Bearish Season

Friday, August 18, 2023

Today is calling for an early start. My friend Mike will arrive soon to repair my tractor and my riding mower. The tractor is out of commission because the young man repairing my broken fence posts, who loved driving it, was hard on the tractor gears. Earlier, the mower’s blade belt had fallen off while I was out mowing, and Mike knows how to reinstall that belt.

Aside from assisting Mike, I will stay inside on yet another hot smokey day until time to go to work in the late afternoon for an evening shift. Part of today’s “being inside” will happen in a gym. I’ll be exercising for strength which is helping me at work. I feel a little more upright, and stretching upward to reach is easier. Both require exercising, and I’m doing it.

Folks are crowding into air-conditioned gyms to escape the outside heat and smoke. This situation is the complete opposite of the self-isolating Pandemic years, which emptied most gyms. Back then, I’d skip a crowded gym. These days, I willingly slip in and figure out how to work on whatever equipment is available.

Dear Friends: Post-Pandemic is proving too bearish in many ways. Diana