Daniel lit a fire in the evening, when we went to bed. The downside is that he might have to get up to put more wood on the fire. The upsides are that it is cozy, brings warmth, and is generally nice. Wood is biofuel, so we do not add to the greenhouse effect either.
I hope Daniel will keep the fire going for a while. We will have to see.
There have been many articles on the Earth quake in Turkey and Syria. A lot of humans have died or got hurt. I would want to read about the dogs affected. As usual, there are no reports about the dogs.
Dogs are an essential part of human civilisation. We are not treated as such by most journalists, however. This makes me sad.
Apparently, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has a lack of cities that want to host the 2030 Winter Olympic Games. Thus, the IOC asked Sweden.
Sweden has asked to host the Winter Olympic Games many times, but the IOC has always given the honor to host the Games to other countries. This is reason enough for me to say no to a Swedish vid to host the 2030 Games. If the IOC has wanted other countries so many times, let the IOC pick another country for 2030 as well. We do not need another bid that the IOC will finally say no to.
We do not always get to be this many participants on afternoon walks. It was me and Peanut, who are usually participants. Then both Daniel and Paula came along, which is not common. Pepe also joined in, Pepe liked to go on walks last summer, but he does not usually join us since it got colder and Darke in the autumn. Once we got out, Totte, who was already outside, joined us as well. It was a good walk, with so many participants. The more, the merrier. Life is good.
Modern day telephones and tablets need to be charged with more electricity now and then. We have a charger in the bed room that has worked well, but it is now barely charging. We do not know what has happened to it. There are no visibel damages anywhere on the cord or other parts of the charger. It still charges just a little at a time. What has caused this charger not to charge? Life is full of mysteries.
Sundays are days of rest. They are, thus, often nice. There are Sundays, however, that grov too boring, Sundays where too little happens. This Sunday was such a Sunday.
There can actually be too much time to rest. Dogs generally like to rest, and I am a typical dog in this respect. However, too much of the good stuff is just that: too much. I wish we could have done a little more things today.
Beanbags are a kind of mix between chair and pillow that humans use sometimes, and it has become a sort of symbol for when you want to be lazy. In Tokyo, a popup store will sell wearable beanbags. With these, you carry a beanbag around and can rest in it anywhere. They are ugly, but surely comfortable. If I were ever to wear anything myself, a wearable Shiba size beanbag would be it.
Daniel came home very late on Friday night. It was past midnight. While waiting for him, I had fallen aaleep and there had been no blog entry. Daniel had had fun at the lodge where he is a member. I like him to have fun, but it would be even better if he would not be quite so late that he was.
It was really cold outside this morning, about -8° C. We still took a morning walk. Halfway through the first part of the walk, Morran and I agreed that it was not nice enough. We turned back home. Totte joined us. Daniel and Peanut had no choice but to join us, as well.
This was a walk to my liking. We got to do what we had to do, but then we got back into the warm house again. Warm insides of houses in the winter are great. If you want to look at the beauty of a snowy landscape, you just have to peak through the window.
Scientists who have analysed remains from Viking burial grounds in Britain have found that some of the bones were from dogs and horses. The animals were buried in a way that suggests they were companions of the humans. The chemical compund of the bones shows the animals came from Scandinavia. They must have sailed with the Vikings to Britain.
All of this shows that Vikings cared a lot about their dogs. This proves, in my mind, that they were cultural and sophisticated people. Humans who care about dogs are not savages.
These dogs must have had exciting lives.
For a couple of evenings now, Daniel have spent a lot of time preparing for the ring stewards for the dog show that our lokal kennel club hosts in August. It is important to do these things early on. Administration of a dog show is almost the most important thing you can do as a human. Taking care of your dogs and the rest of the family is, of course, more important, but this is almost up there with those tasks. We are glad Daniel is entrusted with this important task.
All of us dogs always work at home. There are days when Daniel does the same. This was such a day. It is always nice to have him at home.
Then, in the evening, Paula and Daniel went away. They went to a political meeting in the centre of the town. I thought everyone would be home all day, but this was not to be.
