Cassi Creek: Dental
appointments drove the morning. Got up a
half-hour earlier to make the hike with Mike before going into town.
We rewarded ourselves
with lunch out followed by light grocery shopping.
Gasoline was
$3.49/gallon today. I can recall gas
wars that featured prices of $.15 - $.17 per gallon. I doubt we will ever see those prices for any
sort of petroleum-based fuel again. If
we should, it will follow an economic disruption eclipsing the Great
Depression.
Gloria took
Loki outside yesterday afternoon and noticed an unusual behavior pattern. Loki had located a copperhead but was not
charging at it. Gloria got my attention
and I dispatched it and removed it. It
will leave with the trash truck tomorrow morning.
Neither of us
has any real desire to kill snakes but those with venom are not well mannered
and they represent too much potential harm to Loki and us.
Loki is not a
gun dog. I took the 12 gauge with me
yesterday. Loki saw it and headed for
the back yard. Gloria brought her back
and sent her up on the deck. She was
really eager to get back in the house but waited with Gloria until the noise
was over. She came to me when I called
her, after clearing the weapons. But it
was a very transitory show of faith before she returned to the deck, asking to
be let inside.
In deference
to my shoulders, I used a 9 mm. Spent the
next half hour cleaning it. Maintenance
is essential.
When I’m
asked why I possess firearms, events like yesterday seem justification. Protecting our family is not just an
excuse. We have non-human hazards here
as well.
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