Go toward the light…

I used to wish I had a crystal ball, in order that I could accurately predict the future. Actually, I do own one, but try as I might, it remains cloudy and useless to me as far as visions go. Therefore I have resorted to listening to my “inner voice,” gut instinct and the “World Wide Web” to glean bits of information that might aid in making informed decisions.

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Home work

For the drive up, all I had to listen to was my big binder full of old CDs—some skipped a beat or two, but for the most part they held up surprisingly well. (My iPod has recently gone the way expensive things left visible in cars go….)

And I actually found it nostalgic to listen to “Prolonging the Magic” by Cake and even enjoyed a little Dave Matthews—don’t tell anyone; the latter is less socially acceptable to admit.

It’s kind of amazing how well one’s brain retains the knowledge of lyrics to songs one hasn’t heard in years. I find that I can still quote whole songs that, until I heard them again, I had forgotten even existed.

I wish my brain would use some of that space for more important things.

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Gas=open space

Nothing will do more to save farmland and preserve open space than natural gas drilling. It is the single most effective tool available for protecting the rural character valued by all who live here, because it rewards landowners for holding on to property and gives them the means to do so. All the government programs combined will not protect as much land as natural gas.

Why? Well, the answer is fairly simple: absent government buying the land, someone has to pay taxes on it and this demands an income, unless your last name is Rockefeller and you’ve already made it.

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