Walking across the yard I noticed tall blades of green grass poking through. Spring has sprung and the hum of lawnmowers could be heard Sunday. The day also marked the Vernal Equinox. It arrived at 9:33 AM, the exact moment when the sun’s rays shine directly on the Earth’s equator. Tracey Spry said the sun’s position in the sky (and presumably its gravitational pull on the Earth) means you can stand an egg on its end during the precise moment of the Vernal Equinox. She had a go at this year’s ago and reported success.
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Haven’t hear much from Dr. Fauci for a while, but he’s back in the news saying we could face more Covid lockdowns if cases go up. A new BA.2 variant would be to blame. Well, maybe Dr. Fauci should focus on getting all of us some potassium iodide pills. I’m not as worried about Covid as I am about being blown to smithereens if things go south with Russia. With the amount of lies the good doctor has been caught on, he might as well run for Congress. Lockdowns didn’t work, they just widened the big economic gap between the haves and have not’s. Stage four of the pandemic has begun….the Save The Party In Power stage. Brace yourselves for a flurry of bureaucratic edicts based on political science, not real science. UNBELEIVABLE!
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Also unbelievable…gas prices. Not just for our personal travel, some quite necessary. If you’re in business, the increased cost for bringing in goods, etc. is getting worse every day. The cost of gasoline also affects a number of departments in our city, county and state. Think about how much more the Highway Patrol must be shelling out! Or what about the cost of running school buses? And very important our school buses. We’re pretty lucky though. How about the thousands of people who have lost everything in Ukraine and have no place to go? Not even to work, because that’s probably gone too. Boggles your mind, doesn’t it. Almost like watching a war movie on TV, except this time it’s real.
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Ah well. It wouldn’t hurt me to start riding a bike on short trips. Listen, have a safe and good day in your neck of the woods. We’ve seen or been through many a disaster. Each time our hides got a little bit tougher and we learned a sense of humor can beat having a PhD.
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'Til Next Week:
J.M.W.
