January 2019

January 2019

Cassie New Year’s Day the morning after our midnight run into 2019

Tuesday 01- A cold morning and no clouds when I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged a 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I called and talked to Family and Friends, and some called and talked to me.

I did my studies.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Wednesday 02- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and took Cassie for a 1.5 mile jog.

I cut a bunch of wood for the wood stove... been getting kinda cold lately.

I took Cassie for a mile evening jog.

I did my studies.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Thursday 03- I did my stretches, core trainer, hit the heavybag, exercised with the 10&20 pound dumbbells, and went for a 1,5 mile jog with Cassie.

Worked around in the yard.

Did my studies.

Cassie and I went to Kjtel’s house for dinner and a movie.

Friday 04- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I was in a writing mood today.

Saturday 05- It rained most of the day mostly sprinkles.  

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I did my studies.

I took Cassie for a mile evening jog.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Sunday 06- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I did my studies.

I took Cassie over to Kjtel and Bodie’s house to watch the rest “The Kominsky Method.”

Monday 07- I got up early, fed the dog, threw on my clothes, jumped in the car, stopped for gas, drove to my doctor’s appointment in Yucca Valley, shopped at WalMart, picked up my mail, and drove home.

I went to Movie Night at our community center. 

Tuesday 08- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10&20 pound dumbbells, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I did my studies.
I took Cassie for an evening mile jog.

Wednesday 09- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I did my laundry.

I rode the scooter to my mailbox on Lear Ave.

I took Cassie for an evening mile jog.

I did my studies.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Thursday 10- a nice sunny day. I did my stretches, core trainer, worked out on the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I did my studies.

I took Cassie for a bike ride. First time since she pulled me down hard to the ground a few months ago. I found a better place to tie her leash so this may not happen again.

I went to movie night at our community center and watched “Left Behind” starring Nicolas Cage; we all had a good laugh.

Friday 11- A bit cloudy. I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Looks to be raining for the next couple of days so I gathered up some firewood, I did the poop patrol, and put things away I don’t want to get wet. 

I took Cassie for a mile evening jog.

I wrote Abrir Cerrado's title "Coefficient" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 847 words long.

Saturday 12- Rainy all day long. I did my stretches and exercised with the 10&20 pound dumbbells.

I wrote Charlene Ricks's title "Freedom" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 1222 words long.

Sunday 13- I did my stretches, core trainer, worked out on the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I didn’t feel well later in the day and missed going to the poetry reading.

I did my studies.

Monday 14- rained all day. I did my stretches.

Tuesday 15- still raining with thick fog in the morning. 

I did my studies.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Wednesday 16- party cloudy. I did my stretches, core trainer, worked out on the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I did my studies.

Took Cassie out for a bike ride. She loves it.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Thursday 17- I did my stretches.

Went to movie night at the community center and saw the “Wild Bunch” a 1969 western.

Friday 18- didn’t feel well and spent most of the day in bed.

Saturday 19- Sunny day. I did my stretches, yoga, and took Cassie for a mile jog.

Took Cassie for an evening run with the bicycle.

My good friend Michael’s Mom Beverly passed away. She was a good friend to me too. I will miss talking to her.

Sunday 20- Somewhat overcast. I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I took Cassie for a bike ride around the neighborhood... later we went for an evening jog.

December 2018

December 2018 

Saturday 01- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged a 1.5 miles with Cassie.

FedEx delivered what was supposed to be an old Lenovo X131E Chromebook, but instead the package contained an iPad Mini. I emailed the ebay merchant to send me what I ordered.

Sunday 02- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.
I went to a book release: Lots of good folks showed up for Space Cowboy's first science fiction paperback anthology "Simultaneous Times" featuring stories by: Jakes Bayley, Jon Christopher, Robert Deloyd, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, Gabriel Hart, Brent A. Harris, and Zara Kand.

Monday 03- I did my stretches, yoga, and took Cassie for a 1.5 mile jog.

I went to the post office in Twentynine Palms to pick up my TRS 80 Model 100. I bought this broken one because I needed the keyboard for another Model 100 I had since the ‘80s. A surprise was the Microsoft MultiPlan chip inside that I popped into my Model 102 to find out what it contained; a spreadsheet program.
Kjtel and Bodie came over and we went for a nice walk.

I went to Monday Night Football at the community center.

I installed the the keyboard from the broken model 100 I just bought into my old model 100; now it works fine.

Tuesday 04- I did my stretches and went for a mile jog with Cassie.

After getting no response from the ebay merchant I called and they said they’d send it out with a return label for the iPad Mini and should arrive this Friday.

I went to my 3:30 Doctor’s appointment in Yucca Valley. I dropped friend Kelly off at WalMart so she could do her shopping and picked her up when I was done with my appointment. 

Wednesday 05- Rain most of the day

I did my stretches. 

Thursday 06- Rain all day.

I did my stretches, yoga, and when there was a break in the rain went for a mile jog with Cassie.

I went to Thursday Game Night 

Friday 07- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.
Cassie and I went over to Kjtel and Bodie’s house for dinner and a movie. Watched two episodes of “The Kominsky Method” starring Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, and Susan Sullivan... very funny show. We will only watch an episode when we’re together.

Saturday 08- I did my stretches, jogged a mile with Cassie, and yoga.

Sunday 09- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to Space Cowboy Books poetry reading and read a poem of mine.

Monday 10- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 & 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.
I went to the post office to pick up another TRS 10 Model 100.

Monday Night football 

Tuesday 11- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

Wednesday 12- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I took Cassie out for an evening mile run.

