"It is not surprising..."

the chipmunk population is smaller than it was

this is the same species of flowering plant that had the yellow spiders...now loved by the bluebirds

this is a flicker i think...a rather handsome bird

this robust fellow stuck near me after i spoke kindly to him

there are certainly worse places to be getting a meal...a typical fall day here in the high meadows

lots of news in the news this week...$788,440 dollars was paid for a 525 pound tuna@tokyo fish market...v. putin went to mongolia to consult with the chief shaman...a fellow named Kara-ool-Dopchum-ool...there is a good lecture by charles kimbal Th.D. in the comparative religion series #6 "sacred people-clergy, monastics, shamans"...i guess if american leaders consulted with billy graham a shaman ain't much different...

 6 people detained in Venezuela for conspiracy to assassinate  the president there...3 Americans one of whom was a military person...hooray! about time to cut out the middle man and handle this tyrant...the Russians seem to be much better at killing folks...poison, radioactive isotopes, plane crashes, falls from windows...lots of falls from windows...and now the exploding phone method opens up all kinds of possibilities...

a fellow here said that the solution to the so called housing shortage is to ''BUILD BUILD BUILD etc."when i was working in boulder colorado i was always impressed by their extensive GREEN BELT which kept some of the wilderness near the urban areas...it seems to me that if this metropolis is to retain the "village in the mountains" vibe they have long had they are going to have to think long and hard about just building to accommodate the demand for housing...many a beautiful area has had too many yards of concrete poured and too much vegetation replaced with parking lots and sidewalks...

i heard where a sheriff shot and killed a judge in his chambers recently...whoa buddy! is this the shape of things to come!...my law can beat up your law!

so when i walked out to find a rock to sit on in the meadow to see if i could get reception for youtube mr bullyboy came over to investigate me ...i did manage to get the youtube to come up and i went to see what "little chinese everywhere" was doing...it seems that she was in one of the STAN regions and she was going to parties...the women there are really beautiful and love to wear fancy clothes and especially hats...giant hats! in the episode before this one the women looked like they were perhaps italian...certainly not what we westerners assume chinese people look like...these folks love china and all serve proudly in the military...i guess they would make great spies as they could pass for a generic american...if a generic american existed...

i hear where another of the hip hop icons is looking at charges being filed against him...Pee Did He? the example which some of these men set for impressionable youth is less than honorable...

"It is not surprising then that those interventions that look most promising take into account adolescents desire for status and respect, as well as their need to contribute and find a sense of purpose. "Age of opportunity" Lydia Denworth "Scientific American" May 2021 "this article is worth finding and reading in its entirety.