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“August up ahead. Sure. But the way things are going, there’ll be no machines, no friends, and darn few dandelions for the last harvest.” \u2013 Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is the last day of July.\u00a0 So, tomorrow is the first official day of winter in Dunwich.\u00a0 I know that seems odd but it\u2019s true.\u00a0 July is the only truly bulletproof month of the year.\u00a0 By the end of August weird freaky cold spells can happen and June is certainly no proof against frost.\u00a0 Also, it\u2019s only in July that heat can blast all the cold out of old bones and a soul and convince you that there is still some kernel of boy left in an old man.<\/p>\n

Of course, I\u2019m ignoring the multitude of annoying problems of summer.\u00a0 Mosquitoes, poison ivy, wearing hats and sunscreen, stifling houses, watering plants, cutting grass, etc. etc. etc.\u00a0 But all of that pales into insignificance when you sit on a porch and listen to the crickets chirp and watch the fireflies flash.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re gathering with friends and family, it\u2019s especially nice.\u00a0 The long, long days of July have enough time for all the fun (and the chores) that go along with summer.\u00a0 By definition the Fourth of July cookout is the cornerstone of the month but there is room for a bunch of barbecues and parties.\u00a0 This year we lured the grandkids over a bunch of times to swim in the pool.\u00a0 And that of course means taking care of the pool which is a royal pain but the reward ratio is still plenty high to make up for it.<\/p>\n

Well today is the end.\u00a0 August is a summing up.\u00a0 It\u2019s rushing in whatever is left to do and making sure to start getting ready for what comes next.\u00a0 For the kids that\u2019s school and fall.\u00a0 For adults it\u2019s beginning to put away all the summer stuff and prepare the winter equipment.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m going to enjoy today for sure.<\/p>\n

Yesterday was a family get together.\u00a0 A younger nephew had a birthday party and my kids and grandkids showed up with other of my siblings and their kids.\u00a0 Over pizza for the kids and some very good Italian appetizers we talked about this and that.<\/p>\n

I had an interesting discussion about a report I read about how faked biomedical research on Alzheimer\u2019s disease has set back the course of finding a cure at least fifteen years.\u00a0 The feedback was that fake research and shoddy peer review is now endemic and that science is thoroughly infected with quackery.\u00a0 This jibes with the growing pseudoscience of climate change and all the nonsense that gets reported as research in the social sciences and psychology.<\/p>\n

And maybe we\u2019re kidding ourselves and it\u2019s always been like this.\u00a0 But it does seem to me that the public has reached a point where gullibility is dangerously high.\u00a0 The COVID madness proved that supposed adults will do anything they\u2019re told if it\u2019s wrapped in a government program.<\/p>\n

But for me it\u2019s just one more reminder that we\u2019re not \u201call in this together.\u201d\u00a0 Critical thinking and maintaining options may save your life and definitely will save you a lot of grief and money.\u00a0 The Left has clearly shown us what they intend to do.\u00a0 They\u2019re looking to make us serfs.\u00a0 It behooves us to work with whatever resources and allies we have to make that as hard as possible.<\/p>\n

Well, anyway, enjoy July Thirty First.<\/p>\n

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And then, quite suddenly, summer was over.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He knew it first when walking downtown.\u00a0 Tom grabbed his arm and pointed gasping, at the dime-store window.\u00a0 They stood there unable to move because of the things from another world displayed so neatly, so innocently, so frighteningly, there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPencils, Doug, ten thousand pencils!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOh, my gosh! ” \u2013 Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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