Warmth

Another picture from high atop Orcas Island taken last Sunday. Today a beautiful day and I thought a bit warmer biking home from a 7am meeting the the current BLI temp says (around noon, as I write) at 74 degrees Fahrenheit.

This glorious day is evolving into a productive one of spreadsheets, budgets and valuations. But I will get out later to hopefully finish the chicken coop and do some gardening. I have a tendency to get sidetracked though, so kite flying at Boulevard Park might be a viable substitute.

One an economic note, the Consumer Price Index continues to jump while consumer spending continues to soften. Considering that over seventy percent of the economy (ie, GDP) is driven by consumer spending, interesting times will lie ahead. Maybe more Americans will realize that out-of-control consumer spending will not cure the dissatisfaction of our existence, in spite of what Madison Avenue tries to tell us. Personally, it's nice to downshift a bit and not have the nuisances of looming worldly goods cluttering every nook and cranny of my existence. And it is surprising to bike past these large homes with two- and three-car garages that are full of crap and cannot even fit a single vehicle. Not only do Americans have historically huge homes, but we still do not have enough room to store this garbage. Fortunately I have very little, and want even less.

Pertaining to this point, a friend earlier this week said "we buy stuff we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like."