My dad used to belong to the Book of the Month Club. As a quilter, I get invites to Block of the Month activities. I’ve signed up for a word of the day on the dictionary app on my phone.
Recently my sister sent me a cartoon showing a man stating that he is going to go outside and see what book in Revelations is being fulfilled today. It does seem like we are experiencing a plague of the day in this unprecedented year.

Lisbon Valley Mining Company is making plans to return to operation near the start of the fourth quarter of this year. The mining company is planning to hire 50 employees immediately, with the potential employee base of 95 by December 2021.
George Shaw, Chairman of the Board for Lisbon Valley Mining Company, spoke to the San Juan County Commission at their meeting on September 1.

I love to spend as much time as I can on The Mountain. My husband loves it there too, but he is not as self-entertaining as I am. He gets restless and bored.
Isn’t that what leads to many folks having a tryst? I can take walks, do crosswords and other puzzles, read, ride my ATV, do handwork, and just sit and look at the beauty of the forest.

We have a great group of local emergency responders for which I am continually gratefully, especially since I do not have what it takes to be one.
‘Tis the season – fire season. Just when you think it can’t get any hotter, drier, or windier, it gets hotter, drier, and windier!
We continue to be in high fire danger. It takes very little to spark a fire in the tinder dry vegetation, which is everywhere. 

We are in the midst of the County Fair, which means that summer is winding to a close, at least for those whose schedule is regulated by the school year.
The fair always comes just before the start of school, but who knows what this school year will bring?
“May you live in interesting times.” That has surely been the case the last six months. 

Sherry Youngblood, a resident of La Sal for many years, passed away peacefully at her home on July 14 after a brave battle with pancreatic cancer. Her family, three daughters and one son, spent the last few days with her prior to her passing.
Sherry first came to La Sal in the 1950s. She lived here for several years, moving away and returning several times.

Prior to retiring from my day job with the gommint, we referred to boondoggles as any time a lot of folks from the same office all went in separate vehicles to a meeting spot.  
In truth, it was usually due to the meeting being brief and everyone then dispersing in various directions for other tasks.

The weather the last couple of months has been a roller coaster ride to be sure. With the arrival of summer last Saturday the temps rose to toasty levels.
But what about this wind? Okay, I admit defeat. This does seem to be a windier-than-usual spring.
Now, an update and a rest of the story on my floating neighbors. 

Our neighbor!  What is that man doing “floating” up there?! Well, here’s how the situation sort of came about.
The neighbor’s son is building a new home in West La Sal. The wide expanse of his roof was covered by a thin sheet of weather barrier.  
Spring winds had precluded the installation of the metal roofing atop this.

Usually this time of year I am writing to tell you all about the year end happenings at La Sal Elementary School. As with most things in our world at present, the “virus” has affected the norm.  
There was no end-of-the-year get-together at our local one-roomed schoolhouse to show families and friends what the students had achieved this year and recognize those who will be moving on to a bigger school.

 It is an interesting year to say the least for seniors graduating from high school or other educational institutions.
Besides only being able to enjoy a “virtual” graduation, some missed out on other extra spring activities.  
In lieu of graduation, my offering for them this year is a biographical sketch of these three outstanding young people.

Well, such a springtime in the Rockies can be spring-like. “When it’s springtime in the Rockies, there’ll be six feet of snow or it’ll be 40 below.” 
We do take spring a day at a time in this part of the world, where Ma Nature gives us a spring day here and there.
We’ve had more than a few nice spring days of late. Folks are getting itchy to be out and about doing outdoor activities. 

 And you know I am not talking about tile squares either.  Nope, it’s the TP.
No more large, fluffy luxurious wades of whiteness with which to do the job. Now I’m trying to judge the minimum for completing the task.  
I’m also still trying to figure out a lot of things in the current, unprecedented situation, not the least of which is the run on and hoarding of TP. 

January 11, 1943 ~ February 23, 2020
Victor Lovato, born January 11, 1943 in Coyote, NM, died on February 23, 2020 at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. He was born to Melesendro Lovato and Cidelia Vigil.
He married the love of his life, Eralia (Erla) M. Jaramillo, of 52 years. They are blessed with two daughters, Debbie (Joe Thurman) and Tami Lovato.

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Sing along with me: “See them tumbling down, pledging their love to the ground, lonely but free I’ll be found, tumbling along with the tumbling tumble mustard.”
The elements came together this Spring to provide the perfect conditions (whatever those are) for a bumper crop of tumble mustard. Every previously disturbed area and fallow field sprouted a thick crop of this weed.