Dancing the Night Away

... until 10 pm, anyway.

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Friday evening was play time. A local motorcycle club’s rally is being hosted by Steve and Raynita’s bar, The Cabin. Backbeat was the band, and, oh, how we danced. Among a crowd of green (spirit body) bikers dressed in black leather, we looked distinctive in our western hats and shorts. We had the dance floor (several inches of gravel), to ourselves for quite a long time. (The bikers began to dance after dark.) It was our first time to dance together and we had a lot of FUN.

TO "TELL ME MORE" PLUS A LOCAL WILDFIRE

A PHOTO OF THE FIRE JUST OUTSIDE HEBER-OVERGAARD, AS WE SEE IT FROM OUR BOOTH

If you voted in the poll, thank you! We've had one vote in the poll for "tell me more." According to Cougina, Hermetic theosophy has existed for the last 7,000 years, mostly in secrecy, and always persecuted by conventional religion. In the 1950's, the living community of Hermetic adepts made the decision to become somewhat public for the first time. Covina Hermiticia is part of this effort. Cougina intends to discuss teachings that cannot be found in print elsewhere, and to attract Hermetics from the worldwide community. I expect that there are many internet sites making similar claims. If you do not know Cougina, the only way to find out if this site is valid is to experience it for yourself, should you so desire. In the short time that I have known him, I became willing to change my life completely to be with him.

As for our daily life, Reese’s in Cottonwood repaired Augustina for no charge, and we had a record day, selling seven hats. Guacomole (if it were an “a” he would be a vegetable) broke in both of our new ritual goblets with our Grey Goose vodka before Kactus helped him stumble to bed. No rituals for us since receiving them - first too busy in Phoenix, now fire danger prohibits lighting the candles…

Back up at Heber, we have free internet from the Heber Water Co. (unless their router needs a reboot before Wednesday morning), and we sold a hat within an hour of opening.

Breaking news: We see that a fire has just started burning, several miles away, just outside Heber-Overgaard. Hot shot crews and state troopers have passed by on their way to the scene. We are safe in Black Canyon, but please send your prayers (in whatever form you practice) to end this fire quickly.

A beautiful (inside and out) Midwestern family, on their way to the Grand Canyon, stopped by for hats.

UP TOP - Mogollan Rim and Heber

Photo above: Just one example of John and Willie's cut metal artwork from their website, arizonametalart.com Photo right: John, Aggie, and Willie.


Note: Appointments for readings at Dr. Andria Orlowski’s, scheduled for July 18-23, are filling rapidly. There will be a Tuesday morning class on July 19, “An Introduction fo Hermetics.” Attendance is limited to a maximum of 14 people, in order to focus adequately on each person. Donations will be accepted for both readings and the class.

Thursday evening. We had a great dinner that included grilled salmon with pesto by Donna, potato salad by Craig, and plenty of white wine. Donna’s and Craig’s mother, Adrian, visiting from Florida, was the star of the evening. Unfortunately, the photo of Craig lifting his pantlegs for protection from one of Cougina's more outlandish pronouncements did not make it onto the disk...

Friday. Early in the morning, we headed up the Beeline (Highway 87) from the valley. First stop was John and Willie’s (arizonametalart.com) in Tonto Village. They specialize in flat metal carvings. Their backyard borders national forest, but the forest has been closed, even for dog walking, due to fire risk… Then on to Heber, where we paid up till August 1 at the Red Barn market… The beautiful Rim Road, site of our recent van fiasco, has also been closed. Some loggers at The Cabin told us that 77 tickets ($600 each) had been written on the Rim Road for illegal campfires this past Memorial Day weekend. Rangers revisited one campsite hours after writing a ticket, and found that the campers had started another illegal fire! This time the fire starter went to jail…

Saturday. Our first market day in Heber. Zero sales. All the vendors said it was the slowest Saturday they had seen all year. Traffic on the road was much slower than normal, and we attributed this to media coverage of the wildfires. Urban dwellers don’t realize that Heber is safe. .. Our other problem was connecting with the outside world. Our T-Mobile satellite stick doesn’t work here. The Heber Water Co. offers internet service, but their office is only open Wednesdays from 10-12 am. Another possibility is Frontier Communications, but they will not be open till Monday 8 am. My ATT cell phone dropped out completely, leading us to suspect a tower is out due to the fire… One last gift made its appearance as we drove to our campsite yesterday evening. A funny sound in the right front end tells us Augustina has a problem.

Sunday. Another bust day, and a trip down the mountain to Cottonwood, where we will take the van to Reese Tire Co. for repairs.

THIS JUST IN. COUGINA'S LATEST CREATION, DESIGNED FOR 5TH 6TH AND 7TH CHAKRAS, INCLUDING THE UPPER HALF OF THE TREE OF LIFE. SEE OLDMANSJEWELS FOR DETAILS.

THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
COUGINA AND AGGIE