Cornbread Heater

Mornings are very cool and more noticeable since I turned off my heaters several days past. To counteract the chill this morning I mixed up a batch of cornbread first thing after brewing coffee. There was heat in the kitchen from the oven and more warmth in my tummy from hot cornbread with molasses for breakfast. A grand start for the day. The heavy cloud cover seemed to be ready to drop rain but a gentle southwest wind blew them aside and the day warmed nicely. I went to work on contest entries. It was pleasant to sit in the back porch to read and critique them. Now I have only 2 left to finish.
CBS finally got their local tower on analog so I can catch up on Y&R. At least on Wednesdays and maybe Fridays. I get a weak signal sometimes that breaks up the picture and sound but I have to live with that I suppose. After a big dish of salad I stepped out on the back steps and was dive bombed by a hornet. I see them often on the fence by my car. They will get a lethal shot of wasp killer as soon as there is any sign of a hive.
My backyard is wild. The squirrel took off along the fence top and headed for branches in the Ponderosa Pines. I can see no sign of a nest but the little red ones must live close by. They drop down from Wade's roof to the Douglas trunk and dig out the nuts they hid last fall. Crows nest in that huge cottonwood tree and squawk from time to time. Gulls glide over hoping for a leftover picnic scrap.
My privacy fence is wonderful. I can go out in my nightwear to hang clothes first thing in the morning. I go out in the afternoons to sunbathe in a skimpy suit. Maybe when the full moon comes up I'll go and moon bathe.
Naomi Sherer