Well the weed (not that weed!) is tumbling again. I have cut myself loose from the Land of Enchantment come EOY 2013 and will be heading back to Paradise Valley, Montana and the Chico Hot Spring soak-a-thon in the new year. New readers or those with a short memory can scroll down to Posts from January-February of this year for a refresher on Pray, MT.
My
Santa Fe departure is premature but well advised. The position is “term,” (I
had to sign an agreement that they could fire me on 24-hours’ notice), and
while they would prefer I stay on, I have developed a framework which others
can execute with dispatch, should they so desire. Said another way, the
design challenge has been met, now the implementation has begun.
A
contributing factor to this decision is a growing awareness that my tenure on
the planet rests on the south side of the mountain and the opportunity for
contribution is in late autumn with winter breezes turning to gale force.
Unlike
many who long for leisure (yet find themselves at loose ends on a rainy Sunday
afternoon), I will search for challenge until the engine slows to a sputter. Pray,
MT will offer a suitable venue for contemplation as I gaze at the Rockies and
renew discussion with disaster response firms.
Interspersed
with more high-minded activity over the past decade have been bouts of delivering
phone books and selling tickets at a historic railroad operation. I use these
as barometers of achievement and accomplishment, and when the current level of satisfaction
falls below these thresholds, I take it as a sign that change is appropriate.
And
so I bid New Mexico farewell and head north.
My Montana
accommodation will be a cottage 5 miles from Chico Hot Springs, on a small
ranch complete with 2 horses, a black lab, Sarah the cat, and several bipeds.
Private
trout pond, right-of-way access to the Yellowstone River, Cable TV, Wi-Fi…
Mercy me!
I will
laze a bit before heading in search of acceptable excitement; the result of which
may well be an increase in BLOG frequency, which will be viewed in various
shades of light or darkness depending on one’s proclivities.
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Whoa!
What’s this nonsense about getting rid of MSNBC’s Martin Bashir over his
comments directed at Caribou Barbie? Simply because he spewed vicious,
venomous, loathsome statements, not over the top but over the moon? C’mon.
Silencing one of the planet’s most contemptible inhabitants? How will the kids
ever learn right from wrong?
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Reading
a fair amount of WW-II history I came across this quote directed at FDR, “I
have no respect for him as a man, but he is the most brilliant politician of
this (20th) century.” I thought this might have some current
applicability, but now…