However, the meeting was not long. They came home rather soon. The rest of the evening we were all at home. Life was great again.
We took a rare walk this afternoon, because the participants were me, Peanut, Daniel, Paula, Pepe, and Totte. This is a rare constellation on a walk. In the mornings, for example. it is usually me, Peanut, and Daniel, often Morran, and occasionally Totte. Pepe often joined the walks last summer, but has been relictant to come along inte longer walks in the autumn and winter. Totte, as the cat that he is, selects the walks himself when he participates. The rare constellation on this afternoon walk was nice.
You can tell spring is coming. There is more and more daylight every day. This is a Saturday, so we did not wake up by the alarm clock. It was still rather early when we woke up, though, but in daylight. It always feels better to wake up and to go out for the first time of the day, when there is daylight outside. This makes life brighter.
Paula visited the hospital for sometimes of procedure this morning. When she came back home, she was very tired. It was odd, but she lived down in the bed and slept in the middle of the day. She did not have to be alone, though. Me and the rest of the dogs kept her company and slept with her.
As a companion dog, this is part of the duty you have to your human. It is hard work, but it has to be done. I believe Paula was satisfied with the effort we did.
Japan has a very old culture. A sword and a mirror were recently found in a tomb from the fourth century.
Shiba is a very old breed. There may have been Shibas who knew the humans who owned this sword and this mirror.
It is interesting to read about old artifacts like this.
Finland calls for a time out in the negotiations for membership in NATO. This is due to the heated debate between Turkey and Sweden. Finland and Sweden have said they want to join together. Turkey stall the applications, which has led to protests in Sweden.
It is a good idea to take a time out. Nothing goes well when the feelings are too heated. The negotiations can be resumed later.
Tonight, I was almost too late writing in my blog. I managed to do it a couple of minutes before midnight, though. It was all right.
It is getting colder again.
This winter is weird. It is very mild some days, their turns considerably cold. It is supposed to be very mild again soon. We do ave a thin layer of snow now, but I wonder how long it will last. Snow has gåvopengar, gone, come, and gone.
There is an even temperature indoors, anyway.
Daniel was away on an important course today, a brush up course for ring stewards. Daniel is authorised as ring steward, but he has to keep up with new rules et cetera. This is important for dog shows and, thus, for dog breeding. We are proud of Daniel for this and believe that he is well worth to be away for a course like this. In the evening, Daniel was at home again.
Paula cooked a whole chicken today. It was big, so all of us dogs got to taste it. Chicken meat is tasty.
I have heard of people cooking a whole pig. This would be more meat, thus, even better. It would be great to try this sometime.
It is the name day of Henrik, which has given the name to Hindersmässan, the annual winter fair in our home town. I usually stay away. There are too many humans there for a dog to be comfortable. It might be that Paula or Daniel buy some candy, though. Candy is always good, but you can enjoy it at home.
When Paula server us food today, we got meatballs. The main ingredient of meatballs is meat. It is great food. I wish we could have tasty and nutritious food like this more often. I like our dog food, but variations are great.
The Japanese car race veteran Takuma Sato will drive for Chip Ganassi in Indycar next year. He will be a tough competitor in the same team as Swedish driver Marcus Ericsson. I believe Takuma Sato can make a terrorisera job. He has won the Indy 500 two times, whereas Marcus Ericsson has won it once.
There was a live broadcast on TV from a gala where sportsmen and sportswomen were given awards for great achievements. I think this is a little unnecessary. The great sportswomen and sportsmen have already won what is important: the sport competitions where they participated.
Besides, there were no awards given to dogs.
We have got a new mailbox now. It is black and brand new.
Daniel purchased the new mailbox, then he put it up.
In the evening, we celebrated with a strawberry cheesecake. This was the best part of getting a new mailbox.
Yesterday night, Daniel took down the last Christmas ornaments. Christmas is over with the twentieth day of Christmas. He took everything out to store it until next Christmas. It feels a little sad not to have those Christmas lights on anymore. Now we have to look forward to Easter instead. There are treats abundant on Easter as well.
