"We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork..."

 robert service was a good poet and not always politically correct...which is very poetic....

more rain in the last week here in the pondorosa pine forests than i have ever seen...the so called extremes in weather events are becoming the new normal...everywhere...i have been watching a collection of DVD's that i bought about the vietnam war...23 hours worth...it does not tell the same story that i heard from most media back in the 60's and 70's...i would like to know how much money was spent on food clothing and medicine as well as building projects for the people of south vietnam by the US military...you hardly ever hear about the good things that the US government tried to do for the people of south vietnam...i also watched "Platoon" a movie by oliver stone which did not hardly show a good side to the military in vietnam...it sort of makes one wonder about the notion of americans being in a far away country doing battle with people in their own homeland...no easy answers...

the news is pretty interesting these days...biden had to disappear for 3 days after coming back from overseas...i imagine they kept him dosed him with Provigil which is probably the best stimulant in the world...but still will wreck you health if used too much...i suppose getting the oil flowing out of the middle east was the main objective of the trip...now i hear that raccoon dogs and foxes at the wet market in wu han china was the likely vector for covid..raccoon dogs are not legal in this country because thry reproduce so fast..now we have monkey virus to contend with...they want to rename it...i recommend MONKEY BUTT virus...has a nice ring to it....thought of a good name for a radical girl group..."DIXIE GYPSY SQUAWS"...has a nice ring to it...well 8 billion people on the planet in november...got to start eating "KHASHOGGI SAUSAGE"...has a nice ring to it...the new space telescope is turning out some good images now...i picked up a couple of DVD's about the Hubble space telescope...lectures by a very good lecturer professor david m myer of northwestern university...very informative...there was fellow named VESTO SLIPHER (1875-1969) who worked at the lowell telescope in flafstaff, az....he also talked about a guy named MILTON HUMASON (1891-1922) who used to haul supplies up to the mount wilson telescope with mules and a wagon...then he became a handyman, then a janitor, then a night assistant then a staff astronomer...he was especially good at long exposure photography of the sky...only goes to show if you are interested in something you can often find a way to participate...well haven't died yet so i guess i'll go back to the forest...still looking for a way to put all my photos online so people can download them...this being hacked and robbed every time i go to a library or get a motel room is a bad plan...

"We do not live an equal life but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action."  R.W. Emerson