To-Do List for Today

—Wander out into the prairie until I find a bunch of perfectly lavender tufted phlox.

—Fire-up the underground sprinkler system down at the lake.

—Skip rocks on the lake’s surface until I throw a twelve-skipper.

—Pat my 20 pounds of cat on the head and say, “You’re awesome, dude.”

—Walk around Big Tire Gulch (my property, Kevin’s name) until I find a rock with a quartz stripe through it.  

—Hand water the blue grama grass I planted at the new well head.

—Watch a pre-recorded episode of Naked and Afraid.

—Mitchell Hegman