One of the ancient trails that got us into this mess: greed. Sometime a while ago, I listened to Alan Greenspan’s account of his years at the Fed. Three things struck me about it. First, he was a personal friend … Continue reading
46 bar falls 30.22 6mph ENE windchill 43 Autumn Last Quarter of the Blood Moon It looks like the most violent moments of the credit crisis, stock market crash will have come under the aegis of the Blood Moon. Coincidence? … Continue reading
Made more phone calls. Liked it not at all, but I agreed to do them. Now I find out they won’t need me to make calls on November 4th. Darn. An old political junkie like me has more information available … Continue reading
Life has sped up since September. Tonight I drove in to represent the Political Committee with Bethann. It could have been a long drive for little result, but the dialogue was good. The ex-com had an interest in the committee’s … Continue reading
Another busy week. Guess it’s a good thing we’re headed to Colorado on Saturday. Time for a rest. Yesterday I worked outside all morning, then took a nap, worked out and went to the Woollys at Paul’s house. We talked … Continue reading
You know that garden shed that appeared in some of the orchard pictures? Jon built it for us quite a while back and a good shed it is. Like most sheds and their smaller inside counterparts, closets, the stuff fairy … Continue reading
Truck unloaded, then filled up with 6 bales of straw. All the outside plants inside. The morning. Along with a few miscellaneous things: watering the orchard, deconstructing a run of fence, talking with the neighbors over the back fence. Now. … Continue reading
42 bar steady 30.28 0mph WNW windchill 42 Autumn Waxing Gibbous Blood Moon That damned quack. It has begun to overtake our new plantings. So, purity to the wind. If it warms up to 60 degrees, we’ll hit it with … Continue reading
quick note: Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.” – Friedrich von Schiller The silly season does not present intelligence at its best. At its worst it illustrates Schiller on TV, in newspapers and on front lawns. Only … Continue reading
quick note: Boy, the pace of life accelerated with the coming of autumn. This last week it felt like I’d gone back to full-time employment. I’m glad the week-end is here. Mine is a small life, no encyclopedia entries or … Continue reading