Thanks to all who wrote. We’ve had some setbacks recently that kept me from posting.

First, Walt Schaeffer, The King, my longtime webmaster, shot himself. Apparently, he suffered from a depression pretty deep, going back to his childhood. The financial turmoil saw him losing some possessions, as well as the foreclosure on his house. I guess the strain was so great, he decided that life just wasn’t worth it anymore. I am still numb about it, and I will talk more about it when I can.

Second, this drought is causing some serious water stress here, and just when I needed my wells the most, one of my deepest wells saw the pipes break and collapse back into the well. We were replacing an old pump with a new one, and I couldn’t grab the pipes in time. We are trying to fish them out, but it’s tedious, sweaty work. Swear words and whiskey were made for something like this . Shit!

Third, my new webmaster turned out to be poorly attuned to actually doing quality work, and as you can see, rearranged my blog, it’s a mess. I will have to fix it up when I can. I am in the market for someone who actually knows how to spell the word “computer”.

Wish me luck gang. Rick