Lift up your head, and keep your mouth shut

Three weeks ago I was going to write about the wind in this space but I ran out of time. I used to proclaim that I loved the Kansas wind, always have, until lately. The blowing, flowing, mowdown wind that has been sweeping across the High Plains of Pratt County lately has started to get annoying. The other day I was walking down the sidewalk downtown and I turned to say something to my husband, a chunk of dirt literally landed in my mouth from whoknows-where. And I was going to say something nice!