blogger detained!

Washington Waterwoman was trapped underwater by Ardua for ten days, but surfaced briefly to catch her breath and tell her faithful readers that she will overcome and survive to blog another day....

Meanwhile, a Washington squirrel was so excited about the sudden explosion of warmth that she spent the afternoon wagging her tail frenetically (like a border collie on amphetamines) and racing back and forth on the roof tops and tree limbs of D.C.  

And former Senator Evermore Breadman was spending so much time lobbying on Capitol Hill that his old colleagues were joking about giving him a Dirksen office again.  Like a manic squirrel searching for hidden acorns, he raced round and round and round again....