Author: Rod

Feb 9 Split

The only disability in life is a bad attitude. Scott Hamilton For fun, I thought I would split a couple of the heavy logs I brought in yesterday. They were so wet you could almost squeeze water out of them. I kept swinging the axe till my back gave out. I managed to split two…


Feb 8 More Cutting

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. Phillips Brooks There is a warm wind blowing outside. Too warm for February. I am not complaining because of my firewood situation. There is very little out there. What I have is buried under tons of ice and snow. The truth is,…


Feb 7 Rest

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. Pythagoras What if God told you to just rest. Would you? I don’t mean voices in my head or burning bush messages, just strong hints. Call it intuition, your subconscious or whatever you want. Sometimes it’s just obstacles in your…


Feb 6 False Spring

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. Hal Borland I noticed that the sunrise has started to migrate farther north. Signs that spring is on its way. Two months away. We are about to have 10 days of spring weather. We went from an extreme cold warning to a heavy snowfall warning, to…


Feb 5 Rain in February

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. Jack Ma I can feel the aches and pains of a major weather change. Every joint every muscle hurts. Checking the forecast, a week of plus temps and even rain. Rain on top of the deep snow….


Feb 4 Snowmagedden

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche HBM The snow is still falling hard. It appears to be 12 inches deep. It is hard to tell because it was a blizzard last night. At first glance some of the drifts are three feet tall maybe more. It is…


Feb 3 In Deep

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost I knew a big snowstorm was on it’s way. Early, I got dressed, fed the cats and got Gracie ready for a trip to town. Cat food was in at the post office,…


Feb 2 Groundhogs

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley How did groundhog day start. I decided to find out. Ok forget that I stopped reading when Gobblers Knob was mentioned. Punxsutawney Phil’s story wouldn’t be told here today. I used a different method, I checked the far-reaching weather forecasts. It all…


Feb 1 The First Step

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Lao Tzu Too cold to run the gen today. No video games. I will be going out to cut wood later. I missed a log out there yesterday when my chain broke. There is a ton of things I should be doing inside. Cleanup, cleanup,…


Jan 31 Chain Broke

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. William James I went out, cut wood till the same chain broke again. In the grand scheme of things it wasn’t much. Enough to get me through the next couple of nights. I was running low out there.