Author: Rod

Dec 28 12 Inches

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more. Louis L’Amour I haven’t been able to access this site all day. The problem seems to be solved now. It has been another busy day here. Cats fed twice. Watered twice. I gathered…


Dec 27 Totally Board

Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Been a busy morning. As usual fed the cats made sure they had water.   The fire was out, wood was out. I made another trip to the board pile. This time…


Boxing Day 2022

Don’t just count your years, make your years count. George Meredith Once again cats fed, wood gathered, fire loaded, fire started, snow gathered for melt. I thought I had a full 18l bottle of water left. I did not. Another snow storm is on its way. Another 15 CM will fall today. Even if the…


Dec 24 Christmas Eve Day

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. Charles M. Schulz I did the things that needed doing this morning. I got up at 6 started a fire, and then up to watch a couple of episodes. Came back at 9:30 AM loaded the wrong kind of wood on non exsistent coals. Heavy wood…


Dec 23 Miracles

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein I am not even sure where to start this post. It has been an interesting day. If I didn’t get my parcels from the post office cats would get…


Dec 21 -51 Soltice

“Red sky at night sailors delight; red sky in the morning sailors take warning.” Red in the morning. Ya I know, I said it many times before. A storm is coming. Google the quote above and learn there is science behind it. There is no way to say this nicely. It is really fucking cold….


Dec 20 Cereal Killer

Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It sets you up for the day, so you don’t overeat. Bruce Barton Coldest morning so far parts of the house were below zero. Some of the cat bowls were frozen solid. My room was plus 2. Getting up before daylight to light a fire…


Dec 19 40 Below

Hbm yft People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. Albert Einstein Went out for my morning stroll to sweep off the solar panels. Yes I did notice that more snow was falling. It didn’t matter, this time of the year there is only a few hours that the panels can generate…


Dec 18 Snow 4 Melt

“Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.” Geralt of Riveria The very best part of fresh snow for me, besides the view is gathering the white stuff in large bowls to put on the wood stove. If you know about heating with wood, you already know it makes the…


Dec 17 Cold & Colder

When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back. John Pomfret Another happy day in my frozen paradise. They say -30 outside, I was out there it feels warmer than that. I was out starting the gen. It was a little windy. Yes I finished the daily…