It is easy to see why September is named "Disaster Preparedness Month". I never really thought of it that way preferring to think of September in much more glowing terms.
But the news says differently and constantly. Almost every news hour contains a high percentage of storm and fire coverage. The only bright side to that is the fact that we see less of "other" news but even that has hints of "ides" to it as well.
I do have to say though that right now -- finally -- our weather here in Healdsburg is pleasant in terms of the temperature. It is in the low 80s to high 70s recently and that is pleasing. We do not need the a/c on for a change.
One more week of summer and then the "fall" (certainly not good to mention fall to seniors). But what few leaves that we have will start to land on the deck soon and in the gutters.
What is on our nightstand these days -- well, Bob Woodward's new book is in our iPad in "Audible" on the nightstand.
We started listening as soon as the book was released (on the 17th anniversary of 9/11).
The first several chapters are so far about the pre-election happenings and doings.
A lot of that information has been shared over and over before now and what I really look forward to hearing about is what Woodward's premise is for the book -- i.e. "what's going on behind the scenes in today's White House.
Of course, the book is being touted as "fake" and all that, but let us make our own decisions and reactions. So far we haven't heard anything new -- but, maybe soon.
To take our mind's off the news events, we turn to work on our current puzzle "Napa Valley Wine Train" and stuff. It is truly the most difficult puzzle that we have worked on -- and both of us have threatened to quit more than once.
But we are sticking with it and are about 70% finished. What makes this puzzle so difficult is that almost every piece is a variation of the same shape and it allows for individual pieces to be placed wrongly and appear to be correctly placed . . .
This puzzle has taken us longer than any other one in recent times. We will have a true sense of accomplishment when and if we finish.
Still looking into the "old newspapers": look at how at least one model of the Chevrolet has evolved both in appearance and price in 80 some years.
The ad for a 1933 or 1934 Chevy was $445 back in 1933. It is hard to believe that for that amount of money you got a full car with all the features of the day.
With the 2018 version of one model of the Chevy Camaro, there is a price tag that is almost 140 times the 1933 price. Granted there are other versions of the Camaro that are not as expensive -- only about 50 times as expensive ($25,000) as the 1933 model . . .
Then again, if we located a fully-restored 1934 Chevy -- what would that sell for today?
That's a bit of our week, hope to see you all "in a few"! 👨👩
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