Today is 21st Quinqia, 12AS...a Eponaday

"Eponaday is The First Day. Epona is a very ancient Celtic Goddess of Horses. She is chosen because The Horse is central to Amazon Culture. She starts off the week with the symbolic 'getting back in the saddle'."

"Let us look at the structure of the week itself. The First, Second and Third Days are the 'official' Work Week for business, school, etc. On the Weekend, the Fourth Day is half and half; morning and early afternoon for finishing up the Work Week and the late afternoon and evening for playing and partying. The Fifth Day is not a religious holiday per se, but rather meant to be a day of relaxation and reflection."

Addendum D [Calendar for A New Matriarchy]

Random/Life in The Desert Mash-Up

~It's presently 93° and 14% humidity. It was 97° when I got up an hour ago, but we're having another Wind Alert, so the degrees are getting shaved off.

I'm hiding in my shuttered room and ignoring everything else. I'm also gong back to bed in a while. Didn't sleep enough. Hunger woke me up.

Lawfare

~This is the (partially redacted) last letter I wrote to That Woman back on April 30th. It is as yet unsent, though our lawyer has seen it and said that the time to send will come. It outlines the source of both our anger and frustration with That Woman, who, according to the last Terror Note from The Ambulance Chaser, has ostensibly spent $6000 on legal fees on this to date.

Mrs. Goldenring,

I expect you're pursuing (This Joint's addy) like it was the Taj Mahal because you believe you'll recoup much of the money you lost to Norman Flam. Let me share some numbers with you that show why that's a futile undertaking.

Directly across the street is (Another Joint's addy), a four bedroom double-wide with a fireplace and very well maintained by its previous owner, a Mr. (Somebody). It is, in other words, a larger and more valuable property that (This Joint's addy) by any measure.

A little over two years ago Mr. (Somebody) put it on the market for $39,500. After more than a year and a half, he finally sold it for $18,000. That is the reality of property values around here. Check it for yourself: (Another Joint's full and complete addy).

Maybe you have looked at the tax assessments. I suspect that Kern Co is cooking those books in a desperate attempt to keep their credit rating from being worse that it is. They listed (This Joint's addy) at $80,000 until Ms Hayes demanded a reassessment. Then it dropped to $57,000. Mind you this was at the same time when Mr. (Somebody) could not get two/thirds of that amount on a bet. And then last year, when the California Association of Realtors stated that property values in Kern Co dropped by 4% across the board, [and Mr. (Somebody) took his 18G's and ran] they raised the value by $5000. So forget Kern's numbers. They're nonsense.

Even if Ms Hayes was able to clear out right now – she can't – you are still going to have to pay the $415 a month lot rent, apx $3900 in unpaid property taxes, and X thousands of dollars to fix the house itself. That includes a leaky roof which has created a moldy closet. [The law will require that you disclose the mold to buyers/renters by the way. Good luck with that.]

Ms Hayes was planning to move anyway. The endlessly cloudy legal provenance combined with the structural problems made it clear that 'it was time to go'. She'd already borrowed money from friends to facilitate that outcome

Of course, now part of that money has had to become a legal war-chest to fight you. And trust me, fight you she will, every step of the way. (The Ambulance Chaser's) legalistic terror tactics have made her very angry.

So, you can keep pouring your money into (The Ambulance Chaser's) pocket. Or you can stop trying to dispossess a disabled woman on a fixed income [social justice anyone?] and just sit back and wait. I recommend the latter. As noted above, you're going to need that cash.

Yours


Michael V. Daly

PS Or you could do the really smart thing and go after Norman Flam, who, between you and Ms Hayes, has made a least $120,000 free and clear on (This Joint's addy). He did after all own the place outright when you 'invested' with him. He used to own the mobile home park, too. Funny that, eh?