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Rated: 13+ · Book · Biographical · #2198921
Norma's Wanderings around a small section of Montana


Well, hey there!
Welcome to Roundup, Montana! If it's a nice day, we'll sit a spell on my porch and talk awhile.

"All the resources we need are in the mind.” Theodore Roosevelt, our 26th President of the United States of America.

I am the Captain of my ship.
God is my co-pilot.
Often I sail stormy seas,
Am flung onto rocky shores.


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July 28, 2024 at 11:27am
July 28, 2024 at 11:27am
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The heat that pressed us down for about a week dissipated for the weekend. Today it's cloudy and cooler. Nice.

Everyone is wondering how we make it without air-conditioning. Quite simple, actually. You just do it. Close up the house during the day, keep the curtains and windows and doors shut. Because you opened them at night, when the temps cool off. We use fans to circulate that cooler air.

Our first floor stays at least 15-20° cooler than outside if we do all this. The second floor? Not so much. But that's okay. Still hot? Take a cool bath, put a wet towel on your neck. Wear cool clothes. Drink lots of water, not alcohol, not caffeine.

We're in for another round of heat this coming week. No worries. It is summer, after all. We grew up without air-conditioning. Let me tell you, nothing like living in a humid NE Ohio in July and August in a heat wave. And of course, cars back then didn't have it either. So you didn't want to be in the middle of the back seat with your brother and sister on either side.

I found out that the newspaper publisher is giving ownership of the paper to another writer sometime the end of this year. I am meeting with her this coming week to discuss her plans going forward. Perhaps my role will be larger? We'll see. I've gotten quite a few compliments on my contribution to the paper. We put in each week a little column "Seen around Town" - kind of a play on 'scene' and 'round' as in 'Roundup'.

I write this little blurb throughout the week, then send it in sometime before noon on Sunday. Seems to be an easy gig so far.

Everyone enjoy these last few weeks of summer. We'll be getting cooler before we know it here in Montana. Our summer is at best 8-10 weeks. But this year, well, who knows.

July 22, 2024 at 12:34pm
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Holy cow it's hot - we are in the midst of a heat wave. As a great portion of the US. But for Montana, this is unusual. Usually, it'll hot for a day or two or three. But for a week or two, pretty unusual.

We don't have A/C in our home. It gets pretty cool at night, so we open the house, let it cool off and close all the windows during the day. The next two days are to be 100° with a cool-down coming after that. Mercy. I have my office and pretty much all my business on the second floor. And it does get pretty hot up here.

In the green, which my husband is tending this year, the potatoes are growing fine, as are the tomatoes. But the spinach bolted - went to seed - as spinach likes to do when it gets hot. The kale will probably do the same soon. There are melons or squash coming on. He's not sure which. So, I try not to boss around the manager of the garden. It will succeed or fail, it's up to him. I cannot do much still with my hand.

There is a big controversy, as expected, with the increase on everyone's taxes for the dump site. A lot of misinformation, the rumors and lies. Curious how some tales get told. I wrote a little blurb for the paper. Since I sit on the governing board as secretary/treasurer and can submit to the paper, I have a pretty good idea of what actually is going on.

Speaking of the paper, I had to insert two corrections this week. I didn't give credit to the proper non-profit for the 'Shakespeare in the Park' presentation a few weeks ago. And I gave bad information about the summer free lunch program for children. Oops. But, I will admit my mistakes.

So it's summer, it is supposed to be hot. Soon it will be winter here. I will enjoy the sun and warm while I can.
July 12, 2024 at 5:16pm
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Well the heat is continuing its march across the country. Now here in Montana, at least in my little neck of the woods, it's in the 100's. But humidity is low. 10-20%. So tolerable. I hate a/c. We don't have it in our home. We use fans, keep the house closed up during the day, open it at night when the temps go down in the 70's.

But now I am battling an eye problem. Of course, I get one thing taken care of, another issue crops up. Dry eye, what a bug-a-boo. So, not to bore you with details. But, our eyes are self-regulating. A biofilm forms and is usually taken care of, unless you have dry eyes. Natural tears form, you don't have gritty feeling, scratchy eyes. Somehow I don't have enough tears or the tears evaporate or something else is going on. And now there is an infection because of all this foolishness. Great. It causes blurred vision, I can't read or use the computer well, or drive. I use eye drops all the time. And now an ointment medicine. I also have an itchy eye, I just want to take out my eyeball and scratch it. And you know that won't happen.

