Short Night, Long Day

My little buddies started raising a fuss last night after lights out. I ignored them for an hour, then decided to let them out. No big whoop-something had been in the yard but no longer was. The aftermath was I was up until after 3:00 a.m. and up by 7:30. After surveying the mustard weed I decided a second spraying couldn't hurt. Maybe I have the wrong stuff.

The rose bush is putting forth nice scents and pretty flowers. Today I saw a bunny hop across the pasture. two strange dogs and Wily Coyote. My dogs were oblivious and I am not sorry. The grass has grown so tall that it hides the view for the shorter critters. Wily is in the center of the bottom picture-click for a closer up.

I was reading a 2006 October New Yorker and it raved about some music so I downloaded it. It is pretty interesting guitar music by two Brazilian brothers. I'm not sure the whole album is rave-worthy though. It is interesting to read back issues of magazines-some missed it completely on the Iraq invasion and others were prescient. Real journalism is only being practiced in magazines any more. Newspapers are only a step up from gossip. There certainly isn't much that is thoughtful or educational. Mostly they are a medium to sell automobiles.

Then there is TV: my choices tonight-PBS: a convict who became a Muslim, Married With Children, 48 Hours Murder Myster: (slutty wife fools around and somebody dies), and Dr. Oz on Oprah (how to check your testicles for cancer). Click.

The stomach problem passed. If I had it to do over I would pass on the colonoscopy. They hurt me enough to awaken me from the anaesthetic-told me to hold still and bear it. They created a distention near my appendix that now hurts from gas and...worse. I hope I don't have to live on soft food for the rest of my life.

I am beat and am going to try for a good night's sleep. It was warm enough to require a fan or two today. The house cools nicely at night-great for sleeping.