August 18th

here it is beautiful day grass green sun is warm. marie and sandy off to bloom field , beths' baby shower. chris and pam went back to okie ville to check on their daughter. has come down with a malady that is not dxed. momma is concerned it may be some thing from africa ,or some such.  still haven't heard what they are calling it. with obamacare she may be expendable.at any rate we are pulling for her!

   gary and i showed up to ranch this am. he had already abused the chickens, and in chris's absence they turned feeders into trap. gary had gathered a 4wheeler to go pump spring. lord knows i have plenty to do at the farm , so unceremoniously went our separate ways. kinda felt guilty. looked around to see if anyone was showing thier disapproval. guess not. i wonder why dad and mom felt the need to inter twine us so hard. i wonder if it is even not us but the progeny and have we failed that. did he care if that kid said my gpa was gilbert gutierrez. education for sure . family in a pinch. fierce independence, but knowing how to give . what else?mom wanted good people , she preferred catholic good, but christian good is probably enough. 

      we've been lucky.