Wednesday, July 13th 2022 6:00 a.m. is a good time to wake up. It’s not like I burst into life and start running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I suppose this is something I can aspire to. Perhaps sometime in the future I will have the ability to give myself over… Continue reading

Tuesday, July 12th 2022 So it seems that compromise is always possible for the oil business and all of those who participate in it. The rhetoric says one thing and the actions do another. Sometimes we run into moments of difficulty in dealing with particular people or perhaps organizations. You run into a situation where… Continue reading

Monday, July 11th 2022 Another beat up lazy Monday morning here without rain. Apparently town is getting flooded. All the rain that is falling is falling on everybody but us. I don’t know why I have to be so lucky. The Taurus says that a black cloud followed the Jews around in the desert and… Continue reading

Sunday, July 10th, 2022. Week number 27 Good morning. It’s 9:00 a.m. on a cool and easy Sunday morning. Forget about the weather reports. They are simply not worth reading. I downloaded several more weather apps but the differences are all academic and dependent on how optimistic they wish to be for you. It doesn’t… Continue reading

Friday, July 8th 2022 It’s 15 minutes after 7:00 and Jenna has just finished his first cigarette break. One of the details of working with him is to understand that he really, really, really likes smoking cigarettes. He likes drinking alcohol and he likes smoking cigarettes. I don’t think he eats very much and if… Continue reading

Thursday, July 7th 2022 It’s about 20 minutes to 9:00 and I’m sitting in the kitchen watching the butterflies come for breakfast on the ragwort plant that’s growing just outside my front door. I don’t know why people cut their grass. I don’t know why they are so enamored with using gasoline products. I don’t… Continue reading

Wednesday, July 6th 2022 It’s 8:15 and I’m waiting for the rain. I understand that I’m becoming obsessed. You have to understand my point of view. I just keep looking at these things we have asked to grow. They don’t look happy at all. There’s just not enough water to support them. Perhaps I’ve been… Continue reading

Tuesday, July 5th 2022 Yesterday’s thinking about the voices of conservative thinking and the detrimental effect on our environment, social systems, quality of life and even since of personal security have been hanging around in my head a lot. Honestly, when I think of how many unreasonable people I know of who all have the… Continue reading

Monday, July 4th 2022 Here is reason number 235 why you cannot be reasonable with alcoholics or conservatives. *** Well, that was an extremely poor night’s sleep. I’m not convinced we got a drop of rain. I don’t remember hearing any and I was up and down all night. I’m not going to say that… Continue reading

Sunday, July 2nd, 2022. Week number 26 Forgive the late start. It’s already 9:00. I’m already dressed, have already taken stock of the fields, have already had some breakfast and have already decided that life is not going to get any less miserable anytime soon. On a positive note, we got some very good rain… Continue reading