Thursday 13- I did my stretches, core trainer, worked out with the 10 & 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I went to the post office to pick up a package.

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and took Cassie for a 1.5 mile jog.

I went to Thursday Family Game Night at our community center.

Friday 14- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I went to the post office to pick up and a non working TRS 80 Model 100 I bought for cheap I’m using for parts.

Saturday 15- I did my stretches, core trainer, worked out with the 10 & 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I worked on another TRS 80 Model 100 and got it working with parts salvaged from another I bought and received last Friday.

Sunday 16- I was sick all night with stomach pains and didn’t get to sleep until 8am and slept till 3pm.

I did my stretches, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.
I worked on putting together the composter but the night fell upon me and I had to call it quits.

I just got back inside after finding the Comet Wirtanen as it passed by the Earth in the skies near Taurus...it's very diffused and hard to see. It was easier to spot if I took off my glasses. In my SkyMaster 20X80 binoculars it still appeared as a smudge but I did see a bit of color; mostly gray. So first try looking for the comet without your glasses if you are nearsighted, and if you are farsighted try blurring your vision... it's about the size of the Moon :)

Gave notice on FaceBook: “I'll be taking some time off to work on a book I need to get publish. I have a whole bunch of titles for short stories submitted by you my FaceBook friends to write... I've completed 15 short stories so far and 1 poem :)
I be checking in on you here from time to time... Love you all... best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season <3 bob="" deloyd="" span="">

Monday 17- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, hit the heavybag, jogged a mile with Cassie, and worked out on the weight bench.

I worked on putting together the composter and I finally had it all together. I had to take the top off again because I didn’t follow the dang instructions, so I got pretty good at fitting the parts back and screwing them down. 

I took Cassie for her evening mile jog.

I went to our CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Christmas Party at the Sizzler tonight and had a lot of fun with some dedicated folks. We had members of the new board sworn in by Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle. We had a gift exchange. Somehow towards the end when everyone was leaving it was announced I was the new webmaster of the CERT website; I didn't volunteer, they just made it so.

I stopped off at WalMart to pick up some doggie treats because I was running low on them and Cassie would have a fit...

I did my nightly stretches (I just started these), practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Tuesday 18- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and went on a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I filled the tires on the Truck and the Mini Cooper.

I went on poop patrol.

I took Cassie for an evening mile jog.

I went to Burger King with my trailer guest for dinner.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Wednesday 19- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, punched the heavybag, and went on a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I worked on the 2 cycle generator and got it running, but the idle drifts like it has an air leak. Not really sure what the first problem was, but at least it started. 

I put air in my Chevy Spark tires, now the computer will stop hounding me to do it.

I took Cassie on an evening mile jog.

I did my studies.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Thursday 20- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and went on a a mile jog with Cassie.

I did my studies.

I went to our Thursday Family Game Night. I was asked to make up a flyer for the events for January. I had it done as soon as I got home and sent it to them for review.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Friday 21- I did my stretches and then drove down the hill to Palm Desert for a doctor’s appointment. Left at 12:45 got there at 2:30 and left there at 4PM Got home at around 6PM. I’ll just call it a day.

Saturday 22- I did my stretches, yoga, jogged with Cassie 1.5 miles.

Worked in the yard, did some composting and watering of plants.

Took Cassie for an evening jog of a mile.

I wrote a short story for Lizzy Lang's title "The Sand Timer" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 526 words long.  

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Sunday 23- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and went on a a mile jog with Cassie.

I went to visit my neighbor Kjtel and her dog Bodie for a short spell and brought her a Christmas present.

I did my studies.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Monday 24- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10&20 pound dumbbells, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and took Cassie for a 1.5 mile jog.

Scattered compost I had curing for almost a year all over the yard.

At 4:30 Cassie and I went over to Kjtel’s for Christmas Eve dinner with Charles Lang and Jeff my neighbor down the road. Kjtel made stuffed cheese chillies and mashed potatoes.

Tuesday and Wednesday stayed home and did nothing :)

Thursday 27- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and went on a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I worked in the yard. I started all my vehicles. The Harley was the hardest to start because it’s been sitting so long, my bad.

I went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

I did my studies.

I wrote Linda Hudson-Vandenburgh's title "Just a short walk" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 409 words long.

Friday 28- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and took Cassie on a 1.5 mile jog.

I found my cement pond had iced up meaning it’s the official start of winter here in the high desert.

I did my studies.

I remembered to do my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Saturday 29- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10&20 pound dumbbells, jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie, and punched the heavybag for a spell.

I cooked up some rice and headed down to our community potluck. With Christmas music in the air, tree all decked out with blinking lights, and the new year just around the corner we were in a very festive mood. We started with a New Year’s toast to each other and then pigged out on Dyan Carroll’s ham and cheese rollups, sweet potato casserole, a trifle, and cookies. Mack Dodd warmed our inners with his hot soup. Elizabeth West stuffed us with her chicken spinach Alfredo and peach dump cake. Chris VanNortrick stewed us a chili veg casserole and a side of onion rice. Bruce delivered a chocolate cake. Kip Fjeld brought his famous guacamole and chips. Jeff Dongvillo simmered us a chicken and veg casserole. Kjtel Byers tempted us with her candy nut spinach salad. And lastly Yvonne Francis enticed us with her cabbage stew and cakes she brought. We came, we saw, we devoured it all and were a mighty happy bunch with all hugs at the end. Happy New Year!

Sunday 30- Very windy, cold, damp and dreary outside. I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and went on a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I worked in the yard for a spell.

I took Cassie for an evening jog of a mile.

I did my studies.

