The Apoc-eclipse
The Apoc-eclipse I have to tell you right up front that Betsy and I did not catch the eclipselectic fever that seemed to infect most of the country. We started out the day like most other days, sitting by the pool with coffee and talking about our respective goals and tasks for the day. Sammie, our little white dog that lives to be petted, goes with us and sniffs everything in the yard that hadn't been sniffed since the day before, pronounces all as satisfactory and sets herself up in guard position so that we would be between her and anything that happened to climb out of the pool. Frogs can be scary when you don’t expect them. Betsy did ask if I thought we should get glasses for later in the day. My response was indicative of my lack of enthusiasm, and I told her I was pretty sure they would be cheaper and readily available on Tuesday . After a few minutes of conversation we parted ways for a few hours. I went to Troy and put in a couple of grueling hours assignin