So--Anything Happen While I Was Gone?

Posting will still be limited for the next week or so as things slowly normalize--please understand if I don't have time to reply or follow up on news tips, etc.



Holy Moly, this has been a lot of work. The yard took me 4 hours even with a tractor because of all the edging and trim mowing. The TV deliverytards couldn't get either set to work until I showed them how you need to take the little strip of plastic off the remote, and no, you won't get a signal until you select an input source, plus the main set has a master ON/Off switch in the back--and then noticed one of them had tracked dozens of black grease spots all over carpets I just spent $350 having professionally cleaned before we moved in. I also would like to produce a special sequel to "Saw" featuring the CEOs of companies that import furniture assembly kits--give them an hour to follow their own instructions and put the freaking desk together before the bear traps on their heads trip shut.



But aside from that all is well. The finches come to our feeder, the chipmunk grows less timid and may yet end up being a trusted pal, the squirrel chases robins in lunatic bounds, and the deer leave my poor offerings alone because the neighbors are such excellent gardeners. There is a real contentment in sitting under trees in a dark back yard tastefully accented by lightning bugs, drawing on a good Maduro, sipping at a finger of single malt and listening to the distant rumble of wheels on rails a mile away.