It took the fish only a day to figure out that I bring food at dusk. The turtles seemed to take a few days longer, but now they arrive promptly to greet me. The flower garden is blooming pleasantly and the humming birds are dominating the front yard. So far this June has been lovely. Spending time with the fish, turtles, flowers, dragonflies and humming birds keeps my life balanced.

Today on the Glenn Beck show Stuart Varney mentioned Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom." I wanted to pull over and call into the show. When he quoted, I knew what chapter and section to which he was referring. It was kind of neat to feel like part of the conversation instead of just observing.

Oh! Did you want to know *what* he was saying? Mr. Varney was talking about the fact that Nazis, Socialists and Communists are quarreling siblings. They are all collectivism, they all have the same goal, they just war over the method to get there.

Outside the moon is rising, large and orange in the southeast, and in the northeast is an intense lightning storm, silent and red. There is no sound except crickets.