Monthly Archives: April 2018

One of our elementary schools was locked down the other day because of a bobcat sighting. The time before it was because of a bear. No one is complaining. April 20, 2018  

At the beginning of every flight they always tell passengers how to use oxygen masks in an emergency: If needed, four oxygen masks will drop from the compartment overhead. To activate the flow of oxygen, pull down on the mask … Continue reading →

I really love my life, but I could have chosen not to like it. I chose to like it. —Barbara Bush One of the most touching things I read about the Bushes was that after the death of three-year-old Robin … Continue reading →

It was hazy yesterday evening and we were wondering if it was just dust from the wind or smoke from a wildfire. We decided it was probably from two fires south and west of us. (About 100 miles away?) The … Continue reading →

This was a post from two years ago, May 17, 2016:   There are men running governments who shouldn’t be allowed to play with matches. —Will Rogers   At least Trump paid some attention to his military advisors about Syria, … Continue reading →

I love this comic because it reminds me of Tempi — she loves to sit on the couch and look out the window. She’s not allowed to do it up on the land, but she tried it anyway and was … Continue reading →

Four of the headlines on the front page of our local paper yesterday were: Drought continues to expand across American Southwest Stage 1 fire restrictions hit SF National Forest Forest Service crews train for upcoming fire season Crews put out … Continue reading →

On the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in April 1968, Jane Elliott’s third graders from the small, all-white town of Riceville, Iowa, came to class confused and upset. They recently had made King their “Hero of the … Continue reading →

When Andy left this morning he cheerfully said he didn’t expect to have trouble getting up to the land this morning but he might not make it back tonight (because of trees on the road). I told him don’t let … Continue reading →

Andy couldn’t go up to the land yesterday because of our trip to Santa Fe, so he had to wait until today to clear the remaining three trees off the road. They were small — he had already cleared off … Continue reading →