TBW Daily Diary

It was unseasonably warm today and the trees were shedding leaves blizzard-like. Quite a sight. I would rather rake than shovel . . . Today was Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom when the country honors its war dead (similar to our Memorial Day). Welsh Radio had an interesting piece that was something of an eye-opener for me; I had never given a thought to the thousands of animal "soldiers" that were sacrificed during the conflicts. Horses, mules, dogs, carrier pigeons. It was mentioned that during the U.S.'s hasty and chaotic withdrawal from Vietnam we had to abandon numerous kennels of "sniffer dogs." I don't recall any news program that mentioned that fact . . . Used much of the day to clean my environment. Why did I ever keep this stuff in the first place? Does it mysteriously multiply when the lights go out? . . . I have already mentioned that Bob bought us a new flat-screen computer monitor and that means we have the big boxy old one to get rid of. It was almost new so if anyone could use it, please come pick it up. No charge . . .