I remembered to do my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Monday 31- Another windy day as I did the core trainer, hit on the heavybag, and went for a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I spent over an hour on the phone with Sandy Ball talking about the website for CERT I am taking over from her.

******************** December 2018 Poems *****************

What makes life worth living is having good friends, good books to read, and a friendly dog by your side :)
~RD

We never run out of stories... just out of time to write them all down...
~RD

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November 2018

November 2018

Thursday 01- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.
Finished Chapter 49 in the history book about- Imperialism.
I went to our community’s Thursday Family Game Night… not many folks showing up but still fun yapping with those there.
I wrote a short story for Linn Rudenauer title "While the Wind Sings" it came out to 2080 words.

Friday 02- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Finished Chapter 50 in the history book about- industrial society and the working class.

I wrote a short story for Kathleen Gault-Anderson here's your title "A Hard Road" 2183 words long.

Saturday 03- I did my stretches and took Cassie for a walk.

Kjtel came by for coffee and a chat.

Finished Chapter 51 in the history book about- science and the challenge to Christianity, and Chapter 52 about- culture in the age of nationalism and industrialism.

I’ve been having troubles with my main laptop I use for writing ever since the recent Mac OS 14.0 update called Mojave. It was so bad I was losing words I had typed into MS Word documents. I figured there must be an update to fix this problem and tried to update it last week, but there wasn’t an update until I tried tonight and OS 14.1 has been downloading for the past three hours putting a hindrance to my completing the 50,000 words I wanted to write this month. So while waiting for the update to end I read another chapter in the history book. If I don’t make the 50,000 words it ain’t no big deal because I’ve done it for several years now, once under 14 days. I have other things in my life now I feel more important, like getting out in the world and socializing with friends and making new ones... it doesn’t mean I’m going to stop writing, it just means I need to set a balance between the what I want and what I need.

I wrote a short story for Rich Soos title "Sand Ocean" 554 words long.

Sunday 04- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched at the heavybag for a spell, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Finished Chapter 53 in the history book about- World War One 1914 to 1918.

I worked in the yard for a while, did poop patrol.

I finally continued writing: Carolyn Keyes Shaffer here's your title "Remember the Future" 1291 words long...

Monday 05- I did my stretches, yoga, punched the heavybag, rode my bike, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Finished Chapter 54 in the history book about- revolution and communism in Russia/ and Finished Chapter 55 in the history book about- the rise of fascism and authoritarianism/ and Finished Chapter 56 in the history book about- paralysis of the democratic West.

I went to our community’s Monday Night Football.

Tuesday 06- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile and a half with Cassie.
Finished Chapter 57 in the history book about- World War 2, 1939-1945/ and Finished Chapter 58 in the history book about- The recovery of Europe and the superpowers, 1945 to present/ and Finished Chapter 59 in the history book about- decolonization and the non-western world, 1945 to present/ and Finished the last of the book Chapter 60 in the history book about- contemporary society and culture. 

Took Cassie for a evening mile jog.

Wednesday 07- I did my stretches, jogged a mile and a half with Cassie, and rode my bike.

I played with my old computers for a while, and watered the plants outside.

Took Cassie for a evening mile jog.

Thursday 08- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched at the heavybag for a spell, rode my bike, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to our Community Game Night. Kjtel brought her sister who is visiting from Montana. It’s the first time she played pool and ping pong! She didn’t want to try the darts, but we had her toss a few times.

I wrote a short story for Joan Fitzpatrick Freeman title "Behind the Wall of Flowers" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs editing 1172 words long... I might add a few more chapter sometime later in the future. I think it might turn out to be a kid's story...

Friday 09- I did my stretches.

I went to Yucca Valley for my physical and did some shopping for parts to fix my leaky kitchen drain.

Saturday 10- I did my stretches and jogged a mile and a half with Cassie.

I went to our community’s board meeting at noon to sit in and listen to them discuss for ten minutes about who is supposed to lead the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. Then they got down to other business until 1:30 when the meeting was adjourned. We had lunch. There was plenty of cookies and sandwiches to eat; I snuck some of it home with me. When all were stuffed and sedated we assemble together for our general meeting where we elect our new board members. There wasn’t anyone new wanting to run and those board members up for re-election decided  to keep their seats, so there wasn’t a need for the membership to vote. The board members for 2019 are: President: Kip Fjeld, Vice President: Stephanie Smith, 2nd Vice President: Mack Dodd, Treasurer: Mary Helen Tuttle, Secretary:  Sara Lee, Director at Large: Stephen Tuttle, Director at Large: Michel Cicero, Director at Large: Crystal Wysong.

Sunday 11- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, and ran a mile with Cassie.

Monday 12- I did my stretches, yoga,  core trainer, weight bench, punched at the heavybag for a spell, rode my bike, and jogged a mile and a half with Cassie.

I worked on the short stories some more; there’s something like 40 of them that folks submitted?

Tuesday 13- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I wrote a short story for Charles Lange title "Swan diving in Quicksand" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs editing 1247 words long.

Wednesday 14- I did my stretches.

I went to Twentynine Palms to get some plumbers putty and did some shopping.

I mailed off my property taxes.

I installed the sink which took about an hour once I found all the parts I misplaced.

I worked on the short stories.

Thursday 15- I did my stretches and jogged a mile and a half with Cassie.

Sink still drips but not as before. I tried to fix it and believe I cut one part too short and will pick up a new one next time I go to town.

Worked on a few things and replied to some emails that needed replying to.
I jogged a mile with Cassie, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for a short spell, and rode my bike two miles.

I went to Game Night at the community center.

