August 7 is the 219th day of the year. There are 146 days left.

Today's number is 7

7 is a prime (the 4th prime)

Quite a busy day, it seems

World History

Sit-a-while
on swinging porch
where tin-dippers and
sweet water
in cool touches
meet lips
from hand dug wells.

Good morning good people!

Good evening all, and to all a good night.

Sometimes the idea of resilience, the ability to bounce back from a set-back, disaster or hardship becomes confused with survivalist or the current phrase a prepper. There seem to be a number of people who are looking in anticipation for the next disaster so to experience hardship, heroically push through and show their ability to survive despite the odds.

The current disaster of the week in my area is the eclipse. I had to do a little commuting this week and listened to the radio while driving. I am definitely unprepared for the roads to be in grid-lock, perhaps no emergency services or the road to the fast food joint jammed.

Something/Someone Old

A cabinet I'm thinking of buying on craigslist is my Something Old today. One hundred bucks is actually a reasonable price for an old piece of furniture in good condition made out of solid wood: