Plattsburgh. Where are you now, Maggi?

I’m glad you are safe and well, John. I hope you and your loved ones stay that way. I wish the same for those who aren’t lucky enough to “live on a large comfortable yacht moored in an alfalfa field surrounded by rangelands.”

Let’s hope we all make it through, and nobody becomes unglued. We’re about to find out soon.

Miss you too, Monika…

I wrote: “Totally unrelated, I can’t imagine living in NY–or any other city. I assume that many will come unglued tomorrow, unless one of the candidates wins by a substantial margin.

Living on a large comfortable yacht moored in an alfalfa field surrounded by rangelands, our lives are ever better. Essentially, our home is a place where responsible liberty, environmental quality and modest prosperity converge. Further, our community is small, homogeneous and stable: hence trust is the norm. (I’m collecting examples.)

Further, health, like disease, is contagious. Really quite remarkable. People don’t qualify for senior discounts on season ski passes until their 80th birthday! (Otherwise retirees would swamp the cafe/bar.) A visitor from the midwest was in BZN for a week and finally asked his host: “Am I the only person in Bozeman who smokes?” Answer: “Yes, nearly the only one.”

Also, nearly no underclass. And no inexpensive housing. (Exceptions are special cases such as on our ranch.). Teton Heritage Builders, a home construction outfit working at Big Sky, starts its lowest laborers @ $26/hr with full benefits–goes to $29 at three weeks.

We also have fine medical care; docs like to come here. Our Bozeman Deaconess Hospital is always upgrading–now a $15 mil expansion and an MD program with U of Washington.

The coronavirus is generating a great deal of creative destruction, an evolutionary process evident here. One consequence, housing prices went up $78K in August alone!

Must close–steers and lambs arrive this afternoon.