Friday 16- I did my stretches, yoga, and jogged a mile and a half with my favorite jogging partner Cassie.

Me and Cassie walked over to Kjtel’s and Bodie’s house for dinner and a movie, “Outlaw King” I felt was an excellent movie.

I wrote a short story for Theresa Irene Salmon-Butler's title "A Banquet for the Dead" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs editing 1177 words long... Maybe another Copper Mountain Mesa book? :)
I have 36 titles to go

Saturday 17- I did my stretches, exercised with the dumbbells, and jogged a mile and a half with Cassie.

I wrote a short story for Marguerite Brunel's title "The Monopolist's Quandary" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 1604 words long.

I took Cassie for a mile evening jog.

Kjtel test me asking if me and Cassie wanna go for a walk with her and Bodie; I said yes.

Sunday 18- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched at the heavybag for a spell, and jogged a mile and a half with Cassie.

I wrote a short story for Gale Obler here's your title "Solar flare on a Dog Day Afternoon" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 1030 words long :)

I took Cassie for a mile evening jog.

Monday 19- I did my stretches, yoga, and took Cassie with me on a mile and a half.

Messed around the house some tossing away junk.

I took Cassie on a mile jog before I went off to Yucca Valley.

I went to Home Depot and Staters Bros to get some supplies., and then the CERT Meeting at 6pm to 8pm at the Sizzler where I received my County of San Bernardino fire badge for CERT.

Tuesday 20- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Mack came by for a short spell.

I did my laundry.

I took Cassie for an evening jog of mile and a half.

I wrote a short story for Jill Albrecht here's your title "Starburst" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 1134 words long.

Wednesday 21- I did my stretches, exercised with the dumbbells, and went for a mile and a half jog with my Cassie.

I wrote a short story for Kevin Foreman’s title "Truthful lies" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 1227 words long.

I went for an evening jog of a mile with Cassie.

Thursday 22- I did my stretches, yoga, and jogged a mile and a half with Cassie.

I finished Robin Close Hazelton's title "A whisper out at sea " While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write: a short poem that took my mind to other places.

I went to Bodie and Kjtel’s house with Cassie for Thanksgiving dinner and a movie... it was a mighty nice time.

Friday 23- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged a 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I finished Shanna Dyott's title "Lost love" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 691 words long.
I took Cassie for and evening jog of a mile.

I finished Steve Gardner's title "Wolf Meadow" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 679 words long

Saturday 24- I did my stretches, yoga, and went for a 1.5 mile jog with my Cassie.

I went for a mile evening jog with Cassie.

I went to potluck with a pot of rice. Just two days after eating Thanksgiving dinners the denizens of the desert gathered yet again to stuff themselves full at our community potluck; yes we do some serious eating out here where the pavement ends and life begins. Chris VanNortrick brought cookies and sliced ham. Jeff Dongvillo whipped up an apple-bean crockpot. Mack Dodd presented us with a sausage pasta. Dyan Carroll worked her butt off cooking up stir-fry, a banana split trifle, sweet potatoes, and them yummy scalloped potatoes I like so much. Elizabeth West set the table with chicken cheese enchiladas and an apple dump cake. And Yvonne Francis scooted in at the last moment with her vegetarian bean casserole and fruit salad. These folks are like family to me, some coming to our potluck for 20 years now. We will be having our potluck on the last Saturday of December at 4pm and everyone is welcome to participate. 

Sunday 25- I did my stretches and went for a 1.5 mile jog with my Cassie.

I was assembling the 80-Gallon Lifetime 60058 Compost Tumbler when I noticed that an important part was missing. Will call company up tomorrow to have them send me one out.

Monday 26- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

Called the composter company to send me out the missing part. No problem said Darlene we’ll send you the part and you’ll have it in three days.

I took Cassie for an evening jog of one mile.

Went to Monday Night Football at the community center.

Tuesday 27- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged a 1.5 miles with Cassie.

Worked around the house fixing this and that which was broken and needed fixing.

Took Cassie for a mile evening jog.

Cassie and I walked over to Kjtel and Bodie’s home to have dinner and a movie... a science fiction movie called “Titan” which had so many holes in it you could drain spaghetti in.

Wednesday 28- I did my stretches.... My body told me I needed a break from all the exercising.

At around 10:35 my dog Cassie (a Dalmatian) was barking loudly and I came outside to see this fire! By the time the fire department got there is was mostly burnt down. I rode my scooter over there an hour later and took some pics... it looks like it's a total loss. I knew the family well. Juanita Young and her daughter Sharon both passed away and Juanita’s grandsons, Sharon’s sons, inherited the property I believe.

I sent the photos to the Hi-Desert Star newspaper and they wrote up a story using my photo! Link: http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_85797934-f370-11e8-8c9a-ef1ebe3062c2.html?fbclid=IwAR0ocbjr25tqnFErCRXnV1xlAidLRXrCeo4A-mZ4-LwPwb12cBAZO8q1yoc

Thursday 29- I did my stretches. Too windy and cold to do my exercises and jog outside.

FEDEX came with the the missing part to the composter.

I finished Nancy Schow's title "The Desert’s Whisper" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 709 words long.

Friday 30- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I messed around with computers today... loaded Win XP on an old Dell Mini 9.

Kjtel and Bodie came over for some tea and then a walk.

