Author: Rod

Jan 30 Memories

I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise. Betty White I missed placed my phone this morning. Finding it was an after coffee project. After an hour of looking, I found the phone, this morning I changed my routine, I started…


Jan 29 More Nothing, Almost

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm. Frank Lane Back pain is back. I am thinking I may rest one more day. The temp is supposed to be zero tomorrow. Then the next cold spell arrives. It will get down to -30 at night. Sunday I will be cutting…


Jan 28 Nothing

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. Jules Renard   Need coffee before writing the whole post. Cats are fed, watered, snow melt poured into stage one filter, fire fed and is smoking. My coffee is made and beside me. The picture above was taken while I was feeding…


Jan 27 Back Wood

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. Albert Einstein No fire last night. I did the right things put in the last of the dry wood. Filled it with cardboard. Lit it and went to bed. I woke it was a chilly 9 inside, 5 in the fireroom. After feeding the…


Jan 26 Caution

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others. Publilius Syrus I woke, made my way down stairs slowly. My back still sore but less pain. I needed to cut wood today but thought I would wait. I didn’t want to reinjure before the cold comes back. It is still warm…


Jan 25 Healing

I like to always be as productive as possible. Jeffree Star I  woke with extremely dry mouth. I am sure it was one of the side effects of the pharma I took last night. I made it downstairs, fed the cats, reloaded the wood stove and filled it with a torn-up Amazon box. I lit…


Jan 24 Trouble is Back

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain. Karl Marx I went out to cut more wood, wet heavy wood. I picked up the last log to be cut, and I felt something snap in my lower back. The pain was overwhelming. It only hurt when I moved. I still had to load my…


Jan 23 Video Game

Video games are meant to be just one thing: Fun! Fun for everyone. Satoru Iwata A fire is crackling in the woodstove, I have my morning coffee, cats are fed and watered. I am mostly rested. Today is Sunday my traditional video game day. I used to play with my kids every Sunday. It is…


Jan 22 One Man

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius My angel of mercy came by in his machine and pushed snow and logs. I would have run out of wood today. Now there is a week’s worth of logs exposed. Logs I would never have found. I will…


Jan 20 The Driveway

My neighbor has a circular driveway… he can’t get out. Steven Wright So much to do today. First things first, cats fed and watered. Water-filled kettle on the woodstove. Woodstove wood added. Watch kettle till boiled. Soon to happen. I have yet to decide on the driveway. It looks like the freezing rain may yet…