My friend Jean had a heart attack last night. She's recovering in the CCU at Baptist Hospital with a couple of stents in her heart valves. I had lunch with her and Pam yesterday and got no indication whatsoever that anything was wrong. She was at the top of her game, regaling everyone with her hilarious account of the squirrel who came down her chimney last week and how she had blamed her cats for the damage the squirrel did, then had to apologize to her cats for falsely accusing them after she saw the real culprit. She will have hospital personnel in stitches.

I know we were all distressed about the shooting that occurred in Knoxville yesterday. The poor man hated liberals. Please, those of you who get frustrated with liberals from time to time, get a grip and leave the guns alone. Two people lost their lives defending the rest of their congregation. If that isn't love. . .

The water in our swimming pool has been almost bathwater warm lately. These sizzling temps in the high 90's with lows in the high 70's just don't let it cool down much. Nonetheless, I'm headed to our "heated pool" for a workout. It's 7 PM so it won't be too bad maybe.