******************** November 2018 Poems *****************

It's the mice who like to linger and guest who overstay, when you want your peace and quiet you wish they’d go away...
~RD

So deep the sea, so lost was he, drowned out among humanity’s bellowing banter. Be done with the land, he sets sail, to find the peace he seeks so far from shore. With foods and water to continue his quest, a journey to put a thousand souls to rest. The allure of land shall be no more, forever roaming, forever searching, to set his spirit free, he has now become what he always wanted, a whisper out at sea.
~RD

Sometimes I forget how blessed I really am until someone reminds me...
~RD

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October 2018

October 2018

Monday 01- Cloudy 86° | 72°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Tuesday 02- Cloudy 88° | 69°

I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, punched the heavybag, and jogged over a mile with Cassie.

Wednesday 03- Thunderstorms 86° | 64°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Thursday 04- Clear 82° | 61°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I swept the whole house, I did multiple loads of laundry and hung them all out to dry along with my bedding; I am pooped.

Family Game Night Julia 

Friday 05- Clear 82° | 63°
I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to Twentynine to get supplies.

Saturday 06- Clear 84° | 62°
I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Sunday 07- Clear 77° | 60°
I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Monday 08- Clear 78° | 60°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to Monday Night Football at the community center.

Tuesday 09- Clear 82° | 54°

I did my stretches. 

I went into town to get supplies and stopped off to get a flu shot.

Wednesday 10- Clear 81° | 53°

Feeling sick

Thursday 11- Thunderstorms 102° | 71°

Sick in bed working on editing book

Friday 12- Thunderstorms... rain in the evening into Saturday... 

Sick in bed working on editing book

Saturday 13- Thunderstorms... lots of rain.

Sick in bed working on editing book

Sunday 14- Clear 75° | 54°

Sick in bed working on editing book

Monday 15- Clear 66° | 50°

Feeling better went to CERT meeting but had to leave early due to itch in throat caused me to start coughing. I guess I wasn’t as well as I thought.

Tuesday 16 through Thursday 18

Stayed in bed working on editing book... finished the 3rd edit of the whole dang book.

Finished Chapter 35 in the history book- about overseas colonization and competition for empire.

Friday 19- Clear 79° | 59°

Feeling much better. I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie. I don’t think I should have done the jogging quite yet because I felt the cold get worse.

Trying to get myself back on track and centered.

Finished Chapter 36 in the history book- about society, faith, and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Practiced playing my guitar.

Saturday 20- Cloudy 82° | 55°

I did my stretches, and took Cassie for a walk.

Finished Chapter 37 in the history book- about the scientific revolution.

Listened to Astronomy Cast: Episode 499- The International Astronomical Union on naming. 

Sunday 21- Clear 82° | 60°

I did my stretches and exercised with the dumbbells, and took Cassie for a walk.

Finished Chapter 38 in the history book- about the enlightenment. 

Listened to Astronomy Cast: Episode 500- first half of episode talk about the history of astronomy.

Monday 22- Clear 82° | 60°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit on the heavybag for a few minutes, and took Cassie for a walk.

Finished Chapter 39 in the history book- about the American Revolution.

Listened to Astronomy Cast: Episode 500- second half of episode talk about the future of astronomy.

Tuesday 23- Clear 82° | 62°

I did my stretches, yoga, and took Cassie for a walk.

Finished Chapter 40 in the history book- about the French Revolution.

Listened to Astronomy Cast: Episode 501- water worlds..

Wednesday 24- Clear 84° | 61°

I did my stretches.

I spent most of the day cleaning the patio and getting everything ready for winter.

Thursday 25- Clear 86° | 57°

I did my stretches.

I did my laundry.

Finished Chapter 41 in the history book- about the Napoleonic era from 1799 to 1815.

Friday 26- Clear 87° | 59°

I did my stretches, worked out on the core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and took Cassie for a mile jog.

I sat down and went over the voting material... voted what and who I felt like voting for or against and will mail it out soon. 

Finished Chapter 42 in the history book- about restoration and reaction from 1815 to 1830

Started drawing where I left off years ago in my anatomy coloring book: organization of the body cell division/mitosis (and I thought mitosis was bad breath). Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase. Watched some videos about mitosis at the Khan academy. 

Saturday 27- Clear 87° | 57°

I did my stretches and took Cassie out for a walk.

Finished Chapter 43 in the history book- about liberalism and revolution 1830-1850.

I cooked up some rice, picked up Stevie Villarreal and Chris, then headed on down to our community’s potluck. Stevie been living up in these parts for fifty some years, raised some kids and I believe it’s her first potluck. Our potluck has been going on more than twenty years now and it’s about time Stevie came for some of our outstanding grub. Speaking of which, I didn’t get the list of what the good desert folks brought and I’ll have to do it from memory... unfortunately I misplaced that to, but here it goes: Dyan Carroll cooked up some luscious lasagna, beets and apple crisps. Chris served a chili casserole and cookies. Yvonne’s yummy jello and cherry tarts hit the spot. Mack tossed a salad. Kip Fjeld whipped up some guacamole and chips. Jeff brought something that totally escapes me. Stevie came by with peach crisps. There was cupcakes, cookies, fruits, vegetables, and assorted other foods on the table that I can’t account for, but thanks to someone they were there waiting to be devoured by us denizens of the desert.

I drew in my anatomy coloring book: organization of the body tissues/epithelium- Four types: squamous, cuboidal, columnar, and pseudostratified columnar with cilia & goblet cells. Watched some videos about epithelium cells at the Khan academy. 

I finally found the time to visit my friend Ami Ven’s blog where she writes stories I’ve been reading of hers for many years.

I practiced my guitar.

Sunday 28- Cloudy 84° | 55°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Worked in the yard a bit.

Finished Chapter 44 and 45 in the history book- about liberalism and revolution 1830-1850/ romanticism in philosophy, literature, and the arts.

