Her mother was a wire fox terrier and her father a Welsh terrier, hence the brown marking. She’s about 10 yrs now and has started to settle down now, but yes, still “full of character”.

Stephen’s dog, meet Pippin.

Perhaps the greatest threat to Trump is that Republican lawmakers lose their fear of him.

Perhaps the greatest threat to Trump is that Republican lawmakers lose their fear of him.

In any case I hope our anxiety passes.

I suspect that confirmation in this case refers to the Christian ceremony of confirmation into the Christian faith and that *uninspired* is in the specific religious sense of not being directly *inspired by God*, i.e. not the Bible.

I had a joke about Icarus but it didn’t land well.

I am sure it will come, once we learn to be a little less shy.

Snakes and Ladders

Here's a good one, from my yellow section.

That's a nice thought, although I may also have been thinking *infernal designer*. If you like books I can recommend some good green ones 😉.

*interior*

Reminds me of a rather charming story by André Maurois - Le Peseur d’âmes - that I read when I was younger. My efforts to find it again somewhat thwarted since an internal designer has persuaded me to sort all my books according to colour of the spine.

No doubt also requiring a rewrite of parliamentary rules and procedures and a move away from a physical chamber with two opposing sets of benches.  Cultural impacts could be profound.