Our lone apple tree has outdone itself this year. All the high winds we have had, the hard rains, nothing has deterred it from producing what I would call a giant bumper crop of wealthy apples.
Wyoming’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly from 2.9% in July to 3.0% in August, according to the Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. Even at 3.0, the state’s unemployment rate is much lower than the current U.S. unemployment rate of 4.2%.
Joni was cleaning out my hall closet last week and came upon a real treasure — the slide rule that her Dad had used for years when he was studying for his land surveyor’s license. When he and Bill Dickenson did private surveys, John always wrote up the descriptions and he had the old slide rule out all the time. Then she asked me how it worked. Asking me? I liked math — but I had my limit and that was geometry.
(WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming are unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.25 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming.
My grandfather is a masterful storyteller, who can thread the needle with grace and skill. He knows the jagged mountains of central Pennsylvania as well as the veins in his hands. He is mischievous, bawdy and dryly funny. He loves a game of cards and ties the most beautiful flies. He rises early, works hard and is out in the meadows on the first day of hunting season every year. He taught me to hike, drive and swim.
