Opinion

Howdy Folks, get down an’ come on out back. Coffee’s hot an’ we’ll just sit an’ have a cup while we enjoy nature’s offering. As you can see, our view today is about like watching from the edge of a lake. That backyard fills up with water after a “frog strangler” like we sometimes have. I was visitin’ with an old pard last week, an’ the subject swung around to the weather. He allowed, “ That the drought we have been sufferin’ through all this time seems likely to be broken an’ those ol’ boys that were predicting a dry spring have pert near dried up!” My guess is that they are like politicians and will have developed a series of excuses that throw the blame on whoever is on the opposite side! Texas has it’s share of “old sayings”, proverbs if you will, and one that comes to mind is, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a bit an’ it will change!” along with “the only folks that predict Texas weather have had their bell rung or maybe just new on the scene”. We sure need this dry spell to change to wet. Last summer’s dry and heat was tough for everyone around, including the catfish. The last couple of times I was fishing the dust was so thick the catfish could not see the bait and when you accidentally caught one, that fish flopping and flouncing raised such a dust that one would pert near choke up! I am glad it rained and I am just going to thank the Good Lord for seeing to it that the dust was settled enough that a feller could at least see if his cork was actually in the water! I recollect back to a time when a TV star out of Waco, Johnny Watkins, would allow that the Good Lord would bring rain about the time we were really needing it. I wrote a poem called “Have The Faith” that I would like for you to read.