The Gang of Six

You may recall the “Gang of Six”.   They were six United States senators from both political parties who worked on a bipartisan basis to address the federal budget deficit and debt in 2011. They proposed a nutty plan that included both spending cuts and revenue increases.

Well, I have my own Gang of Six.  They are not senators.  My Gang of Six is comprised of chipmunks.   And, truthfully, I have no idea if there are six of them, but there are at least four of them.

They seem like six.

While I have no firm proof my gang is promoting a strategy to change my tax structure, I can affirm that they regularly overrun my back deck and brick ledge.   Recently, one of them, in a panic to flee from me, knocked a small terra cotta pot (holding a candle) from the brick ledge.

The pot shattered on my deck.  

Thanks, Gang of Six.

A Member of the Gang on My Deck

Broken Pot

—Mitchell Hegman