A Note of Explanation!

As usual I am the backwards kid :-). I posted in the wrong order, forgetting that they will appear from the newest back. So, to make sense of it all, scroll down to "Thoughts on Independence Day." Read that first and and then read excerpt one and finally excerpt two, okay?

Hey, it is 5:45 in the morning--lightening and wind woke me at 4:30 and I finally gave in and got up. I'm on my first cup of coffee and the brain is still pretty fuzzy. But I did get to watch a gorgeous sunrise. The clouds are now gray again but it was fantastic for a few minutes, every shade from molten gold to fiery red, painting the eastern sky on which my office window looks out. In summer, leaves on my shade trees and the mesquites obscure the distant mountains beyond Tombstone but that's okay. I just watched a jack rabbit nibble some grass around the rusty old flag pole--wish I had a good one!--and the business of birds, waking and seeking food. It's a lovely Arizona morning I am sharing with you!

Gwynn