Offensive post

Marriage is under attack throughout the western world. Divorce runs rampant, with failure as the norm rather than the exception. Single-parent (or no-parent) families have become normal, parallel to families with altogether too _many_ parents* confusing the mix.

It's those damned heterosexuals. Ban heterosexual marriage and you'll solve the problem.

*Leads to puzzling situations. Like this summer, we will have to attend two sets of wedding functions for a Wife's cousin's offspring, because said offspring's parents have formed other attachments and aren't speaking to each other. Who the hell ever thought up the brilliant idea of a morning-after brunch for the happy couple? They're supposed to be off in some honeymoon suite fornicating their brains out...

Tuesday roadkill report

One probable muskrat, upriver near the horse-farm. I say "probable" because the remains had suffered indignity and post-death trauma to the point where form had no relation to function, and I didn't see that distinctive tail. But the fur color and the splot size looked like muskrat.

The fog cleared off and the sun came out and rejoicing was heard throughout the land. Fair amount of water out there in the creeks and streams, almost up to spring run-off levels, and the bog is again encroaching on the road. But blue flag irises bloom in the wet areas and robins sing from every tree, serving as West Nile virus vectors throughout the land. And multiple bicyclists and joggers were out carping that diem.

Forecast is for rain to return tomorrow, lingering on through Saturday. Bleah.

15.31 miles, 1:05:53