Will,

Again, thank you for your many kind thoughts and considerate support. You
are an asset to the community. A too quick search reveals that understanding
this concept is likely a lifes work in itself, much like becoming buddah in
ones own life. All these concepts are worth persuing and have great value
for personal growth and actualization. They seem to exist in every deeply
considered  religous faith. I have a great respect for these traditions and
teachings which give us all hope that life is not just the suffering and rot
but may rise above all that to be worth so much more for oneself and with
concentration for others as well. In some way, it does not matter to me what
the answers might be, even if we are just meat on the hoof, I would rather
try to live so that the world of meat is better and people with whom I
interact are benefitted and one would hope delighted to have been here
together even with all the trials and trouble of physical existance.

best regards,
rudy
bantista@thuntek.net
T2, last AiC 5.9, cuttent bg 173 damnit. Many other expletives deleted.

(It hasn't been that long since I finished eating 2 tacos and a tostada and
I will be normal again soon. But, Rats!)

Hello, Chris,

I expected as much. Pretty scary. Hope you keep your insurance and household
items lists up to date. One lightening strike in the forrest and everything
can go.

People around here can't always keep them out of thier houses when it gets
bad. Usually, of course it is only the bears who end up getting hurt when
they come into the populated areas. Very rarely one gets put down. Most of
the time they are able to sedate them and drop them off in a more suitable
location. We also get lions and coyotes in the foothills which will eat the
household pets. Where I'm at in town, close to the river, I don't see this
kind of wildlife, but there are more skunks about every year it seems. And
bats. Those two are, as you know, at pretty serious risk of rabies. We had a
case of this last year when a teenage boy found a dying bat outside his
front door and dropped it off at a vets office. He had to undergo the
treatments. The bat died and our local animal control managed to find the
rest of the nest. I don't know what they did to sort that out, just that
they did. In my own yard most of the wildlife I see are birds like the
roadrunners (there are two that show up year after year) and bluejays
sometimes. Mostly sparrows and swallows. I sometimes see hawks and vultures
but not usually in my yard. Very close by though. Once or twice when passing
by the river I swear I think I saw an eagle since it was so enormous and was
clearly not a hawk nor a vulture, but everyone tells me that's crazy talk. I
still think it was. We did get a very large porcupine waddling about in the
twilight one evening. That was a sight in the heart of a busy city. And no
threat to anyone. Usually the worst thing around here are the black widow
spiders which are liable to turn up just about anywhere and mosquitos which
have actually been less in recent years though more dangerous due to the
viruses they can carry. Out on the Air Force Base they get a lot of
rattlesnakes as well. I'm sure you see some of the same kind of thing where
you are.

We don't get grizzlies about but even these black bears can be pretty big.
Last week a 450 pound bear got run over on the highway and killed. They said
from the state of his pads that he had been up and walking around for a
while already. No persons were injured which is kind of amazing. If they had
hit one of our deer, the driver probably wouldn't have fared so well.

I hope you can escape the fire danger this year without harm. The west is in
pretty bad shape, and I have some of my relatives living in dangerous
country in southwest Oklahoma that I also worry about. Since you are so far
from aid or assistance in case of this kind of sudden danger, as my
relatives are as well, I just hope nothing happens. They have horses and
dogs to care for also which add a whole other level to the concern, since no
one could run from danger without taking care of the animals first.

On topic, I know your bg are better than mine and I continue to hope your
eyes will resolve without any permanent harm.

Take care of  yourself in these trying times. I hear stress raises bg and
none of us needs that. :-).

Best regards and my compliments to your dear mother,

rudy
bantista@thuntek.net
T2, last A1C 5.9, current bg 143 1hr from finish of 3 corn tortilla
enchiladas with cheese, lettus, tomato,  lots of red chile sauce, and red
wine 12%.