Hamish looking majestic in the rainHello friends, just a little blog today. Not much going on around here, just feeling rather down and disheartened about, well, (gestures at everything) yanno, everything.I did an 84 hour liquid fast (because I'm hypoglycemic, so that way the blood sugar didn't try to kill me but I still felt hunger) as part of the #FastForGaza challenge. The idea is, you give up one meal a day, or fast, or liquid fast as I did, however you want to do it - and donate the money you would have spent on food to a fundraiser that is feeding starving people in Gaza. It was started by YourFavoriteGuy/Guy Christensen, and Bisan mentioned it in one of her videos, which is how I heard about it. I was going to do 81 hours at first, for 81 days without any real aid entering Gaza at the time that I started, but ended up doing 84, which worked out to 84 days by the time I finished. I don't know if I encouraged anyone to donate or join in, but the fundraiser had over 200k USD raised the last time I looked, so that's something. If you'd like to chip in:

Hey all,There is a campaign to email the 8 ambassadors from the countries who have said they stand for peace and justice in Palestine, to ask them to send peacekeepers. So that way, aid will be allowed through and the violence will stop (hopefully).

Hello friends! Hamish and I had a good morning and took a walk to the post office together. That's his longest walk yet - two miles, about 3 1/4 km - and he did really well. He had a break in the middle with a little drink of water while I was mailing my package, but he was so interested in smelling all the new smells, he didn't really stop otherwise. I'm slowly figuring out where his limit is, since it takes more energy hopping on one leg in the back (if you haven't seen my other posts about my new dog Hamish, he's a tripod - he's missing his back right leg). Previously we had gone maybe a little over a mile, and he wanted a break near the end of that, but he did really well with a break at the mile mark this time and then going for another mile.

Hello friends! It's time for another contest.It's May, and a lot of people have moved on from Earth Month activities, but I believe it is important to take care of our environment every day. So, I'm having an Earth Day Every Day contest! :)

Hello friends! Just a little life blog today. Chilling at the parkDid my grocery shopping yesterday for myself and Hamish. They say that ships are no longer docking at the ports here because of the tariffs, so shortages and even higher prices may be on the way. Sigh. At least we are stocked up for now.

Hello friends! I actually got some chalking done today!! It's been a while, hasn't it? But now that I'm walking Hamish all the time, maybe I can do it more often again. You matterYou matter was actually my second chalk of the day, but the first one was difficult to get into one image: