PORCH PONDERINGS

RIDE

Roundup is gearing up for a big RIDE - Roundup Independence Day Extravaganza. So this party lasts from July 3 to July 7. This year there are 2 parades, 2 concerts, a kid's carnival for several days, 2 rodeo events, lots of other ancillary stuff. And fireworks. Always the blast of ordnances over and around my home.

It's been cool and a bit rainy. Nice for the end of June and beginning of July.

The neighbor to our North is in a bit of trouble, I found out. He erected a very nice fence. But didn't get a permit for it. Hmm. I remember asking him about this. "Did you get a permit?" He assured me he had. This was after a city council meeting where this issue was hotly debated by another citizen. So, he can be fined up to $100 a day, per the enforcer, if he doesn't comply. Uh oh. Add to this the fact they just had a new baby, are new owners of a restaurant and have 2 other small children, and seems like it's a real circus over there. But it's not my circus and not my monkeys.

I'm in trouble again with something I wrote about for the paper. Drama. This has to do with the summer food program for children. Seems I put out information about one entity that wants nothing to do with the other group that is actually doing the food program. And it cannot be changed at this late date. Soooo - I now have to retract what I wrote and apologize to that first group. Just another thing on my to-do list. Like the publisher told me a while back, there will always be someone that will be mad about something.