Beneath the Wraps

          I didn ’ t want to jinx things by saying something sooner but the news this morning said we can expect a warmer hot forecast next week. And surely by the end of the month.  After all what is a Myrtle Creek summer fest without scorching temperatures? The weather and elements have awesome for about two or three weeks.   June had up and down temperatures but seemed quite pleasant for the most part.   Mornings are always cold and then it cools off at night.   I don ’ t even think it hit the 70s yesterday.   That was nice.   The rain isn ’ t so bad.   Better than the blazing sun. I honestly don ’ t remember the low temperatures this late in the year.   When I looked at the map there were only seven fires in the entire state.   None up and down I5.   I wish it would stay that way.   I wish the dark skies would always be due to moisture and never smoke.   I wish to breathe in the clean air alway...

                The last three times I was with Roland when he had driven to the VA it seemed like a big ordeal.  Instead of going the usual way which leads directly to the hospital, the back roads were required in order to keep all traffic moving in one direction  - only one way in and one way out.    Along the way we would see masked workers who would come up to the car, ask questions, take temperatures – I think they may have even offered testing but I’m not sure.     https://kcby.com/news/local/roseburg-va-health-care-system-holds-veteran-influenza-clinics You had to be healthy to get a pink slip (see here ) which was the ticket into the hospital.   If you were not healthy, no pink slip for you!   I’m at a hospital . . . that’s where sick people come to be treated.   Isn’t it?           Yesterday we learned we could have gone in the normal route as ...