Monthly Archives: September 2013

Andy gave me a tour of the new culvert/drainage system yesterday. Roadwork cost more this year than it did in 2012, but the improved drainage ditches and culverts should help a lot. I, for one, think it’s money well spent. … Continue reading →

Some parents are upset here in town because the second grade classes in three of the schools are too large. Two of them will have 24 students, one will have 27. The teachers will each have a full-time aid and … Continue reading →

Parallel play—two individuals engrossed in separate but parallel activities. The author of a recent Wall Street Journal article on the subject says, One issue has become abundantly clear: Individuals who do almost everything together in later life—who are “joined at … Continue reading →

Today Orlando and Andy uncovered and unplugged the culvert and repaired the washed out section of the road. They had hoped to install a second culvert — using a section of an abandoned one that a neighbor had donated. But … Continue reading →

Compare this picture taken yesterday with this picture taken of the same place August 23, 2011: As you can see, things have been worse. A good Samaritan had his crew fix up the roads after the first flash flood, and … Continue reading →

As he expected, Andy couldn’t drive on the road down in the canyon yesterday —the two pictures below show where the road had been. Fortunately the streams in the “hole” were less than a foot deep, so he could get … Continue reading →

As of this morning we had about 3 inches of rain up there so far this week. It started raining again this afternoon, and most of the state is under flash flood watches for the next few days. It should … Continue reading →

Even though Orlando had a big mess to clean up with the birds, it’s probably better than the local woman who heard a noise in her kitchen Tuesday. She started to go in, expecting it to be her father-in-law coming … Continue reading →

When Orlando left Sunday he accidentally left the door to the cab of the trackhoe open. He had a bag of pistachios there, and when he came back Monday he had a big mess to clean up. All of the … Continue reading →