I drew in my anatomy coloring book: part one... organization of the body tissues/ Connective Tissue- areolar, adipose, dense regular fibrous tissue, dense irregular fibrous tissue. Watched some videos trying to understand all this.

Monday 29- Cloudy 81° | 59°

I did my stretches, exercised with the dumbbells, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I cleaned up the front of the house moving 5 sheets of plywood to the back and tossing away a bunch of garbage; it doesn’t look like my house anymore... I wonder if my friends can find it now.

Finished Chapter 46 in the history book about- nationalism and the nation-state, 1860-1871.

I mailed in my ballot on my way to watch Monday Night Football at our community center and met some new people: Kay and Sherry who live in a red house on Mars.

I drew in my anatomy coloring book: part two... organization of the body tissues/ Connective Tissue- elastic, reticular. Supporting tissue cartilage: hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage. 

I practiced playing my guitar.

Tuesday 30- Clear 75° | 57°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Finished Chapter 47 in the history book about- democracy, expansion, civil war, and reform in the United States, 1800-1920.

I took Cassie for an evening jog for a mile or so.

I practiced playing my guitar.

Wednesday 31- Cloudy 71° | 54°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to LabCorp to have a blood test... kinda fitting for Halloween ya think... 

Did some shopping at Stater Bros and WalMart... got gas and drove home.

Finished Chapter 47 in the history book about- politics in the age of progress, 1871-1914.

I got up enough nerve to get dressed and drive over to the Halloween Party over at our community’s old firehouse. The music was very loud, and my ears are still ring as I type this. There were bunches of young folks there dress up in all kinds of costumes. There was lots of dancing on the floor, flashing lights, and black lights glowing a kaleidoscope of many colors. Everyone was in good spirits and there wasn’t any trouble… I also behaved. It was so nice to see our center being used for people having a good time.

****************** October 2018 Poems *******************

I see moments of time sweep past me like raindrops carried away by windshield wipers on a dark rainy day: the water is gone but the windshield is still there...
~RD

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September 2018

September 2018

Saturday 01- Clear 99° | 71°
I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

Sunday 02- Clear 96° | 73°

I did my stretches, yoga, and went for a mile jog with Cassie.
I got the very bad news this evening that my dear friend Judy Jackson had passed away on Saturday at 4:30PM. I had talked to my friend Saturday evening about Judy and her hedgehog about the same time. I thought this kinda interesting how these things happen. My friend brought up the subject about these little monkeys being pets. I said I doubt you could bring them into California being it is illegal and how I believe my friend Judy had to travel outside of California to get her hedgehog. I will dearly miss my free spirited Friend Judy and wrote a poem for her.

Monday 03- Clear 95° | 76°

I did my stretches...

Tuesday 04- Clear 96° | 73°

I did my stretches, worked out the the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, and went for a mile jog. 

I went to the Star Pharmacy in JT to get my prescription fill and then went to WalMart to get a few supplies like dog food.

Me and Cassie went to Kjtel’s house to watch a two part series about Mark Twain. 

Wednesday 05- Clear 99° | 70°

I did my stretches, yoga, and jogged a mile.

Worked around the house cleaning up some stuff.

Kjtel came by with Bodie and we all went for a nice walk.

Thursday 06- Clear 100° | 68°

I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised on the weight bench, pounded on the heavybag for a spell, and went for a mile jog.

I wait for two deliveries that came later in the day. One was a new iPad 6 with pen, and the other was a Secura 9100MC 1800W Portable Induction Cooktop Countertop Burner.

I found mouse dropping in my house, so there’s a mouse in the house, bummer. I am borrowing my trailer guest’s two cats for a while to catch the little bandit.

Friday 07- Clear 104° | 78°

I did my stretches and went for a mile jog.

I tested out the induction stove and it didn’t work with my square-wave inverter, just to make sure it wasn’t a bad unit I connected it to my generator and it worked really good! I will have to get a sine-wave inverter now because I want to run everything off of solar electric. Prices have come down on those pure sine-wave inverter and the high price is one reason I never bought one before until now.

I played my guitar for a spell... I need to keep this up.

Saturday 08- Clear 107° | 78°

I did my stretches. Not feeling well. I think my allergies are flaring up and my right knee hurts.

Cleaned out the pool of dead insects that seem to commit mass suicide there lately. 

Sunday 09- Clear 105° | 72°
I did my stretches, but still not feeling well.

I worked on my book getting a few chapters edited.

Called up Bonnie and Larry to wish them a happy anniversary.

Monday 10- Clear 102° | 72°
Still not feeling well and now my knee hurts, but I did my stretches.

 We're having Monday Night Football at our community center. All are welcome to come. This Monday there will be 2 games being played otherwise we start at 5pm for the rest of the season. There will be hotdogs, chips & Dips, popcorn... bring whatever snacks you want to share. We have a pool room setup with a pinball machine, new pool sticks, and a very nice dartboard with a wall full of holes behind.

Tuesday 11- Clear 100° | 70°

I feel about the same as I did yesterday. I did my stretches.

I think I’ll have to layoff jogging for a short spell until my knee feels better.

I called my brother Kevin to wish him a happy birthday.

Wednesday 12- Clear 100° | 73°
I did my stretches, core trainer, worked out on the weight bench, and punched the heavybag for a spell.

Thursday 13- Clear 98° | 64°
I did my stretches.

Game Night!

Friday 14- Clear 102° | 71°
I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 LBS dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag and went for a short jog and walk with Cassie.

Saturday 15- Clear 100° | 66°
I did my stretches.

Sunday 16- Clear 100° | 73°
I did my stretches.

