Today I walked my son’s girlfriend’s min-pin up and down hills hoping to tire him out and shed a few pounds in the process. Now I am tired, and he looks skinnier. Have you ever seen these dogs? They look like malnourished chihuhuas. I spent the day doing a lot of writing today and submitting many articles. I didn’t mean to. It is just that I was waiting all day for a painter to show who didn’t. So, I didn’t leave the house. Uusally I have an obsession to write but today I actually wanted to do other things and couldn’t. Isn’t that always the way?
I did send a piece off to a contest about Emerald Isle, NC. It was easy to write a glowing review. I love that place. So much to do and have fun with there. I also mentioned the delicious pies one could buy en route there at Meadow restaurant in Meadow , NC off I- 40. What a treasure trove that place is for gourmands like me!
The other thing I did today was spend a lot of time on the internet. I read a lot about that awful kidnapping crime and the release of the girl 18 years later. But just as unimaginable to me is the shooting death of the President of a frat at UNC. He was killed by police. The boy was drunk and sad and called 911 for help. They sent two cops and for whatever reason they thought the kid had a gun and fired on him almost immediately after stopping him. Horrible. Why not Tazer? Why not shoot his leg if he scared them? Here creeps like the kidnapper of that little girl still breathe, and this poor boy is shot dead in the prime of his life for nothing! Maybe I’ll feel differently when I read more facts but right now I do not think it was suicide by cop; I think it was homicde by cop!