Some words stand for better things than other words. Unity is a good word. It stands for the union of dogs, of people, of everything, when we work together in harmony for a greater good. There is unity in the wolf pack between the wolves. There is unity in the family between dogs, humans, and cats. There is unity in an ideal world to work for a better future. In a better future, there is more peace, more freedom, and more meat to eat. Life is good with unity
Paula and Daniel had chicken for dinner. Paula was full before she had finished. Peanut and I got to share the rest of the chicken. This was a great dinner.
The greatness of a dinner is not just about how tasty it is, it is also about how much of it you get. Some fancy restaurants have miniature portions of food, this is far from great. They also often do not allow dogs, which is outright wrong. Doggy bags may be all right, but why not allow the dogs in and get rid of those bags?
I wish we could have chicken more often.
The man who is suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had a mental exam. He has been brought to the police, which probably means he is deemed mentally fit to stand trial and soon to be indicted for the murder.
It would be good if a trial could be held. In the best of worlds, no murderers would exist. In our world, the best is if all murderers would stand trial for the murders they are thought to have been committed. I will follow further news of the story.
We got a lot of snow the other day. It was cold, lose snow, not so fun, but still snow. Now we have thaw again. It seems like the snow will never stay for more than a couple of days this winter. We have had it and lost it again many times. I want the snow to stay put. Unfortunately, this is not a thing I can decide upon. Maybe this is a good thing. What if I could decide upon the weather and everyone would get to know this? I would not want that kind of fame. Then it is easier to let the weather be as it may, and complain about it like humans always do.
Our mailbox down by the road was damaged last night. A driver had slipped with his car and collided with it. He was an honest person, however, and left a note with his name and telephone number. He will reimburse us for a new mailbox.
We did wake up in the middle of the night because of some noise down by the street, but were too tired to go and investigate it. This explains what we heard.
Honest people are the best kind of people, I believe.
Paula took some medicines this evening and swallowed it down with some Coca-Cola. She then complained this was too sweet.
She could hug me instead. I am always sweet in a proper amount.
It is the thirteenth day of Christmas, when we celebrate that three wise men came to visit baby Jesus. It does not really say they were three in the Bible, but they brought three gifts, so people have always thought they were three. By some accounts, these gifts were the origin of the Christmas presents. If this was the case, I guess everyone gives Christmas presents too early. Nevertheless, I wish I could have got some treats today in remembrance of the gifts from the wise men.
When we got up this morning, we had had a lot of snow. It was so deep that the Chihuahuas got it on their breasts just by standing on the ground.
Daniel spent all morning shoveling snow. Luckily for him, it stopped snowing about the time when he was finished. Thus, he did not have to get out to shovel any more snow later in the day.
Some forecast said it will be thaw again next week. I hope not, it is better that the snow can stay for a while.
I did not think of anything to write about, so I spent the night doing other things. Then it was suddenly past midnight. There will not be any blog post for the 4 January, but two for the 5 January. This must be OK under the circumstances. It probably annoys me more than most of my readers.
It is getting colder outside. After a few days with temperatures going up and down around the freezing point, it is now several degrees colder. It is nice to be warm indoors.
Daniel made a ham and cheese pie for dinner tonight. Paula ate a lot of it, she said it was good. The best thing is that Paula has got her wish to eat back. She needs this in order to get back to her normal, healthy self. Pie is generally good, but if you do not want to eat, the good taste does not help. We will surely see a stronger Paula this year. I also wish for more pies.
When I borrow Daniel’s tablet to write in my blog, Daniel and I have a silent understanding. There is one tab in the internet browser that is mine, and that always stay tuned to my blog. Paula does not know about this understanding. She borrowed the tablet for a while this afternoon, and when I borrowed it this evening, she had used my tab to read other web pages. It does not take long to enter the web address for my blog and go back there to write my daily blog post, but it would be annoying if this happened often.
At first, I thought I would just tell Paula about my tab. On the other paw, this would end the silent part of the silent agreement that Daniel and I have. I can hope she reads this blog entry and take a hint. I know Paula, she is smart enough to do so.
Other than this, we have had a nice and relaxing New Year’s Day. I hope you have, as well.
