Today, we leave the world of overpriced stocks and claptrap politics behind. Instead, we will just tell you what happened over the weekend here at the ranch.
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“Two of them called me Elizabeth,” said Elizabeth. She was referring to one of the cowboys’ wives and one of the local women. “And one of them sided with the originarios [the local indigenous people claiming property rights over our land].
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We rushed down to Virginia last week with the sound of an angel band playing in the background. Mother was on her last breath… ready to give up the ghost at any minute. But she surprised us again. “Am I dead yet?” she asked, regaining consciousness. “No… not yet,” we replied….
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We folded a soft, thick, llama-wool blanket and laid it on the bottom sheet.
Then we put down the top sheet… along with a modern, spun-wool blanket… added a beige wool coverlet… another Arctic blanket on top of that… and still another blanket over the lot of them. Just to be sure, we then spread a heavy, tightly woven llama-wool poncho over the bed. And we kept our socks on. Then we crawled under the pile for a night’s sleep.
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We are recounting our last days at the ranch… while we are en route to Paris.
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“What happened to you?”
Elizabeth noticed that our left arm was covered with bruises and blood.
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“You want to be able to keep the ranch going? Keep the employees on the job.
“With a place like this, the only way to do it may be tourism. It’s very picturesque. It may the only thing that really works.”
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The herd first appeared as a cloud of dust coming from the northwest. It would take another two hours for us to hear the cows mooing and the gauchos yipping and yelling. In the tumult of the roundup, cows are separated from the calves. Both call out desperately until they are reunited…
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We’re taking a mini-holiday this week. Unless something exciting happens in the markets, we’ll ignore them. But we’ll be happy to tell you what’s going on at the ranch. Last week, we had a series of setbacks…
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When we checked yesterday, the Dow was moving up toward 18,000.
Meanwhile, U.S. corporate earnings were sliding. North American shipping volumes were falling. China was borrowing at 10 times the U.S. rate… and its economy was still slowing. Japan was in cuckoo land. And the IMF was joining it, calling for more negative interest rates…
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And now, if you believe today’s legends, their descendants are mounting a counterattack. They are trying to take back what was lost four centuries ago.
There have been whispers of insurrection ever since we got here nine years ago. Now, things are heating up.
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“Oh… Señor Bonner. Where is la señora?”
This was the greeting we got on Saturday when we arrived at the school.
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Dear Diary,
Our last day at the ranch was happy and sad. Life up here toughens you up. At least, that’s what we’ve been saying…
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