NORTHERN NOTES

Heavy rain in the Leelanau – no wind but steady rain falling.
Cozy in camp – very, very cozy.
We like cozy.

Second straight day on the Lake in Kayla Elise – lots of time to cruise and fish and eat and read and think and talk and ogle cottages.

No fish caught but quality time.

And then back to dock to cover vessel and back to camp for cocktails and dinner.
Rain put our grilled steaks off a day – but soup and salad is ok too.

And then time to monitor news sources and to ruminate on the world happenings.

Funeral going on for Senator Kennedy – an important American even tho beset with flawed personal and professional lives.

And the problems with CIA persecution – We never thought much of Leon Panetta before. His stock is going up at The Study – just as it is going down at the White House.

The CIA is being emasculated. Why? Started by Harry Truman who did worry about what it might become – why would b.o. take down one of our premier intelligence units?

Politics? You think? You mean like in the way he is out to close Gitmo?

b.o. health care efforts are in delightful decline. Praise the Lord.

The war in Afghanistan is not going well – even Iraq is showing stresses.

Dr. Krauthammer on Fox tonight called b.o. a liar and a coward, with reference I think to the CIA persecutions. Dear Wife observed that he probably would not be invited to the White House for a beer.