Dust Removal

@mc1968: Ah, okay. Live and learn! I was gonna ask but looked it up instead: DPS is Department Of Public Safety.

@asvjerry: I don't remember where in Texas we were Jerry. On a trip from L.A. to NYC in 1982, it took me 5 days in total (we stopped every night), one of them just to make it through Texas alone. Asleep At The Wheel's "Miles And Miles Of Texas" came to mind 😊 .

In 2012 an old friend and I drove from L.A. to Austin, to look at the housing market there. All across Texas the lawn signs read "Romney For President" until we approached Austin, at which time the signs read "Obama" for same. Texas is bipolar 😊 .

On the way back a Texas Ranger pulled me over for speeding (everybody drives at least 80 mph in L.A.), and he was quite a bit more pleasant than are California Highway Patrolmen. He let me go with a warning.

The dust storms in the California desert are just awful. They are bad enough to ruin the paint on cars! With that and five dogs in the house, I had to sweep and vacuum everyday.

On the other topic, when I got up here to my sister’s house in S. Washington she had a lawn sign that proclaimed "Black Lives Matter". I don’t believe in subjecting others to your unsolicited opinions (some here may find that claim specious ;-), and took it down.

Beside getting way from the desert dust, my new listening room sounds fantastic, and the neighborhood is the quietest I’ve ever lived in. Plus there are lots of great local record stores, good sounding small music venues (this past Wednesday I saw Joe Henry live in a beautiful old church in Portland), and cool weather. Those 115-120 degree days in the desert got to be real old!