Tuesday was mild, but productive and I feel good about what I accomplished. At 4 PM, Mama Kay and I went for our weekly Taco Tuesday at El Toro. The day began and ended with rain, adding to the bleakness of the day.

Today, I have a meeting at Noon, and then I am uncertain as to how I shall spend the remainder of the day. I do anticipate a visit downtown to my Chinese buffet haunt.

The older dogs are beginning to show more aging. Erma, 14, has been a little off her mark with some things; Chief, 13, has to be called to his meals and no longer sits, waiting with the others; Harrigan, 10, shows the least physical signs of aging, but her face is grayer; Bailey, 10, still participates in eating and hanging with the others, but has become more reclusive and sleeps most of the day – but, she still wiggles. It’s so difficult to watch them go through this process, but they’ve been troopers and so therapeutic for all my health adventures. They have been, and continue to be such beautiful blessings.

I was thinking, the other day, Chief is the only current pooch who knew Logan, the cat (1994-2011), Flyer, the dog (2000-2013), and his sister, Navi (2010-2013). I also have two current private students who knew Logan, Flyer, and Navi and when my bedroom and study were in their original positions.

Other than that, there is little else to report.

On this date in history: (2006) NASA released images—taken by the Mars Global Surveyor—that indicated the relatively recent presence of water on Mars. (1973) Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as vice president of the United States, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned. (1969) Violence at the Altamont rock festival in Livermore, California, climaxed during the Rolling Stones’ appearance when a concertgoer was fatally stabbed by a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, which had been hired as security. (1912) A bust of Nefertiti was discovered during excavations at Tell el-Amarna, Egypt; the sculpture later went on display in a Berlin museum, and it became a source of controversy as an alleged plundered artifact. (1907) An explosion in a coal mine in Monongah, West Virginia, killed more than 350 people, many of them young boys. (1865) Georgia became the 27th U.S. state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery. (1421) King Henry VI of England was born in Windsor, Berkshire.

Make it a great day!