Dreaming

Life goes on. Another day has arrived and I need to do something about backing up this computer. I need to take the time to do it and do it soon. Or do I like living on the edge?

Time is flying, it’s already the middle of March…officially it’s still winter though you wouldn’t know it around here. I think it got up to 78 or 80 yesterday and I wore my shorts for the first time this year. I love it! And the trees and flowers are getting ahead of themselves once more, with blossoms everywhere. This brings up the subject of the ‘missing’ bees.

The local newspaper has had more than a few articles on the subject of bees as they are so important to the local economy. Almonds don’t appear on the trees without the bees working on pollinating. There are hives everywhere this time of year. And apparently not all of the hives are thriving; with reports that some 30 to 60 percent of the bees are missing. Since we are surrounded by commercial orchards, I’ve never had to worry about bees doing their work among my own trees but it looks like I may have a problem this year.

Unlike the bees, there doesn’t appear to be any shortage of politicians running for president these days. Scary! And we should all promise to keep a diary of what each one says. It’s just a matter of using cut and paste and a simple Word document. Then, when the rhetoric becomes heated sometime next year, you can reference their words from 2007 and compare them to what they are proclaiming in 2008. From what I’ve read so far, Romney has already begun to dance around everything he said back in the 90’s. There’s nothing wrong at all with changing your mind; I wish bush had done it a few times…but there’s definitely something wrong with denying a previous position just because it doesn’t fit within the current and trendy political views.

And there’s this news as well…

Gonzales Should Quit, Senator Says

By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ

“The call by Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, came as the Justice Department faced criticism over the ouster of eight United States attorneys.”

Wouldn’t that be great! And it would be even better if his boss would quit… OK, I’m dreaming.