We spend New Year’s Eve at home. All of the dogs, cats, Paula, and Daniel are at home. We have had treats to eat and nice company in a calm and quite quiet home. There are crackers and fireworks making noise from afar, but when we are all together in our comfortable home, none of us cares.
Happy new year to you all! May 2023 be a better year for all of us, than 2022 was.
The most important part of the Swedish Christmas dinner is the Christmas ham. This is a full ham of pork, boiled and then glazed with mustard, egg, and bread crumbs. Since Paula and Daniel were not going to have their main Christmas celebration here at home, they did not buy any ham. Yesterday, when Daniel was grocery shopping, he did buy one for half the price. He prepared it and glazed it today and it became the main part of dinner. Ham is good and this was cheap and healthy food. It was a good purchase.
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, has about twenty million inhabitants. It is also very densely populated. Up until now, it has still not had a metro railway to ease the congestion in the streets. With aid from Japan, the first metro line is now built and has opened. Fully developed into six lines, the metro system will have more than a hundred stations. It is hard to imagine the difference this will make, but it will surely be great. Japanese aid is good.
Daniel went back to work today. He was at the office for several hours in the early day. Thus, he was back in business after the big Christmas celebrations.
Paula is not at home, so when Daniel is at the office, we watch the house. Thus, we were back in business. It feels good to have a purpose and to make a difference.
Apparently, nobody really knows why this, the second day of Christmas, is called Boxing Day in English.
We have a better name in Swedish: Other Day, which comes from Second Day. It is boring, but we know what it means.
We have mostly taken it easy today. We usually do on the second day of Christmas. Life is nice.
This time when we got food, I guess I ate too quickly. Some of it came back up again. Is this how to celebrate Christmas thoroughly?
I am sorry if my words made you feel sick. It is just that I wanted to write about this, and did not know how to rewrite it in a more poetic manner. This is just the way I write.
The day before Christmas Eve is always a day of preparations and cleaning. We have prepared Christmas gifts and candy. We have also cleaned a lot in the house.
Daniel finally switched the curtains in the kitchen to our Christmas curtains. This is always his job, since he is tall enough to reach up to switch the curtains without standing on a chair. He usually do this around the start of December, but finally got around to it today for this Christmas. This increases the Christmas feeling.
When I logged in to write in my blog today, it looked just like the day before yesterday. The new look of yesterday was gone again. This makes me wonder. Why was there a new look yesterday? Why has the previous look come back? There can be so many questions from a simple change like this, especially when it is changed back again.
I did have an idea for a blog post that did not involve the look of the blog service web page. This idea has now slipped from my mind. It is possible that I will remember it tomorrow and that the blog entry for tomorrow will be about this idea. Stay tuned, and you may find out.
Blogger is the host of my blog. It is a free service and I am quite satisfied with it. However, the look has just been updated, and it confuses me a bit. Where there has been a + sign on a button which lets you write a new blog entry, there was now a lock. I wonder why. What would a lock represent? There is surely some cause behind it, I just cannot think of any cause. Life is full of riddles and enigmas. On the other paw, life would be much less fun, if you would instantly understand everything. I might just have to learn to live with the new look.
We had a little time with temperatures above the freezing point, so snow thawed. Then the temperature droppen again. In the evening, snow fell. It is interesting weather, in a way. I am glad it is not quite as cold as last week.
For the first time since 2002, a South American team has won the World Cup. The score was 2-2 at full time and 3-3 after extra time. Then Argentina managed the penalty shoot out best.
Both teams had been in World Cup finals before. In the 22 World Cup finals ever played, only four countries have appeared in just one final: Croatia in 2018 (silver), England in 1966 (gold), Spain in 2010 (gold), and Sweden in 1958 (silver).
The next World Cup will be played in four years. This is a long time, especially for a dog. I am not sure I am around then. I do wish Sweden will participate and that both Sweden and Japan get good results, nevertheless.
