It would have been nicer to have been out on the Sportster on a warm summer evening. But, that time of the year had gone; the Sportster was under a ta...rp, and likely to stay that way unless the weather over the next few days broke out into an unseasonably gorgeous warm spell -- it was capable of doing that, but whether it would was a different story.The election the previous week had taken place without any incident or comment whatsoever, since it was an off-year election, with nothing on the. We got a cart and began selecting the perishable goods that we’d need - milk, butter, eggs, and so on.“I thought you’d call the farm and we’d get the eggs there. They cost about half of what they do here.”“You’re talking maybe two dollars’ worth of difference,” I said.“Are you trying to avoid seeing Jodie?” Kara teased.“Jess told me in the car,” I said.“I’m not surprised. She was very worried that you were going off into one of your bouts of depression. And she thought the cure was, how did you. The TVs were tuned to ESPN and CNN. I wasn't interested in any springsports, and CNN just had politics on. Our President said somethingstupid and the other political party was furious. It's almost as if CNNis just playing repeats every day.My beer and shot arrived at that moment. I picked up the shot glass,tapped the bar-top with the glass and downed it.The band started to play a cover of a Chainsmokers song and the teensin the front cheered. I ate the burger and while glancing up at the TVon. Although there was a small municipal lake that was great for cooling off when temperatures were hot.It was a Monday afternoon and I had just finished up mowing the grass and decided to walk to the lake that was two miles from my home,I filled my canteen with water grabbed my binoculars that I always took along for bird watching,as I approached I noticed that there was only one car parked in a small parking area about a hundred yards from the lake.I gazed down at the license plate noting that.