Heart of Gold

I've been a miner for a Heart of Gold

So what's been happnin lately?  does it make sense to use a $400000 US missile to shoot down a $1000 Chinese balloon? no, not economic sense...just because I have Chinese radios doesn't mean I'm a communist...it doesn't mean I'm not, either

it's Black History month, yet some white folks are trying to take America back the days of segregation and lynchings...Alabama, George Wallace..geez!! I disavow these white people...

The Santa Barbara International Film Fest is going on and I swear I saw actress Helen Hunt (Twister, As Good As It Gets) hanging out by the highway a few weeks ago...looks like her

Helen Hunt???

and Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis are two cool chicks adding some class to the proceedings...

RIP Burt Bacharach..with Hal David created some songs that will live forever in our hearts....

Me and the egrets continue to watch the Bikepath from Hell construction...actually, it's a short, 8-million dollar dog path from Santa Claus Lane to Carp Ave that the City of Carp and the County of SB colluded to build...I sent them all a note wondering why they would spend so much money on a dog path but neglect Via Real, which is filled with potholes and crumbling asphalt and needs to be repaved..I advised them to get their shit together...except Laura Capps, she's innocent 💕

and I'll have something to say about the weed house on Santa Claus Lane they approved..I am getting awfully sick of these gov't mules being owned by the Carpinteria Drug Cartel, the cannabis fucks, the stoners..and they will hear me loud and clear! later...but I bet the flower growers turned drug dealers wish they were back in the flower biz for Valentine's Day!

Speaking of flowers, the California poppies will be covering the hills...Gorman is a good place to see them; Lake Elsinore should have a nice bloom, but if you go, they will arrest you! Too many people trampling the poppies but that is silly...the officials need to get those tourist dollars for the local businesses and turn the event into a celebration..the town's mayor needs to resign because she is insane and the rest is just poppycock!

I'm hearing stories about the big rains pushing gold from the mountains down into the valleys, leading to a bit of a gold rush in California...

there's a few creeks around here, one just up the hill and I might just grab my green pan and see if I can't find a couple ounces of gold...

under all them rocks