Monday 17- Clear 100° | 69°
I did my stretches and took Cassie for a morning walk.

LabCorp WalMart haircut gas Stater Bros Subway CERT Meeting

Tuesday 18- Clear 98° | 66°

I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the 10 and 20 LBS dumbbells and on the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged half a mile and walked the other half with Cassie.

Wednesday 19- Clear 97° | 66°

I did my stretches and went for a walk with Cassie.

I finished chapter 34 in the history book. 

Thursday 20- Clear 95 | 70°

I did my stretches.

I went to the community’s Family Game Night.

Friday 21- Clear 99 | 70°

I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised on the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile.

I did my laundry.

Saturday 22- Clear 98° | 70°

I did my stretches.

Sunday 23- Mostly sunny 99° | 73°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

It’s Cassie’s Birthday... she is five years old today. She is my little princess <3 span="">

I took Cassie on her leash with me for a bike ride. Halfway into our ride she decided to go chase after a rabbit and I went the other way tumbling to the ground hard almost knocking the wind out of me. I scraped my right forearm, banged up my knee, and pulled a few muscles. I’ll probably be taking a rest for awhile before doing any exercises.

Monday 24 through Wednesday 26 

Down for the count and resting after yesterday’s fall.

Thursday 27- Clear 100° | 68°

I did my stretches and walked Cassie.

I went to Thursday Family Night at our community center. We sat around jawing and watching the football game... I didn’t know the Ram came back to LA!

Friday 28- Clear 99° | 70°

I did my stretches.

I went to Staters in Twentynine to get some supplies because I was running mighty low on them.

Saturday 29- Clear 93° | 75°

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a walk.

I went to potluck last Saturday. It was Chris’s birthday and we sang the Happy BirthDay song to her. I was handed a list at the end of potluck that was five pages long packed full of the most wonderfully delicious foods made by the most precious folks I know, so I’ll just narrow it down for ya: Chris baked cornbread and spicy meatballs, John Jacobsen squeezed some squash, Mack stirred some stir fry, Jeff slow cooked a sausage, Charles Lange and Cal Mayers brought their appetites and money, Yvonne Frances simmered almond green beans, Jennifer Decker shake up some snack mix, Dyan Carroll out did herself with Banana Split truffle- Kailua pork- corny macaroni- peach crisp- cauliflower with cheese, and snuck a banana bread loaf into my take home bag. Now that’s a thoughtful yummy surprise when I arrived home!

Sunday 30- Thunderstorms 93 | 73°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie. I am feeling much better after the fall that knocked me out of commision for a week.

I hooked up the new sinewave inverter to see if it would power the Secura Portable Induction Cooktop Countertop Burner I bought earlier this month. It worked and I made my first cup of coffee on it. I disconnected the inverter and hooked the old one back up because I want to put in a fuse and a shutoff switch on it.

******************* September’s Poems ****************************

The heavens opened up
Tears of loss fell
A friend has rose
Beyond the veil
Beyond the reach of you and me
To be forever happy
In our memories
~RD

I believe we project our inner thoughts, cognitive and subliminal, with what we perceive is the norm according to our social beliefs and cultural upbringing upon the animate and inanimate: where some see a desert as a wasteland, others see a magnificent wilderness abundant with life. Where one sees an impoverished wretched individual, another sees a beautiful soul. We must become the gatekeeper of our thoughts: we are what we think we are and what we perceive others to be.
~RD

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August 2018

August 2018

Most days in August I have spent editing on my book. I walk my Cassie everyday sometimes more... the fires in in the nearby hills....  I have neglected whole bunches of stuff... like this blog of mine.

Wednesday 01- mostly cloudy 108° | 86°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile. The pollutants in the air from the Idyllwild fire is making it hard to breathe. I think I’ll stop the heavy exercises until the air clears. 

I laid in the pool too long and got sunburned.

I fixed a few things around the house.

I went for an evening walk with Cassie, Kjtel, and Bodie her dog. We sat in her yard to watch a magnificent sunset I posted on FaceBook.

Thursday 02- lightning and thunder but little rain. 

I did my stretches.

My MacBook Air’s battery died or won’t charge... bummer, but as long as I leave it connected to AC it still runs. I’m going to look at getting a new battery for it.

Thursday's Game Night! Card games, chess, and I played 4 rounds of pool; we have new pool cues that are straight and true.

Friday 03- Clear 108° | 84°

I did my stretches.

Me and Cassie went over to Kjtel’s to watch the sunset and also watch episode 6 of New York a Documentary. 

I ordered a new battery for my MacBook Air and should arrive on the 8th

Saturday 04- Clear 109° | 84°

I did my stretches. Just too dang hot and still the particulates from the fire in Idyllwild permeate the air for the last week and a half making it hard to do my jogs and weights. 

Sunday 05- Clear 108° | 82°

I did my stretches and exercised inside with the 20lbs dumbbells.

Monday 06- Clear 109° | 77°

I did my stretches.

I gave Linda Harter a ride down to WalMart to get a battery for her turck and then I replaced it for her when we arrived at her house.

Tuesday 07- Clear 109° | 82°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile.

Wednesday 08- mostly cloudy 105° | 82°

My Birthday!

I did my stretches and jogged a mile.

Was on FaceBook thanking all the nice friends who posted Happy Birthday to me.

The battery replacement for my MacBook Air was delivered and I took the old one out and put the new one in... no problem. Had it up and running in 20 minutes.

My guest who is staying in my guest trailer took me out to Applebees for my birthday... we got stuffed! I was embarrassed by the waitress and busboys singing Happy Happy Happy Birthday! 

