Never Mind
I guess I spoke too soon in the previous post. With the Feds apparently about to step in and cushion the collapse of giant AIG insurance company with taxpayer dollars, all is now good with the stock market. There will probably be a big jump in stocks tomorrow.
So here's the current investing plan: When the Feds appear to be stepping in and helping support otherwise bankrupt companies, the stock market will soar. When the Feds appear to be holding back from such taxpayer support, the stock market will plummet.
This would be really exciting, if it weren't so damn depressing and potentially catastrophic.
There seems to be a fire somewhere up valley from here (here being May and Rand Street); the evening sun is turning orange from the smoke. Haven't seen anything on the news about it yet; hopefully no homes are in danger.
9/17 update: It's apprently the Gnarl Ridge fire on the east flank of Mt Hood, which was started by lightening in early August and has re-emerged.
Harvested some pumpkins this past weekend (mellowed by the currently orange sunlight):
After all the depressing economic news that your blog evoked, it was so good to see the beautiful pumpkins on your deck. I wish there were some way to ignore the world out there and just concentrate on the beauties and bounty of this valley.
ReplyDeleteBut, hey, we might just end up with Sarah Palin, and THAT would make our current problems seem like prosperity. (I just can't ignore McCain's age and history of melanoma.)
P.S. I just looked at the St Helens volcanocam - jeez, did you see the layer of smoke in that photo? This at about 11 a.m.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see the St Helens cam view at that time, but this is a pretty impressive smoke event all around. This evening's sunset is awesome.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I can tell, beautiful pumpkins on the deck trump world economics every time. There's not much we can do about the economic turmoil in the world, but there's certainly an abundance of blessings we can focus on instead.