Last week, they picked up the house next door and moved it a block over. The next step is to run a street through it. While they’re at it, they tore up the street behind us to repave it. Also, eighteen months or so they started a construction project on the school across the way and they still haven’t finished it. The result? Dirt. Lots and lots of dirt. Everywhere. Since we have to keep our windows open for circulation, we have dirt in the sink. There’s dirt all over the computer room. Dirt, dirt, dirt.
To add to this, Arapaho has been plagued with fires lately. Nothing around where we live, but it’s enough that our fire department has been mobilized for the last month or so, driving all over the state to lend a hand. It’s also enough that there are all sorts of fire bans, including an outdoor smoking ban. I tried to honor it, until I saw cops ignoring it. When smoking is banned indoors, people smoke outdoors.
Today was a smoky day. I have no idea where the fire is, but there were firefighters all around the supply store where I went to watch the sky go from blue-silver, to silver, to gray, to orange. The firepeeps were also ignoring the smoking ban.
The sky has shifted to a very light orange, which is having a rather surreal affect on our view. The construction crews are gone for the night, which is nice not only for the dirt but also the noise. At least, unlike when they were gutting the basement last week, it hasn’t caused the house to shake (our dog’s reaction to the shaking house to the right).
Anyhow! For your listening enjoyment, Steve Earle’s “Ashes to Ashes.” A great song, if you’ve never heard it. Not remarkably country, if you are averse to country.
Gave it a try, and there’s no good reason why I should recoil at this, yet somehow I do. Even though it’s musically proficient and all.
Comment by stone — August 14, 2012 @ 9:30 pm
Well, sorry you didn’t like it. I have to confess it’s not usually the kind of song that I like (I’m not big on speaksong). But I really do like it.
Comment by trumwill — August 14, 2012 @ 9:33 pm
Knight (everyone else ignore),
It’s actually sort of been resolved. Click on it and the clean version appears. You can still bypass this if you are insistent, but I’ll fix that later.
Comment by trumwill — August 16, 2012 @ 4:22 pm
A family member had to drive past the smoke from the Twin Towers every day. Drove him to the right just a tad.
Comment by SFG — August 18, 2012 @ 5:29 am
A family member had to drive past the smoke from the Twin Towers every day. Drove him to the right just a tad.
I’d imagine…
Comment by trumwill — August 20, 2012 @ 3:31 pm
SFG: Drove him to the right just a tad.
Meh. I was nearby as well. Let’s just say, there was an inverse relationship between intelligence and how far to the right September 11 drove someone.
Comment by Scarlet Knight — August 20, 2012 @ 7:59 pm