Sorry I missed your call, but I'm not taking your calls or heading back there for a little while. π Think B.B. King: "If the phone ain't ringin', you know it's me!"
A simply perfect day at the ranch. We've STILL yet to walk or ride the entire thing. But, no need to account for cattle today. Scouring 10,000 acres is NOT in the cards! πβ οΈβ₯οΈβ¦οΈβ£οΈ
First visit to the West Wing for a new administration. Many friendly faces but a little dizzying. 20 years coming-n-going and the tingle never wears off.
Wake up, Biscuit! POTUS is making a few remarks. π Later? OK. Party's over. Back to work, everyone.
Y'all take care of X for me while I'm gone for a bit. Wish I could hang longer.
VERY chilly π₯Ά evening sail. β΅οΈ Only boat on the lake, last outing of the season, first winter storm rolling in. Just enough breeze to get back to our dock. Dillon Yacht Club. World's Highest. 9017 ft.
Freedom is riding wild over untamed land without a notion any moment exists beyond the one you are living. But perfection only lives in little wisps of time. Then, the world becomes imperfect again.
This very evening, nine Octobers ago @ThePalmDC. Thankful the lights are still on at our K Street and Denver offices the last 16 years, and counseling complex interests and governments here and abroad. Heck, it only took 28 years to get noticed! That's about 158 in DC-years.π
Alright. I'm up. Willie and Kacey have got me in a mood now. I think I'll head into town to find a crooked pool table on a dusty floor propping up an ice-cold Dos Equis Ambar Especial with a Patron Reposado sidekick.
One of the toughest conference rooms I've ever worked. Senegal. Landmines. Casamance. 40-year conflict, and they're still splattering folks. Yet, driving north to Serrekunda after was even MORE tense. Oh yeah, I also saw thieves π₯ burned π₯ alive as punishment.
There's nothing like a SCOTUS hangout after a late java βοΈ. The first Monday in October is closing in! π Lights, Camera, Justice! π’ And yikes! Me on the right. Would a sit-up or two kill me? ππ