Tuesday, 8:00 AM. 24 degrees, wind NW, calm at present. The sky is mostly clear with clouds forming over the lake beyond Madeline Island, mostly I think steam rising off the cooling lake. Very shortly we will be seeing “lake smoke,” clouds of condensation rising off the water even near shore.
There is a little fresh snow this morning. It was good to sleep in, and most of today will be devoted to helping Joan clean the house for Thanksgiving, we are having guests for dinner. I will go out hunting late this afternoon, maybe I can see signs of deer movement on some fresh snow. The birds are sleeping late also (or were up early and went back to bed) as there is no current activity at the feeders.
Sitting in the woods gives one a lot of time to think, which is a mixed blessing. For instance, I have been thinking that I should be CEO of one of the Big Three auto makers. After all, I have undoubtedly bought and driven more of their products than any of them and know their many failings and few virtues quite well. The ’79 Ford Fairmont that disintegrated piece by piece as it was driven down the road (the self-same car that continually got stuck in park, and the response of the manufacturer was to send owners a sticker for the dash that said, "caution, car may become stuck in park); the ’57 Chevy and the ’69 Chevy and the ’75 Pontiac all with failed camshafts; The mini-Cadillac Cimmaron that was an overpriced pile of junk; the ’97 Chrysler van that consumed three transmission; I could go on and on. Not that they were all bad, but certainly most not very good. Cars remembered fondly were a '39 Buick Century and a '51 Hudson, also a couple of Studebakers, the latter two makers long deceased. Also, I have actually produced things with my own hands, so I know something about the work ethic. Finally, I have the distinct advantage of not being educated at Harvard, Yale, Chicago or Stanford, the alma matters of the cabal of unoriginal thinkers that has run the country into the ground for generations. Come to think of it, most of us have the same advantages and all could do as well, certainly no worse than they, so why don’t we just all draw straws?
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