Wells Jones is back to take up the story of A Line in the Sand. The Seeds of Hope Campers maintain there are people who do their best to stay true to ideals in a complex world. Seeds of Peace is the name of the camp that is given a different name in the book. The response to 911 and its ramifications that Wells met up with in his travels are heartfelt.Can we get A Line in the Sand to Broadway. Progress is being made in a different name.Where will it open?Wells is headed to Havana for the nest book. Much research and time to go down.Ending up with Marcus Aurelius and stoicism as a noble example.

In a special edition of the Long Hill Report, Mr. WellsJones appeared in the studio via Zoom, which was departure for us, and trulyworth it.

Mr. Jones came to speak with us about an adventurous talehe and a mate, Miles Spencer, contemplated an adventure, embarked on it, turnedit into a book. The book, being an adventure that actually had to be trainedfor.

The two men would retrace the steps of Lawrence ofArabia, camels and all. But first it was the Running of the Bills in Pamplona.Talk about going all out!

The book, A Line In The Sand was the result. It isavailable in paperback, audiobook and kindle. I listened to the audiobook twiceand it was more than worth it. The narrator, Edoardo Ballerini, did a greatjob.

Please enjoy Part I of Wells Jones and A Line In The Sandinterview.

We began by noting that neither Mike nor I was elevated to the Papacy on this election day.As the market indices rise, Michael is not as morose as he was last month. He is more hopeful about the Donald.What a difference a month makes.My take: Trump is wild, abrasive, bombastic, but not crazy. He said he beat the Houthis, but they beat him. He knows it and just got the ships out of the way. In the MSM not even his enemies are calling it a defeat.Gus is more confident than moi at this point. No cut? Why, economy okay, unemployment okay…per Mike. Futures market says cut not yet and not in June. Remember Reaganomics as insult until it became a compliment…now, we shall see.The unwashed are under water.It is still a world where you get into your company’s 401K while young is the way to go.April usually best month as that, but not this year.Mike reports the rest of month, so that all in all okay, but not perfect.

On May 8th, we were lucky to have a young gentleman come into the studio for an episode of the Long Hill Report.Gregory, or Greg Downie is a student at Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton where I am employed casually. He is a serious young man. So, when he asked to come on, we were happy to have him.His origin story is in itself interesting, as is his knowledge about his two countries.We began talking about his origin.His dad is from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and mom was Romanian from the late days of Nicolae Ceaușescu, who was dictator.Greg was born there after the regime ended, and his mom had stories of the period when the country suffered as utilities cut out because the dictator had to repay loans and the regime could not afford to keep the lights on…literally.He discusses the education system, and his and his mom’s experience with it.Ceausescu was murdered, but there were some mixed feelings.Greg commented on the current politics in Romania and how Călin Georgescu was cheated in an election.Gregory also commented about his dad’s religious journey, which led to his becoming an Orthodox priest and eventually meeting his mom.He was well aware of the unique aspect of the Romanian language in the middle of a Slavic sea. He knows of the long history of his ancestral nation.Greg has an interest in history in general and spoke of the life and death of General Patton. Also, he spoke of the Kennedy assassination, which is much in the news lately. His interest is wide.

We began by noting that neither Mike nor I was elevated to the Papacy on this election day.As the market indices rise, Michael is not as morose as he was last month. He is more hopeful about the Donald.What a difference a month makes.My take: Trump is wild, abrasive, bombastic, but not crazy. He said he beat the Houthis, but they beat him. He knows it and just got the ships out of the way. In the MSM not even his enemies are calling it a defeat.Gus is more confident than moi at this point. No cut? Why, economy okay, unemployment okay…per Mike. Futures market says cut not yet and not in June. Remember Reaganomics as insult until it became a compliment…now, we shall see.The unwashed are under water.It is still a world where you get into your company’s 401K while young is the way to go.April usually best month as that, but not this year.Mike reports the rest of month, so that all in all okay, but not perfect.

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For the first ten minutes, it was a discussion on the Trump’s tariffs. Mike does not think they are a good idea at all. Richard is of the opinion that the jury is out on this.Mike and I have been meeting for a few years and for most of them, the Turkish Central Bank would raise rates each month would raise rates. They were well into double digits with inflation at high levels. So what’s going in Turkey now? Erdoğan is facing riots. Is this the result of his policies? Who knows, but it may be just more or our dictum, everything eventually reduces to its absurd.The Month:March has been good the last few years, down this one. Worst first quarter since 2022. Last year, a plethora of all time highs, none this year. People with money in money market funds happy.Surprise; yield curve positive. Looking forward to April, best month, but there is “some work to do.”Tech indicators help, but not too much.Tariffs?And more.

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The December Long Hill Report is a bit late in that we

Another story we did cover is how your host blew it. He

In pardoning the kid for everything since 2014, Joe was more

Gus explores Chinese history and sees a reflection to our

Bitcoin hits 100g. Is it real?

Discussion about money ensued. Gresham’s law was

So, Syria again and our support of the anti-democratic

Out to lunch Joe is not really president.

Blowback is a bitch.

Fellow looks at my book at the farmers’ market and I tell

Gus doesn’t like censorship, so we ended the show

The election happened and the world did not end.

Will DJT clean house? Who knows?

He will have to make an effort to be more ridiculous than

Put Brian Hook, a war guy, on State Dept. transition.

Election of 2020 had a big weird spike that brings its sanctity

NPR ran a non-stop commercial for Harris. NPR should charge

The state is deep. The plethora of war criminals

Can Trump bring off peace? Good luck.

January 21, Trump is a lame duck and has freedom to do what

And much more.

There will be no dock strike, and that’s good as Gina

Maybe, someone is on team reality as Ben Rhodes is for

Eric Weinstein wonders who is our president? Excellent

The stationery aircraft carrier?

Post WWII, the Brits just bugged out everywhere. Colonialism

Control of the Global South is coming a cropper.

Closing of the gold window changed things.

Stein’s Law: "If something cannot go on forever, it

Question is, how and when?

And, much more.