My childhood friend Larry Carlock called to wish me a happy birthday and we yammer on about the crazy things we did when we were young. 20 minutes into the call I smelled heavy smoke. We finished the call an hour later and I went outside to see a heavy layer of ash and smoke from the Holy Fire inundating our area here.

Thursday 09- cloudy 100° | 84°

I did my stretches.

I went to game night at the community center... only three of us showed up.

Friday 10- Thunderstorms 102° | 71°

I did my stretches.

I replaced the hard drive in my 2010 MacBook with a 128GB SSD drive after backing it all up and copying the OS and other files to the SSD.

Saturday 11- Cloudy 104° | 82°

I did my stretches.

I messed around with my computers today and did some extensive rewriting and editing of my book.

Sunday 12- Clear 104° | 82°

I did my stretches.

I drove down to Yucca Valley to do some shopping before I was to be at Space Cowboy Books for the poetry reading. I read two poems and I totally flobbed it up... I need to work on my delivery. Still I had a great time with the wonderful poets there.

Monday 13- Thunderstorms 105° | 79°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile.

Tuesday 14- Clear 105° | 79°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile.

Wednesday 15- Thunderstorms 102° | 80°

I did my stretches.

I drove my Chevy Spark down to Palm Springs (some 60 miles away) to get its 6 month service checkup. 

Thursday 16- Thunderstorms! it rained... more like a cloudburst. not too many did... it seemed to let loose in this one little area...

When I first saw the rain it was a white out and I ran to fetch the camera but by that time it had slowed up quite a bit...

I did my stretches.

I drove my truck instead of my car over to the community center for game night because I wasn’t sure if the roads were flooded or not. It seems that the only place that got any rain in our area was where my house is.

Friday 17- Clear 100° | 81°

I did my stretches, core trainer, and went for a mile jog.

Saturday 18- Clear 105° | 82°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile.

Me and Cassie walked over to Kjtel’s to watch another episode of the documentary about New York. She made a big salad for us to eat.

Sunday 19- Clear 109° | 84°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile.

Monday 20- Clear 106° | 84°

I did my stretches.

I went to our local CERT meeting at the Sizzler in Yucca Valley tonight. We received our certificate for completing The Standard Emergency Management Course... The Boy Scouts received their CERT Certificates.

Tuesday 21- Clear 105° | 82°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile.

Wednesday 22- Clear 102° | 81°

I did my stretches.

I went down to the San Bernardino county building in Joshua Tree to get my fingerprints taken for my county CERT badge.

Thursday 23- Clear 102° | 75°

I did my stretches and jogged over a mile.

Friday 24- Clear 102° | 72°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile.

Saturday 25- Clear 100° | 73°

I did my stretches, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile.

Saturday’s potluck was a 26 mile marathon of yummy delicious culinary delights. Substituting for Dyan was her Sister Elizabeth West jogging up with sticky chicken wings, a green bean casserole, and lemon custard pudding. Jeff narrowly missed the race with a carrot deluxe casserole. John Jacobsen made it to the 15 mile mark with his mac&cheese, followed closely by Mack with his tasty sausage pasta. Chris came bounding towards the finish line with her BQ beans, veggie stew and egg casserole. But it was Yvonne Frances who broke the ribbon crossing the finish line carrying her Zucchini with cheese Supreme Casserole. We all had a fun and wonderful time like we always do yammering and gulping down vast amounts of grub. 

Sunday 26- Clear 102° | 75°

I did my stretches, yoga, exercised with 10 and 20 lbs dumbbells, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile.

Monday 27- Clear 102° | 73°

I did my stretches, yoga, and jogged a little over a little over a mile.

Tuesday 28- Clear 98° | 68°

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile.

Wednesday 29- Clear 100° | 73°

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie... it’s cooling down enough now to take Cassie with me on my morning jogs.

Thursday 30- Clear 102° | 71°

I did my stretches, yoga, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I waited for UPS to deliver my new solar panels, the big brown truck came around 2-2:30. I checked all the panels for breakage and voltage... everything was fine.

Friday 31- Clear 102° | 73°

I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I had a nice drive out to the far side of Landers to take photos of her property so she can put it up for sale.

**************** Stuff I wrote this month ****************

You are the Basketball and Life is the Hoop... Take careful aim and Swish through it  ;) 

~RD

Ships that sail out through the night beyond the starry skies, 

unbeknownst what treasures lie, fate thy sorrows cries.

Hold fast and hard ye weary sailormen, hold tight against the storm,

your life depends on skill and chance, to reach thy limits bourn.

To hell with all ye hipicates, be done for evermore.

Be done with all the pettiness, start your journey’s quest

To sail and breathe in the lust for life, to be one with the sea

But beware thy sullen handmaiden gathering threads of time, temptations beyond our sated breath, will bring you down with scorn.

So cast your lines, be free my friend, be free to sail upon the seas

Life be quick, beyond your grasp, in the flowing tides of time.

~RD

I can hear an orchestra from words written like notes on a staff... I see melodies of color vibrate from mouths of poets... the whole universe lit with flames pirouetting through a bright forest of verse and song.

~RD

Doubt, will eventually haunt you

Hate, will track you down

Bigotry, comes a knockin

Conceit, is at the door

Jealousy, seeps up from within

Greed, is all encompassing

Deceit, follows you around

Turn your mind away these vile emotions 

Be done with those who seek worshipers to manipulate

Begin a new paradigm

Create a better you

Learn to love yourself and others

Live in the moment and be at peace my friend

The past belongs only to those who want to live there

The future belongs to those who plan

~RD

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