In The City Of Drunks

 Power out, emergency vehicles. Another drunk driver and another power outage but it was brief. From now on, I refer to Lubbock as the city of drunks and druggies. City of Drunks! City of Druggies! I wish it was still the City of Mums. But those days of relative innocence are gone for good, the little ones. And God will stuff the bullet holes with candy. Lorca.

This wonderful spider had a long life because I protected it. I'd have been happy to slaughter every shit-for-brains Bible thumping evangelical scumbag on the planet to prolong the life of this spider, and that gives you some sense of my priorities. But on to finer things, like cool mornings and honest labor with heart and hands engaged. Muscles and sweat, engaging with nature. Here's a sad fact: MOST of what comprises the human world, human culture, is sick shit. 

Getting Hot Again

 It's part of the seasonal temperature roller coaster. Another system arrives this weekend and temps moderate yet again, with at least some rain chances. The ground is still soaked, however. 

FIne Mornings & Fine Evenings!

 We are told that in heaven everything is fine. Here we have fine evenings and fine mornings and days that are warm rather than hot, and I have accomplished so much I can chill out this fine Labor Day. You know, I have not worked at a job, as such, in the sense of being on a payroll, in over twenty years, but I've been active and productive every day. No slug-a-bed am I, nor am I a couch potato, and I never have been such a one. I can't sit still that long. I have to be doing something. If I am not doing something with my body I am doing something with my brain, but frequently both at once. 

I am giving some thought to the use of a dust mask when I work outdoors because the vegetation is so dense and the soil now is probably full of mold and bacteria that might be an issue for someone my age. I believe I've reached the point of needing to take my age into consideration, darn it. 

STORMS!

 Storms and heavy rain night before last! Very noisy! Cool mornings and mild days, fairly high humidity, and only gentle rain last night. The rain interfered with some of the things I'd planned to do but I got enough done. Very fine weather today. Corn and cotton looking very good. Sunflower seeds by the 40 pound bag are getting rather expensive. Could it be the stupid tariffs? Trump's approval rating hovers around 35%. Those who represent that 35% approval should DIE! NOW! Hah. Only jesting. A famous joke. We've had enough of death. Of violent death, we have had far too much, and over the course of human history, it makes me wish that everyone on the planet had been neutered/spayed 10,000 years ago. Hee hee. Of course I am not serious.

Hot Today, Better Tomorrow?

 Hot today but sometime today a norther with some strength is due, and the weekend and most of next week should be much more temperate and perhaps even rainy. I continue to do what I need to in the mornings, before the heat hits.