Whew!

Like last year, I have been granted the opportunity to take bodily form and visit Shafter during the Kiwanis Tournament. This is always a treat. If you have ever been awakened from a very, very deep sleep, you have some sense of the ordeal it is as well. The blogging always suffers. However, I hope there will also be some positive blog developments from my visit. I return to the motherland with purpose. Keep your fingers crossed, dear readers. For now, I am happy to report that The Bivouac has submitted a little something for the tournament program. We may also be participating as a sponsor. This is something I have always wanted to do, but inflation has sucked a lot of the buying power out of my 19th century dollars, so we will see.