The last week of Santa Anna winds have certainly taken their toll on Southern California. Songs will be written to eulogize the unimaginable fires and devastation in LA. And while we have been, heretofore, saved from smoke and fire, the single digit humidity that we have had has just about sucked the moisture out of everything, including my nose. Of note is that we haven't had measurable rain for almost 10 months now, and just to keep our lovely garden from turning all brown, we are risking an almost certain double or triple frowny face on our next water bill. And the worst is yet to come. Homeowners and auto insurance rates are going to go way up. Many current policies will not be renewed and many will be lucky to get any kind of insurance at all. Can't wait to see what Governor Newsom will have to say about all that. We already heard what Trump has to say.
Sad that it takes another catastrophe to make us once again realize that what happened in LA could happen most anywhere and if you are not prepared... it will certainly suck.
Terry Ernest - January 14, 2025
January 1, 2025
Picture it! San Diego, first day of the new year. We survived all the local New Year's Eve fireworks and yahoos shooting their guns in the air (we hope it was in the air) until the wee hours of this morning. Andrew is down with a bug of some kind and I am doing my darnedest not to catch it. While we may be off to a slow start, 2025 will be a stellar year. It's bright and sunny this morning, 60 degrees and there is a threat of smoked turkey in our immediate future.
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Terry Ernest - January 1, 2025
Andrew and I are working on our 24th year together and despite the world order, or dis-order, we will do whatever we can to make it another great year. As always, our New Year wishes extend to all of our friends and family. We love them, support them and respect their right to make what they will with their own lives.
There is a lot of chatter all over the world heralding every conceivable speculation as to how our world will change under the Trump/Musk administration. As for me, with Trump in the center seat, and Musk's money running the show, 2025 will be a crapshoot. I do have faith that there are sufficient watchdogs to ensure some degree of moral parity between the faithful and the faithless. And that we will be spared from the fires of nuclear incineration. Short of that, all bets are off regarding American prosperity. While it's not quite the time to bury our treasures in the back yard the thought has crossed our minds... which we will keep open and flexible for as long as we can. We expect 2025 is going to be a bumpy ride. But then...bumpy rides can be fun too!
The notion of making and keeping New Year's Resolutions isn't completely moronical. One must have some goals else stagnate in the status quo. Some can endure that way, most cannot. Hence the creation of things we 'resolve' to do. And like I do every year, here is my list of things I will strive to achieve in 2025.
Terry Ernest - December 31, 2024
