a lab and 2 cats. Jumped into my lap at every opportunity, including when I was at the computer which was a bit of a juggle. He distained the English Shepherd and later the Austrailian Shepherd who came into my life so I'd have a walking companion--something a Yorkie just isn't suited for and in his later years as he started losing his eyesight, he still managed to follow me from room to room.

I pay tribute to you, Charlie. I will miss you. You will always be in my memories.

On the Rivah

Met with other Prince George Rotarians and Keith Rotzoll, Prince George Parks & Recreation Department this morning at the Appomattox River Regional Park to look at the site for the canoe/kayak launch the PG Rotary is proposing in conjunction with the Friends of the Lower Appomattox River (FOLAR) and the PG Parks & Rec. Dept. Here are Lonnie Kitchen (L) and Earl Hale (Middle) both PG Rotarians and Keith Rotzoll from the Prince George Parks and Recreation Department.

Jack, my black and white Aussie, came along and enjoyed a few dips in the Appomattox before it is all over.

Prince George is bounded on the northwest and the north by the Appomattox and James Rivers which have their confluence at or near City Point in Hopewell. PG has one of the longest river frontages of any locality, but has no public access to either river.

If our club can pull of this project this canoe/kayak launch will be the first such public access in the county on either river. Keith at the Parks & Rec Department would like to ultimately see an education pavilion or water safety and tidal river ecology/conservation classes. We're a long way away.

Me, I will help with all, even the build on the steep slope, but now I'm working on two Rotary related grants to get the see money to help all of this happen. Yes, I still lawyer a little, cook quite a bit, try to read every chance I get and, oh, yes, I'm trying to learn to blog. I'm viewing as keep a diary and no one will ever have interest in what I'm writing.

You Can Tell I Am New At This

I just made a comment when I thought I was blogging. Oh well, nothing like making one's mistakes in public. I am accustomed to that after 25 years practicing law, 20 of those as a family law attorney who was in and out of court all over central and southside Virginia.

Sundays can be restful. Emma, the 8 yr. old granddaughter is away at camp and then will spend the rest of her father, Aaron Burdett. The dogs, cats and daughter are napping. Hubby is reading a book on his BB. I have just awakened from my own nap after cooking bacon and eggs for breakfast, making a cobbler with fresh blackberries and pulling some beef for dinner later.

I had fallen asleep reading Game Change and I think I dreamed about Hillary. I was a Hillary delegate to the Virginia Democratic Convention in 08 and when released from that obligation did support Obama and even went to his inauguration with my friend LeAnn Binger and others. Was a miserably cold day. I was so happy to finally make our way back to a Metro and get out of the wind around 2 p.m. and I don't like riding the Metro. But I was there and now am very glad of it.

After a few more chores I think I'll switch to The Poisoner's Handbook and hope I don't have dreams about wood alcohol.