This Is Cold---for Californians

My readers Back East and in Russia will laugh when I say it  has been cold this week. But, it has been cold, for Californians. 

   You should have seen the looks on the faces of our dogs and the horse yesterday morning when there was ice on the water trough. They were thirsty, that's where the water was, but they couldn't get a drink. [This is where we insert a sad face.] For the record, I did break up the ice so they could drink.

The wheat was growing like gang busters last month. Things were fairly warm. But, it has slowed back down to normal now.

   We are busy pre-irrigating the cotton ground. We are almost done pruning the almonds.

There have been two pieces on the radio this week about my book. This one has some quotes from the book.

Ten Reasons- II
By Paul H. Betancourt
Copyright December 2012

                Here are some excerpts from my new book, ‘Ten Reasons: Finding Balance on Environmental Issues.

            “What does this farmer thinks of the environment? I love it! One of the reasons I chose to farm was to be able to work in and with the natural world. Farmers don’t seem to be able to get enough of the outdoors. When we do get time off it is not unusual to find us hunting, fishing, water skiing or snow skiing. “

BALANCE

“The first principle in a safe and sane environmental policy is balance. We can neither let unrestrained pollution take place, nor can we let the Precautionary Principle strangle progress. The principle that must guide is as a healthy environment and a healthy economy.”

            “There are thousands of issues to address and conversations that must take place. I don’t pretend to solve all these problems in a few pages. But, the principles in this book can help is solving the problems we face.

Will you join me?”

The book is available on Amazon, Google Books and BarnesandNoble.com. There is a Kindle version. I am working to have it at Costco and Barnes and Nobel here in town. There is also a Facebook page- www.facebook.com/TenReasons .

Here's the link for the audio version-

http://www.940kyno.com/index.php?c=68

I hope Y'all have a safe, and warm week.

P