Croatia won the bronze game in the World Cup. This means that Croatia is now equal to Sweden, when it comes to World Cup medals. Both countries have one silver and two bronzes. Croatia have won all medals after the latest time Sweden won a medal, in 1994. The Swedes really have to take up this challenge, otherwise Croatia may pass in the medal count. I would certainly not want that.
Morocco came fourth. This is the first time a team from Africa has gone this far, so they should not be sad. There is still just one country outside of Europe or South America that has won any medal, the USA, bronze in 1930.
Covid-19 surges in China. A Chinese-Japanese environmental conference in Beijing has been postponed. This is despite the plan of having an on line conference.
I wonder how many people in China are vaccinated. The vaccines seem to have broken the virus in Europe, why not there?
The final of the World Cup will be played by two countries which have both been gold medalists before. Argentina won in 1978 and 1986, France won in 1998 and 2018. Both won their first gold on home turf. We will see on Sunday which will be a three time World Cup winner.
Our telephone and wifi at home do not work. This is quite annoying. The operator wants Paula to identify herself electronically to get help, but this is not possible when the net is down. O tempora, o mores.
The web was down for several hours today. It was not until late in the night that I could go online and post in the blog. Now that I can, I lack inspiration. Please come back tomorrow, the blog post may be more interesting then.
There was spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner tonight. I got the task of pre washing the dishes. Unfortunately, there are a LO-tidningen small dogs who love to help. You ask them to do other chores, and they refuse, but if you tell them you will do the pre washing of dishes yourself, they run over each other in eagerness to help. Nevertheless, I got to do most of the work myself. It did turn out fine in the end.
The chimney sweeper was here this afternoon. Part of his job was on top of the roof, this always brings a lot of noise. The Chihuahuas barked at him when he was up there, as if this would make the noise disappear quicker. Viola said, nevertheless, that the noise did stop rather quickly, so the barking was worth it. I do not think it was the barking that did it, but Viola told me: you never know.
It is good to have the chimney swept. Now it will be easier to boost our indoor temperature by a cozy fire. Life is good when a fire gives us heat in the house.
For the first time since the Second World War, Japanese fighter aircraft have landed in the Philippines. This time, it is because of cooperation between Japan and the Philippines. With greater military threats from China, Japan and the Philippines have decided on more military cooperation.
Cooperation of this sort is good. The countries threatened by China have a common cause and can do a lot to counter the threat together. I fully support this.
While Peanut was happy that England went on to the quarter finals yesterday, we were both sad that Japan lost to Croatia today. The game was tied after over time and Croatia won on penalties.
Brazil won against South Korea. So far, only European and South American teams are through. This is how it use to be.
In the last game of the World Cup group for Japan, the team beat Spain, 2-1. Thus, Japan won the group and is through to the final 16.
Spain has won versus Costa Rica and played a draw versus Germany. Since Japan won versus Germany and Germany did not win with more goals versus Costa Rica than Spain did, Spain also got through to the final 16. For the second World Cup in a row, Germany fails to go on from the group. This is a terrible result for Germany, which has won four World Cups and several other medals.
Peanut, Gunnar, and I are very happy for Japan, the home country of our breed. Our Poodle friend Laila, who was born in Japan, participate in the celebrations.
Now we hope for continued success.
It is raining today. There is an old Swedish saying that if there is wet and mild weather on the last day of November, it will be snow and cold on Christmas. I do not believe there is any correlation there, so I do not believe in this saying. We mostly have green Christmases, so my bet is on a green Christmas this year as well.
Rain is good, it fills up our well. Snow does not do the same until it melts, sometimes not until spring. We will have to see what happens.
The picture of Totte the cat never got uploaded to my blog entry yesterday. I did not discover this until this evening. If I realise how I can upload the picture tomorrow, I will.
It is troublesome when pictures cannot be uploaded.
Our cats Malin and Totte are often outdoors throughout the night. They are nocturnal hunters. Their nights outdoors are, however, fewer in the winter months. I understand that they rather want to spend the nights in the warmth indoors.
This is Totte close to Paula tonight.
It is the first Sunday in the time called Advent. This is the time before Christmas, four Sundays before. We did not really celebrate, but it is nice to know that Christmas, with its abundance of good food, is close by.
