hotties

i'm talking about the horses of course.

views from an airplane

crater lake in summer is the bluest blue i've ever seen.

sentimental

i went to my 10 year high school reunion this weekend. at first i was apprehensive -- who knows what people are going to be like after 10 years, really? right? but it was unbelievably refreshing to see so many happy, and really beautiful, people that i hadn't seen in 5 or more years.

i think that the nature of the class reunion only really attracts those that are confident and happy or freakishly obsessed with something to prove. i am happy to report that we didn't really have many of the latter. although that made the reunion less interesting overall, it was pleasant to catch up and celebrate each others' successes and adventures.

morning chores

the neighbor called this morning to let us know that another neighbor's cows had gotten out of their pasture and were on the road heading to god-knows-where. dad and i jumped in the pickup and cruised over to track down the escapees. using a piece of garden art (a giant pinwheel), a push broom, and a lot of arm waving and yelling, we faced down the trio of 1200 lb. beasts and got them back safely home. just another day on the ol' homestead.

a typical situation

to perfectly illustrate the characteristics of my charmingly predictable hometown, i would like to bring forth a character from my Horizon Air flight from portland to klamath falls today. a middle aged white male with a pleasant, encouraging, but not overly friendly demeanor whose reading choice was none other than the good book itself. and, even more ironically, the karmic world had him truly and honestly reading the first page of the book of psalms:

Psalm 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away... 1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

i hope the wind doesn't pick up...