Catching up ...

Saratoga finished their meet last Monday without further drama. Not so quiet on the West Coast - 4 racetrack veterinarians have been suspended for prescribing medication without a physical exam. The four includes the vet who prescribed the Otamax (Betamethasone) cream that knocked Medina Spirit out of the winner's circle after the Derby. No one knows (or will never know) what else he prescribed for which of Baffert's horses and what the effects on those horses were. To those horses,I apologoze that your owners saw fit to entrust your care to such uncaring, greedy people. We lost Jummy Buffet last week. While I was not a Parrothead, I did appreciate his talents. Loved his wit and life philosophy. I can easily picture him up there, sailing the skies with Dan Fogelberg. And when they tire of the salt spray, they can head for the mountains and take a few runs! Slowly working on new inventory. Some things finished and a few tops done. Hard to find an uniterrupted block of time to create these days. My work for UMC continues to suck away my time and I have to work on a series of Facebook posts. But I press on when I can. Got word today that my nephew has been diagnosed with a very serious form of cancer that has taken over his brain, lungs and liver. Sad, as apparently he has just celebrated one year of sobriety. Brother and sister-in-law are devastated - you are not supposed to outlive your children. And Cookie has been dealing with her sister's dementia, the result of years of alcoholism. It's a sad world sometimes. We're in another rainy perioid this week, after some brutal heat and humidity. Looking forward to some easier more restful nights. And especially in a few days when my Nectar matress and base arrive! (Thank you RMD!)