The good thing about the human love of counting the time is that they know when to celebrate. Celebrations are always nice.
Our Chihuahua friends are sad tonight. Mexico played Argentina in the World Cup, but lost, 0-2.
Generally, Argentina is better than Mexico at football. However, Argentina lost its first game versus Saudi Arabia, an even less good football country. When Mexico held on to 0-0 in the first half, even playing a bit better, there was hope. In the end, Argentina still won.
We will have to see if Mexico can advance.
Paula was at home with us dogs today, while Daniel was at work. This is not out of the ordinary.
It is often better when Paula gives us food, than when Daniel does. Paula will more often give us something special, while Daniel give us dog food. This day was even better than most of the days when Paula gives us food. We got steak and minced meat. It is hard to imagine better food.
I am aware that we cannot get food like this every day, but I can always wish we would get it more often.
Paula was at the hospital for a couple of hours today. The medical staff took tests on her to see what bothers her stomach. When Paula came home, she was satisfied with the visit to the hospital. She had more answers, even though the answers where not all good. It is still better to know, than to be unsure. This will surely be a step on the way towards being well again.
Japan beat Germany in the FIFA football World Cup.
This is an amazing and fantastic result. Germany is one of the great powers in football, with four World Cup titles and many more medals. Germany would normally beat Japan easily.
All of us Shibas celebrate. Our Poodle friend Laila, who was born in Japan, also celebrates. However, our Affenpinscher friend Morran is sad – her breed is from Germany and she roots for Germany. Out of respect for Morran, we celebrate in a modest way.
So far, this World Cup is interesting.
In the football World Cup, Saudi Arabia beat Argentina, 2-1. Argentina is much higher on the world ranking and has a great football history. Some would say this is the most surprising result ever in a World Cup in football.
While surprising results are often nice, as such, I cannot be happy that Saudi Arabia won. It is a dictatorship and they do not treat dogs well.
Peanut said Argentina could have it. He does not like Argentina, because Argentina claims British islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. Still, Argentina is a democracy, and while they speak Spanish there, our Chihuahua friends feel a little affiliated with them. We will have to see if Argentina recovers. The Chihuahuas root for Mexico before other participants.
The first genuine snowfall this winter came this morning. Snow that falls in November generally does not last until spring. We will have to see what happens this time.
Snow is fun, even though I enjoyed it more when I was younger.
The 2022 FIFA Football World Cup has started. Ecuador won the first game versus host Qatar, 2-0.
There has been great debates about the host Qatar. People say the laws of Qatar do not respect human rights. As far as I know, they do not respect canine rights, either.
Now the tournament is up and running, regardless of the complaints. We hope democratic countries like Japan (where Shibas in general and Gunnar and Laila in particular are from), England (where Peanut is from), France (where Laila’s breed Poodle is from), Germany (where Morran’s breed Affenpinscher is from), or Mexico (where Piffy’s, Viola’s, and Pepe’s breed Chihuahua is from) will be most successful. We will see what happens.
Paula and Daniel were at a birthday party this afternoon. Paula’s niece Nadja turned six years old.
I could not go myself. Neither could any of the dogs. We forwarded our birthday congratulations with Paula and Daniel. Nadja is a nice young human, she is well worth the celebrations.
It is no game of ice hockey on TV tonight. It is, however, a night of ice hockey anyway. There is a gala devoted to ice hockey, its players and historic events on TV.
There are a lot of great, historic Swedish ice hockey moments. It is nice and well produced. Nevertheless, I believe a game is more exciting.
There is a kind of candy that looks like small bottles of cola pop. It tastes like cola pop too.
Daniel bought some cola bottle candy today. It made for tasty treats in the evening.
Evening treats are the best, at least in the evening. In the morning, morning treats are the best. In the afternoon, afternoon treats are the best. It varies throughout the day. It was nice that we had evening treats this evening.
The street where we live has been closed for cars at one end for a few years. We have been able to walk or ride bikes past it, but when going by car, we have had to take a detour. They have had a construction work there. From today, the street is open again. This is good. It has been a little annoying to go around. Now our house feels less isolated.
