Weather Life and Other Things

 Weather  Life and Other Things.....

 It remains hot!!!  However, (and there is always a But), Louisiana experiences its hottest months of the year from late July to mid-October.   We are lucky that no hurricanes are looming in the Gulf at the Moment.. Katrina was 20 years ago  this year..   My thought is that if we have another storm like Katrina in New Orleans, as we know it, it might be a lost cause. Now the State of Louisiana Govt says that the Big Easy is ready for a Category 4.5 Weather Event.  I hope so... For The Powers at Be are correct in their assumption.

I have returned to taking Corgeg  20 mg ER for my heart. The side effects were that I had to change the time of taking Dovato from morning to evening, from 7 am to 6 pm. It seems that Coreg intensifies the effects of Dovato.. which for me is sleepless nights..   

My work in Mississippi resumes full speed in August with the first meeting on August 7th, focusing on Classification issues and Facility Monitoring later in the month.  

All else seems to be steady as she goes.....  

Its Sunday in the Lll City by the Red

 Today, as with every other Sunday, it is quiet, calm, and respectful...  Not much is going on. We are approaching the Dog Days of Summer. They last to about mid-September. Then you wake up one morning and open the back door. That extraordinary hint of Fall hits your face ever so briefly...... 

The leaves on the trees will begin their trip to the ground...  Fall will arrive by October 15th.

Work in Mississippi will be picking up soon,   I have a meeting down in Woodville, MS with my colleague Warden Miller... I handle work as an expert in Classification .. She works as an expert in Accreditation. We tend to cross our roles back and forth. we are a good team...

Time rolls on .... 

Its a Clear Reflection in History

 I just read that Canadians will be, in some cases, charged a VISA Integrity Fee of $250.00 .. To verify their Identity..

Gee... its. The fee that ICE has proposed.... 

What is our nation doing, ...  If you look back at history, isolationism begins at home, pull back inside your boundaries, kick out, deport, or worse, jail the people the govt considers unworthy. etc.... 

Tariffs, Deportations, now at this moment 57000 plus are locked up in a matter of lest than 6 months.. It spells Total Isolationism... I could go on and on, naming all that has happened. Someone needs to wake up soon.....We all must open our eyes to this movement taking place in this Nation

Saying Hello breaks the mundane and helps with Living Life

 Harry made a post about his father seeking companionship with a neighbor in a similar circumstance..... 

It hit home, really hard..... the entire posting...  I became emotional knowing the feelings of this old man who has been widowed ....   I know sitting at home, not having folks to communicate with, Folks now just don't pick up the phone to say hello .. how are you,  they seem to be distant, remote, somewhat.. 

People, being single and not having a group to check on each other, is becoming the norm....  . reach out to your friends, tell them to come over for coffee, for supper ... or to sit on the front porch and have a drink while Orville Peck is singing his songs of Woe in the background.. 

If you want to say hello.. reach out to my email address on my profile. .  It would be nice to make an acquaintance for sure

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The Heat

 We haven't gotten to the heat No Sir,  not yet WE,  still have August and September to go through, which in my book drives the heat to an unbearable,sweaty, almost miserable conclusion.

Louisianans know the purpose of  no underwear, lined linen trousers, and a White Linen shirt... .. Yes, Sir, it lets you go out in the afternoon, in a comfortable attire..and you can enjoy that 102 % humidity along with that 98 degree weather..   

It makes sitting on the porch and having a pleasant conversation while sipping a chilled gin and tonic, two limes please.....  an experience that can be enjoyed by all.

If IT wasnt a bad dream.. its certainly one now.

 The innocence of small towns in Louisiana, the one that I think is the best of what Louisiana has, has certainly been destroyed in the last two weeks. I will not comment further on this matter other than to say shame on you, shame on us, it's a pitiful piece of crap that you have now instigated.  The more crap that is uncovered, the worse the stink becomes...  

I will move on to brighter days.. and the peacefulness of quiet in Rural Louisiana 

Some Say its the Sweat... Some Say its our down right miserable humidity .. Then Some say Its Just Louisiana

 We are a state of excesses; if you really get down to the core of our being we eat too much, we drank too much. we don't go to the doctor too much.we drive too fast. then we drive too slow. we eat Boudin, hog head cheese, and a conglomeration of every good thing that served on the table; Suck Heads, that is where the fat of the crawfish is.

What happens in public life here is that it all starts out with us just trying to help a few people and then a along  comes the money I think that's what happened down in Forest Hill and Oakdale. Down in the Piney Woods section of Rapides Parish that's RAPIDES parish.

It's just Louisiana that's all I can say Now we're in the national Spotlight I want to how many of those prosecutors on the federal side are Yankees I'm sure one or two might be good old southern boys but most are Yankees

But (and there is always a But)  You just can't make money trying to help the Po Folks out.. That Ain't Right.   You Boys knew better .. Y'all's Mommas taught y'all right from wrong... but must have been the Sweat in your eyes that made Y'all think that was a stack of 5 Dollar one Dollar  Bills.. Instead of a Stack of 5000 dollars

Happy Fourth to All

 Happy Fourth to All   

The Culture of Change.... As seen through my Eyes

 Yes, even in semi-rural central Louisiana, there has been a cultural change in our gay population under 35 years of age....   I have seen it with my own eyes... It's not pretty.... It's downright disgusting.

The older I have become, the more profound the change in our gay culture here in the rural Part of Central Louisiana has become the norm of life. 

We have a whole generation 35 and younger, that never had a job they have lived semi homeless life,  first with family, then with drug addiction, then out on the street; it's a sad commentary for a life; they steal from one another, they have violence against each other,  the camaraderie and brotherhood of a once vibrant gay culture is now a cesspool homeless vagrants.

It turns my stomach to see this transition that has taken hold in this area.

Sleep neuropathy BP issues

 Well, I usually don't write or post anything that I consider crying about... But (and there is always a but), Its time to get real and state the obvious.  My Health has become a prominent factor with me.  It seems that I cannot sleep. I'm having trouble falling asleep. I have either gout or neuropathy in my feet, and my blood pressure is High, 176/98. which is  that stroke level.The doctors do not understand what's going on I went from a perfect blood pressure of 126 over 78 for my age two months ago to now. 

It has risen to a point where I am concerned about my health and the decline of my health Hopefully, my primary physician will be back from Germany and we can regulate my meds, and I can get back on track

Its Late I cant sleep!!!!

 I can not sleep, things are so unsteady in this World as we know it, The talk of the Big Beautiful Bill worries me. Living in the South, one sees the direct poverty of people; most of the Parish (county) to the rest of you has a mean income of a tad less than $35K for a family. 18.9 percent of the population lives below the poverty level.    

Losing health care benefits for poor folks is a prime concern here.... homeless among the population is at a high moderate level..... 

I worry about these things, it concerns me greatly....