Author: Rod

Jan 17 Charger

January 17, 2023
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A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. Benjamin Franklin Sun is up, that really means more work for me. Solar panels need sweeping. Snow needs shovelling. Litter boxes need dumping outside. Would it all get done I doubt it. Fatigue is overwhelming today, like carrying a 3000 pound rock on…

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Jan 16 Tough Morning

January 16, 2023
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Tough times never last, but tough people do. Robert H. Schuller   This morning so far is tough. Wood gathered, cat food fetched, fire lit, snow gathered, wood sawn. Breathing is tough. Fatigue was extreme. On the upside poop was brown. That is good news for me.  Yellow poop bad, brown poop good. I added…

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Jan 15 Shepard

January 15, 2023
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Yup did all those things again. Fed the cats, filled the kettle, filled the gen, started the gen, gathered wood made a fire, gathered snow without gloves. Not in that order.

Jan 14 White Cow

January 14, 2023
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In the beginning it was all black and white. Maureen O’Hara Yup it’s a white cow eating daisies tops in a snowstorm. The pictures don’t show it well. Everything is white , clouds, trees,  my pond. Usual chores got done, cats fed & watered, wood gathered, fire started, kettle filled, gen filled & started.  Cats…

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Jan Fri 13th

January 13, 2023
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Jan 12 Ice fog

January 12, 2023
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A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. Groucho Marx   00:34 Interesting day yesterday. The need for peed increased to every two hours. I had to pee. It was getting worse. Even now I am awake because I needed to pee again. I have cysts on my kidneys, my…

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Jan 11 It’s hard out here for a pimp

January 11, 2023
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There is no substitute for hard work. Thomas A. Edison Ya no, I am not a pimp, but today is especially hard. I had to get up early and rush to the john.  Last three days that has been urgent. Something in my gut was making creamy peanut butter in an urgent need to see…

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Jan 10 Crackle

January 10, 2023
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Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water. Buffalo Bill   The most satisfying part of starting my heating fire is the first crackle. Knowing that all the effort of finding wood, gathering, cutting it to size actually served a…

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Jan 9 Start

January 9, 2023
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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi With cats fed and watered it was time to start another fire. It really wasn’t that cold, but enough for a fire, besides no fire no coffee. Good reason to get started. The kettle was full…

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Jan 8 Why

January 8, 2023
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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche I was thinking why do I write this journal. Do I ever think it will be read by people out there? No, I write it because if I remember to keep the website paid for. I might want to read it….

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