Malibu morning picture of the day - Monday, January 25, 2016

Dear Family, Friends, and Gentle Readers,

With so much extreme winter weather in the news today, I feel kind of bad to be posting pleasant readings here on the West Coast ... but here goes ...

Skies are clear, it's about 54 Fahrenheit, going up to 72 today, predicted sunny, not a single El Nino storm in sight. This was the view at 7 AM; sun had just come up, hiding behind that cloud.

Here's a second look.

And this morning at the pond in the park, there was a firetruck and an emergency helicopter waiting to take someone away, as you can see in the foreground. My employer makes for a very handy place in this part of the world to stage medevacs. It can take an hour plus to get anywhere from here during rush hours, so going by air is the best if your body cannot wait.

We all watched President Bill Clinton get out of chopper here and get into a limo once (could have been a body double for all we know). I imagine if Trump gets elected to the U.S. presidency, it'll be somewhat similar Hollywood-type administration, don't you?

My own feeling is that it was the excess and hubris of the Clinton era that led us into rude 9/11 awakening. Remember the so-called "peace dividend" and the Pax Americana? Yeah. Nobody told us those were credit purchases to be called out on shortly. Those of you who enjoy cyclical readings of history would probably enjoy looking at a book by Strauss and Howe called The Fourth Turning. According to them, we are in a period of "unraveling," which I think is about to end, but we'll see ... it's a viewpoint worthy of your time, and you will find you have been using many of the concepts they put forth adn terms they coined which have been absorbed into language and culture.

But I digress. It's time to pay the rent once again. Have a wonderful Monday and a great week!

Love,
Pops

PS: Still on the paleo diet, but haven't been able to remember to record my metrics. Joints are still doing better, although there was a relapse when I let some wheat breading on chicken get into the system for a couple of days. I'm disheartened that I could be THAT hypersensitive to any food substance, but we'll see once I start doing a measured reintroduction of food back into the diet.