Okay - well onto more exciting news. The dump. Ha - we now need to inform taxpayers that we are adding $140 a year to the taxes of each taxpayer in the county. Hmm. This is for the waste cost for the county. I think I mentioned before the waste service company raised the rates to the county 61% this year. Yep. Out of the blue. Well, it turns out not really, but the anticipated raise was between 3-4%. Seems the commissioners had foreseen more than that. So they squirreled away a little extra $$ just in case. The notice will come out in a week or so. So now the people coming out to the dump will be even more joyous than before. Ha.

Life is fun and games. And price of everything just keeps rising - even for garbage.
July 7, 2024 at 10:32am
July 7, 2024 at 10:32am
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The town had a spectacular fireworks show last night - it went on for at least half an hour. I watched from the sidewalk outside. No way I was walking over to the park in the dark, or driving with the crowd.

RIDE attracts thousands for the two concerts every year. We volunteer, usually one night, to sell entry wristbands. $50 for an adult. But it's good for two nights of concerts. I guess that's an okay price, I have never attended any kind of concert, ever.

So we are placed in a little trailer, given the cash box and a credit card reader. Hmm. Have to figure this thing out. Seems it's pretty easy. So I get the first sale done, no problem. Then the volunteer eventually comes in, "Oh, let me show you how to use this device." Duh. "Well, thanks, but I figured it out." So he stays and watches me do a few. Satisfied, he eventually leaves. Then I show the other two volunteers how to do it.

So, word to all you that supervise volunteers - show the people what to do and how to do things before the **** hits the fan and you have 20 or 30 people standing in front of you demanding whatever you're selling. I mean, I'm usually a quick learner, but some are not.

Fireworks are legal in town from June 24 to July 5, 9 am til 11 pm. I think I posted this before. And so of course some are still shooting off them last night after dark. Really? Come on people. Aggravating.

So the 'big dance' is over for the town. I pray everyone made a bit of money, had some fun. There were large groups at the museum each day, so that is good. There are always class high school reunions, so those are great for people to reconnect. Just good small town fun.

We've been enjoying some coolish weather, but that is about to change. Ugh. I like the thunderstorms that roll through, the rain is nice. One night the wind just was wicked, but love that cool air for sleeping. Since we don't have a/c, I'm not looking forward to a heatwave.

I posted in the Book Brothel group about a book I just read. "James" by Percival Everett. If you have a chance to get a copy, by all means do, It's the author's telling of the story of Huckleberry Finn and Jim, the slave. It is a powerful book, makes you think.






July 2, 2024 at 1:50pm
July 2, 2024 at 1:50pm
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Roundup is gearing up for a big RIDE - Roundup Independence Day Extravaganza. So this party lasts from July 3 to July 7. This year there are 2 parades, 2 concerts, a kid's carnival for several days, 2 rodeo events, lots of other ancillary stuff. And fireworks. Always the blast of ordnances over and around my home.

It's been cool and a bit rainy. Nice for the end of June and beginning of July.

The neighbor to our North is in a bit of trouble, I found out. He erected a very nice fence. But didn't get a permit for it. Hmm. I remember asking him about this. "Did you get a permit?" He assured me he had. This was after a city council meeting where this issue was hotly debated by another citizen. So, he can be fined up to $100 a day, per the enforcer, if he doesn't comply. Uh oh. Add to this the fact they just had a new baby, are new owners of a restaurant and have 2 other small children, and seems like it's a real circus over there. But it's not my circus and not my monkeys.

I'm in trouble again with something I wrote about for the paper. Drama. This has to do with the summer food program for children. Seems I put out information about one entity that wants nothing to do with the other group that is actually doing the food program. And it cannot be changed at this late date. Soooo - I now have to retract what I wrote and apologize to that first group. Just another thing on my to-do list. Like the publisher told me a while back, there will always be someone that will be mad about something.






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