At the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula 1 yesterday, Briton George Russell, who drives for Mercedes, won. As was pointed out by the Formula 1 web page, this was the first time God Save the King has been played for a winning driver or constructor at a World Championship Formula 1 event. All the previous times there have been a British winner, God Save the Queen was played. This is because Elizabeth II reigned for so many years and the first British victory came in 1953, the year after she became Queen. It sure gives a perspective on her long reign and long time Welsh Corgi breeding.
Paula discarded of an old dress today. It was a dress made of 100 % cotton, no synthetic materials. Thus, it could be burned in the stove. Daniel put it in there and soon had a fire going.
Fires are good. They spread heat and a little light. I like that humans can control fire. The old dress contributed to the fire.
Both Paula and Daniel were at home the whole day today. That is, except for dog walks. Daniel worked from home all day. I think it is good that he can.
We all had pasta for lunch. It is good when we get something else than the ordinary dog food for a change. Dog food is great, but other things are, as well.
All in all, it was a nice day today, despite that the weather was rather bad.
At a crematory in Japan, workers have burned garbage together with deceased pets. This has been going on for at least ten years.
The practice was not condoned by the leadership of the chain of crematories. They have made a survey of other crematories, and this practice has only occured at one of them. The workers there seemed to be unaware of the sensitivity, not understanding that humans want their pets cremated without garbage.
I cannot understand how this practice can have continued for ten years. Luckily, it was just at one crematory, but one is one to much in this case. It is good that it was discovered and that the practice has been stopped.
There are some days I feel better, some days I feel worse. This was a day of the former kind. I guess the less good days are due to my age. Nevertheless, life is generally good.
It would be good, if all days would be like this day. Many more days will be. Days like this is something to look forward to.
Today, I read an article about runes carved on a stone in Oklahoma, in the middle of continental USA. It seems unlikely vikings would have travelled this far.
We know vikings came from Greenland to Newfoundland. They probably travelled further than L’Anse Audi Meadows in northern Newfoundland, where undisputable evidence shows they were. To think that they went all the way around Florida in the south and up the Mississippi is far fetched, to say the least. I rather think evidence will be found in more places in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and places around there.
The runes do not seem to be of the right kind either, according to the article. Daniel said he agreed, even though he is no expert.
It is a fascinating story, that runes were carved in Oklahoma. It was probably done much later than the Viking Age, however.
In Sweden, many holidays are put in the weekend, even though the real day is on a fixed date. With a fixed date, the holiday is on different days of the week every year.
All Saints’ Day is one of these days. It is actually the 1 November, but we celebrate it on Saturday of the following weekend. Thus, we celebrated it today.
My thoughts went to all of the dogs who have lived with us, but who do not live on this Earth anymore. Grandmum, Dad, Mum, and many others are those whom I have been thinking of today. Perhaps I will meet them again in the afterlife.
There has been a devastating fire in Mora, where the annual cross country ski race Vasaloppet has its finish. A lot of equipment for the race is destroyed.
We hope that most of the equipment can be replaced or reproduced.
The day of Vasaloppet is a great day to lazily lie around following the race on TV. It is always the first Sunday in March. We hope the next race is not too gravely affected of the fire.
Paula was at an interview for a new job the day before yesterday. She got good news today: they want to meet her again next week. She is one of those who have passed until the next round. We wish her all the luck!
My own employment as a pet dog is secure. I do not have to seek new employment. This is good.
When Daniel came home from work today, he had purchased more dog food. This must be his most important purchase this month. I know it is just the 2 November, but how can you top the importance of buying dog food?
We have humans who take good care of our needs. This is good.
We did not get any news paper in our mailbox this morning. It is part of Daniel’s morning routine to read it, so he was quite annoyed.
It said on the web page of the news paper that the paper was late due to troubles at the printer. It said that the subscribers should have the paper at least at ten o’clock in the morning. Daniel went to check the mailbox about eleven o’clock, but no news paper was there. He checked in the evening as well, but there was still no news paper.
When the news paper will get here, it will hardly be a paper with news anymore.
