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Good morning, stories and fence posts share the same truth—if you don’t set them deep, they won’t stand. A post that’s only stuck in the topsoil will tip with the first hard wind, or worse, sag slowly until the whole fence looks tired. Stories work the same way. If they’re told shallow, without any root in truth or lived experience, they fall over just as quick. You can prop them up for a while with polish or exaggeration, but they won’t last.

So how you all doing this morning? Good I hope. Looking outside this morning once again we are in the midst of some clouds but in saying that I do see some blue sky up there which tells me we will be having some sunshine a bit later on this morning.

Today (Friday): Mostly sunny skies. High around 61 °F (16 °C). Crisp, dry, good for getting things done outside.

Tonight: Clear and much cooler. Lows dipping to about 36 °F (2 °C). You’ll want a jacket or extra blankets if you’re out late.

Tomorrow (Saturday): A beautiful day coming. Plenty of sunshine, warmer too — highs near 67 °F (19 °C), lows around 43 °F (6 °C).

Luckily, we didn’t have a frost last night, but tonight might tell a different story. So, it might pay to cover things up in the vegetable gardens before heading off to bed, which I will do, as we still have some tomatoes and other things, and we wouldn’t want to lose them. They sure are tasty this year.

Highway 522 has seen a bit more traffic these days, with a lot of campers and trucks with ATVs, along with quite a few vehicles towing boats loaded up with supplies. Whether they are heading home or just arriving, one can only guess, but I would think that many of them are now taking advantage of our nice weather and doing some fishing, as it has been good for the past few weeks or so.

On another note: Yesterday, despite not feeling all that well, I managed to get quite a bit done in our vegetable garden, clearing out weeds and plants that have just about had it for the year. By the time I finished, I was all in and ready to take it easy for the rest of the day. I wanted to glue up my new desktop but wasn’t up to it. Still, I accomplished a lot that needed to be done.

“So, what are you up to today, GW?”

Well, I’m planning to glue up that new desktop, but I’ll see how I feel after breakfast. If I’m still not up to par, I’ll just do some front porch sitting with my lovely wife.

Until next time, keep your minds open and your stories alive. GW