Anchor Struck

I guess we can take some relief in that Trump didn’t insult Xi or give him Taiwan, but you can count on Aging Orange to do the wrong thing eventually. To that end, when Jude and I went on a dump run Wednesday, we filled up our beloved F-150 and got a can of diesel. With prices already lofty here due to federal, provincial and carbon taxes, topping off the truck cost $115 and the diesel took $43. We pay about $8 a gallon for gas and $10 for diesel.

We only need the diesel for the generator that backs up our micro-hydro/solar energy system. The system is holding up fine even though our creek is nearly dry and we’ve had a bunch of cloudy days. We have plenty of diesel, but experts are predicting a scarcity of it. Fortunately it lasts a long time, especially since we add a stabilizer.

It’s difficult to determine when Trump is in touch with reality, given that he has an ego larger than most continents. But every day he squanders is a day closer to the mid-terms. Prominent Democrat John Kasich says that by June, voters’ sentiments about the economy are set, despite what happens from then until November. I dearly hope he’s right.