Summer’s Bestest and the Restless

“Make haste while ye may. They are still zoned out from The Day of the Pop-pops. Amazon is under favorites and the charge cards are on the table…” (Image: © ALL rights reserved)

Mid-week holidays basically destroys an entire week’s productivity. The human brain loves any excuse to drift off.

Small children and animals waste no time exploiting adults’ bleariness and lackadaisical condition. (That bear opening the fridge, for example.)

Natural balance and brain order resets next Monday with a routine week.

Not routine:  Big earthquake in Montana along the axis of the Intermountain Seismic Belt

Best tweet coming out afterwards by Sean Ryan of Butte, “Now that everyone in Montana is awake from that earthquake … you guys want to play Monopoly or something?”

• In Glacier National Park, Better stirred, not shaken, James.
• Independence Record “5.8 magnitude earthquake rattles Helena area.”
• Yellowstone National Park, a bit over 200 miles away, sits over a supervolcano that could wipe out a good bit of the U.S. if it erupted. Should we worry?
• Should scientists reconsider how they think about mid-continent earthquakes? Some experts say they should be looking at these faults and quakes like Whack-a-mole: never in the same place twice.

Not routine:  2 weeks ago there was only a 1 foot dirt circle around the tree. Last year this hyper-vine topped the pine tree and had to be hacked into submission each week. Note the aggressive tendrils sticking out threateningly. Residents are requesting a caution sign…If a small child wanders too close…We will know where to start looking when the Amber Alert is issued. ©

Desperately hoping this doesn’t become routine: Prime time news anchors doing arts and crafts on the air.

• Seriously? Yep, Big time city news: how to wrap a toilet paper roll in construction paper, add a balloon, and confetti to make “safe fun kid-safe firecracker”. Maybe we accidentally turned on Sesame Street by accident. No? Oh.
• Not a mention of the dire chaos in Venezuela (Zuckerberg are you paying attention to that?) or the 11,155 people murdered in 5 months in Mexico. Not a whisper of the North China sea island controversy.
• Lots of time for giggles over artsy project. Lovely.

What goes up routinely comes down. What if it’s not the guns people are actually attracted to, but the loud noises those make? Save lives: Toss them fireworks instead..and a designated spot to use them. 

• “Celebratory gunfire”.…””It’s bad judgment, a lot of alcohol, probably a mixture of the both,” Deputy Tom Gilliland said.”
• Close call with celebratory Fourth of July gunfire.

Loud noises and wacky behavior seem routine for smoldering July.

Naps. I suggest naps for all until things shake out.

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge

Plum craziness fits right now. (And, yes, I want one.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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