Bhutan on the Rio Gran

Good Afternoon,

And, yes, another peach of a day!

Humble apologies for not writin' last night, but I got lost in a computer! Someone gave me an old Mac and it was the only way I could look at some old pictures, we might use for The Medicine Bend web site. Anyway, another lesson in things I should definitely leave to others; a computer for me is little more than a "universe of uncertainty". A universe I can little afford!

Anyway, another day playin' in the woods, haulin' water, feedin' ponies. But, little by little, I am gettin' that whole stretch a woods, just this side a the ridge, shaped up fair and some darn good piles a wood for winter. Fact, yesterday, I started wonderin' if I mighta been a beaver in my last life, all the satisfaction I feel, makin' pretty; punk wood in the ditches, good wood under a tree, exposin' chutes for the ponies and slowin' down the rainwater, grow more grass and feed the trees. I mean this is "wholesale" satisfaction!

Now, I see the genius of that little country, Bhutan, I think it's called, where instead of "GDP", or gross domestic product, the use "GNH", or gross national happiness; I might produce little more than first class horse manure, but I sure have first class fun doin' it!

And, with the exception of me gettin' a little carried away and breakin' off a big limb, with a slightly more than "genteel" crash, the ponies really seem to enjoy us all bein' together out yonder; them grazin' the chutes I uncover, me putzin' about like a beaver. And, happy company's hard to beat!

Have a great day!

Best.
jeune