We have just experienced the few really cold days we have in an Arizona winter – cold enough to leave ice on the windshield and frost on the lawn. The bougainvillea froze but will grow to be vital and beautiful again after we trim it down in a few weeks. A few bushes froze but we had intended to replace them so that’s o.k.
On the first of the coldest days, we had no heat. The heating system for the house would not make it through the night. The fan would blow cold air but the heat would not come on. I learned that if I turned it off and then back on, it would heat for a while and may or may not go off again. The first day the repairman came, he said we needed to clean the filter – cleaning the filter would take care of the problem. Wrong. We had them back – this time a different repair man came. He made two trips out for parts and that repair didn’t work. He had to order a new board and would come back as soon as he had it. Two days later he returned to install the new board. That night was colder than ever.The fan wasn’t even blowing cold air. It was dead and it was cold. [Read more...]
Yesterday was “Super Tuesday” – the largest primary election day in U.S. History and it had a record breaking turnout. At my own polling place, the line was long and slow and the poll workers weren’t prepared for the number of people coming through.
This morning I was thinking about an old acquaintance. I recently heard from him after several years of no communication and nothing has changed. His conversation was the same as it was when we first met years ago.It centered around not enough money, not enough time, and not enough good opportunities. His major operating words were “I” and “Me.” His pity party started years ago and is still going. My impression: he’s alive but he really isn’t living.
