2026 Life Logs, Day 12: Adventure with Archie and Indivisible Falmouth Meeting
Date: Monday, January 12, 2026
Weather: Overcast, Some Rain; High 47, Low Temp 28 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Archie is the name of the little cockapoo that I walked everyday for a few weeks in the fall for a friend who had foot surgery. He is a little white ball of fluff and scared to death of people. But we got to know each other and today he was spending the day with me and Shadow while his momma led a Newcomers/Encore field trip to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Everything was going just fine until 10 minutes before I had a doctor appointment and needed to leave for a bit. I carefully opened the door so the dogs could not escape, but to my dismay, somehow Archie bolted through my legs and out into the drive way he went. Shadow and I followed him and I grabbed some treats to try and get him to come to me. But nothing worked. Then, all of a sudden, he ran as fast as his little legs could go down the driveway and left on the street. I quickly put Shadow in the car as I was standing next to it, and I walked/ran after Archie. At the entrance to the driveway, I could see he turned left on the next street. I ran in pursuit. When I made the left turn, I could see him far ahead and a young woman with her dog were following him. As we were now both running after Archie, she yelled back to me asking if it was my dog. I said he was not, but that I was dog sitting. I then saw Archie slow down a tad and I thought he was getting ready to head left down a path into the woods leading back toward his house. I knew I could not catch him, but I asked the other woman if she would follow him while I ran back to my house to get my car and drive to Archie’s house. She agreed and off we both went. Archie lives on a dead-end street off of very busy Gifford Street, about 7-tenths of mile from my house. When I neared his street in my car, I saw the woman and her dog and she yelled that she had lost track of him. I thanked her and drove on to his house. Much to my relief, he was there sitting beside the back gate awaiting entry. I got him into my car, back to my house, and then off the hospital for my doctor appointment. I was 10 minutes late, but that didn’t seem to be a problem. Instead of checking-in, I wanted to say to the receptionist that I really didn’t need the appointment. It was a routine cardiac check up. I had just walked/run as fast as I could for about a half mile and wasn’t out of breath. I had just completed my version of a stress test and things seemed to be fine. But I just smiled and waited to see the doctor, who agreed with me when I told him my story. He still ran the tests, and then also agreed with my assessment. My heart looks to be just fine!
The other major event today was the January general meeting of Indivisible Falmouth. We had 75 people in attendance, up from 50-60 last month, and many were new members. I designed and executed the main activity for the meeting, and that went over really well. So, a happy ending for Archie’s adventure and a great Indivisible Falmouth meeting with 75 totally engaged people in attendance. It was a busy, but a good day!
