Picaresque

Picaresque is the adjective to describe writings about a common or low character who survives the pitfalls of life through luck or good fortune. My travels, interests, my animals, my photographs, my wonderful friends and family are featured.

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Location: Arapahoe, Wyoming, United States

(Note: Blogs read from bottom to top; scroll down for beginnings, scroll up for most current.) After 30 years in public administration and four degrees, as well as numerous workshops with luminaries in Education and Public Policy, life in a slower lane became a goal. Most recently I have done policy writing and consulting for the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes. Mostly, I am just coasting slowly and gently downhill these days-seeking joy where I can find it before the glorious ride ends.

Friday, June 06, 2008

Out Came the Sun and Dried the....

After watching little rivers form in the pasture last night, I was happy to settle for a cool grey day today. I got a few things done- did pretty well in the face of vertigo which had me stumbling or doing never-before-seen ballet steps as I tried to keep from meeting the ground suddenly. I think just a little inner ear infection that should go away pretty quickly. I made a swamp cooler cover. (I expect credit for this rain- putting the swamp cooler in early brought it on I know) out of some (brand new) foam insulation sheets I had recovered from the dump. Really took my dizzy life in my own hands and did some ladder work screening over places on the cabin where Grackles had been nesting. The screen was a freebie from Ace Hardware where the clerk gave me used after I asked him to cut me off about a foot of screen.

Mowed some more with my weed-whacking lawn mower. I am still uncertain if the road widening is going to take my trees so I am turning the yard into a forest There are a lot of young trees so I mow around them. Not very pretty but barring a 12 foot concrete fence by the highway, I need the trees for privacy and safety.

Delores called celebrating "school's out," for her. It took me by surprise because the weather just does not seem June 6. She is sticking around this summer. That will be nice.

Pledge Drive for Wyoming PBS. I will bide my time and get a "premium" I might enjoy for my pledge of $XXX. And now, to bed.