Yes, Yes, A Nice Weekend

 You can actually feel humidity in the air! And there are chances of showers later. Will wonders never cease? I finally got all of Sue Grafton's novels in the "alphabet" series and I am going to read them all in order, even though that will mean re-reading many that I must have read ten years or more ago. That's fine. I have those to read in the evening and I have non-fiction to read during the day. I had an enjoyable and almost sublime time outdoors yesterday and I aim for the same today. I did some work on one of my pawnshop guitar finds yesterday and corrected some minor issues. The oldest guitar I have dates back to the early sixties. It is an acoustic from Western Auto that might have sold for as much as $15 back then. I got it at an estate sale, making a bid, and I was the highest bidder at not much more than that. It required extensive set up and fret work and a re-positioned bridge, but now it plays well right up to the 14th fret, perfect intonation, reasonable action, and it sounds funky and bluesy with a set of medium gauge electric guitar strings. I did NOT replace the tuners. They are primitive but cool. 

Back to the sunflowers, at least for a while.

Yes, A Nice Weekend

 Enjoy them when you've got them, because they are rare. Especially around here. I will enjoy the fruits of my recent labors. I will certainly enjoy the fruits of the vine. Sometimes life is good, but only briefly. When there is light, bask in it, and appreciate. 

And Russia, like Carthage, MUST be destroyed. 

So Much Accomplished

 I think I deserve a rest, after getting so much done yesterday. It'll be a pleasant weekend, it seems. Very moderate temps, and light wind. Not much needing to be done. 

Nice Days On The Way

 We might actually have a full week of fairly pleasant weather! That'll be great. Get ready for that great pagan holiday, complete with giant rabbits bringing magical eggs. A fertility rite, obviously, and it's all very strange and confusing. Human sacrifice is an essential part of it, or at least the celebration of human sacrifice. The human brain can be a very disturbing thing. 

I still have work to do. I'd like to do a human sacrifice with whoever coined the term "app". There ought to a stiff penalty for stupid shit like that. Computers run PROGRAMS. Say PROGRAM, not "app". Fuck "app". You can take your "app" and stick it up your "ass".

Wind And Dirt

 Yesterday was one of those awful "Lubbock" days. Strong winds and flying dirt. Typical for the time of year but it's something I never get used to. I like to imagine that folks who have recently moved here, looking for ?? experience something like yesterday's dust storm and immediately regret the move and start looking to exit as soon as possible. It isn't just Lubbock. It's the entire area, the panhandle plains-- a backward, windswept, hellhole, if you ask me. And it really seems that this area is becoming more and more arid. Annual rainfall used to be pegged at about 18 inches, and it's trended down to about 16 inches and I'm sure it will only get worse as the climate changes. 

The wells will go dry eventually, and probably sooner than anyone would like to believe. I think this area is living on hope and hot air.