Not Swampy

 Cool, actually, and the day will be mild. The extended forecast does not have a lot of heat in it, and rain chances increase next week, with plenty of very pleasant days, into June. So far spared from triple digits. A mild and wet summer would please me greatly. 

Remain a sceptic, and maintain distance. Eschew the "holy books" and study the sciences. 

Swampy

 Cool but very humid this morning, with a light mist. The wind is picking up and we should have drier air later today. It was great yesterday and I accomplished more than I thought I would. It was a sort of vintage evening. Very nice. Hard to believe it is nearing Memorial Day. The summer is passing rapidly from my point of view. The whole year is passing quickly. One's sense of time changes as the body ages. 

There are a lot of witless people staggering around in search of some cult, some authority figure, and the dumber the cult is, the sleazier the authority figure, the better they like it. Just check out the buffoons hawking "salvation". They attract a lot of zombies who are more than willing to send money. But they have no idea what they've bought into. Thinking is painful and difficult for many. Being independent and bucking the herd's group thought is simply too hard for them. They WANT to be sheep, and the fleecing doesn't bother them at all. 

Warm Days Cooler Mornings

 Still in roller coaster mode, it seems. Now a few warm days with more cloud cover and cooler mornings, with light to moderate breezes as well. Certainly not bad. How does my garden grow? Very nicely! I need to get some rose food this weekend. Systemic will be needed. Today I'll get food for my four-legged friends, and ME. I'm having shoulder issues again so no weights today. I've been pushing the envelope in the gym. 190 lbs for a chest press recently. That might have been a bit much. But how many 75 year old guys can do that, eh?

It's a beautiful morning!

Hot Days Cool Mornings

 Summertime temps have arrived. 

Memorial Day is on the horizon. Time passes. 

Warm

 It's getting warm, but with dry air and light breezes. The ground is still soaked from all the rain recently. Really not bad at all. I had my usual drive this morning, and on the return trip I intersected another part of my old bike route, when I was an avid cyclist. Some things have changed and some things have remained much as they were. This morning I made a circuit of most of my guitars, and that felt good. I need to keep my fingers in condition. On another front I'm getting some esthetic pleasure from Capablanca's games, replaying them on one of my chess sets. I've got several nice boards and several sets purchased on eBay, like vintage USCF club specials, and a vintage LARDY Staunton, and so on. A couple of recent sets purchased on eBay, also vintage, give me a lot of pleasure. I was fortunate to get many of these sets at bargain prices, and one vintage plastic Staunton set is in a style I have never seen anywhere, and quite nice. I priced a set of vintage Drueke's and they were too much for the sake of nostalgia. I'll stick with what I've got now. I actually considered buying an old Yamaha nylon string classical guitar listed on eBay, but couldn't pull the trigger. Affording it wasn't the issue. I find it impossible to overcome habits of frugality and a deeply ingrained aversion to any form of self-indulgence. So be it. 

It's impossible for me to understand people who are comfortable with debt, who are comfortable with spending money on "luxury" items. I believe that such people have a toxic and distorted sense of their own worth-- those are people I want nothing to do with. They are dangerous!