Pure Speculation

 What if the shooting yesterday was a planned exploit to divert attention from the Epstein clamor? A Whitehouse operation? The shooter would have been a professional and the intention would have been to wound but NOT kill, and then make a clean getaway. Mission accomplished.  But something went wrong. It is unusual to be shot in the neck but if the intention had been to graze the upper shoulder or arm a sudden movement on the part of the victim could have put the neck in danger and that wound turned out to be fatal. So perhaps a botched operation and now the killer knows that he is marked for immediate termination-- he can't be taken alive because he would surely spill the beans. It just strikes me as the sort of thing this administration would resort to since it is amoral and ruthless in its aims. Pure speculation. It will be interesting to see how this develops, but the tragic error would still serve the intended purpose of diversion. See how cynical I am?

Warm Days

 Cool mornings and mild evenings, but rain is needed again.

I continue to do my pantry stocking, survival type stuff, stuff with a very long shelf life that requires little prep. Why not? Might be snowed in this winter. I wonder what kind of winter this will be. I have all kinds of stuff on my list of things to do prior to the onslaught of deep winter. I work away at it, a little at a time, doing what I can as I can. 

Our Fine Weather

 This fine weather continues. 

And it really is very fine.

Cool Now

 This is a significant cool front. Somewhat chilly outside and very damp, but not dripping wet. No heavy rain but rather a heavy mist situation. Later next week it changes to warm days and chilly mornings, and mostly partly cloudy. That will be rather nice. That sort of weather could carry us into mid-September, and those conditions are really ideal for this time of year. Much work can be done!

I'm quite sure now that polio will be making a comeback in the USA. The morons destroying this country will confer upon it diseases not seen in many years, among other things. The morons will dish up all manner of foulness and heaping plates of idiocy. But they will not be immune from the consequences. They will not be exempt from the hammer of reality. 

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.