August 22, 2020

Saturday, 22nd August -- Thank you for all your good thoughts and prayers flowing into California and Colorado. The air quality is still very bad, so it's best to stay inside. And the hurricanes -- I guess Mother Nature must be really pissed with us, for whatever reason -- or maybe she wants to compete with the virus. I gotta say, she's doing a fine job.
No hikes this week, simply not smart not to breathe in the crappy smoky air so I'm running up and down stairs, peddling on my bike, doing free weights and on the "magic" everything machine..
Those of you who are not in the path of fires or hurricanes or floods, please check in and cheer us all up. Also, you might want to give those of us closed-in a couple minutes of your walk/hike/exercise -- every minute from you is a blessing.

If you're in a sweet spot, get outside and BB!Q -- with potato salad and potato chips (yep, both, yummy) and maybe baked beans -- you add crispy bacon, two dollops of sweet relish and green onions -- be still my heart -- with a dressing of vinegar, mustard, a bit of catsup -- Yes, I'm sitting here drooling thinking about those baked beans, (Campbells pork n beans make the best, I've found) My mom came up with this a very long time ago.

We will get through all this crap -- we're strong and positive and fun-loving -- can't beat that --