Author: Rod

Nov 28 Hard Work 4 Me

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. Jack Ma Three wood pallets brought in, gen filled and started cats fed. That took an hour. My back is caved in, breathing is difficult, but I am boiling water for coffee. The snow is to arrive…


Nov 27 Colder More Snow

There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter. Billy Connolly My forecast says -33 at night 20 cm of snow. Inside right now it is an average of 1 celcius. The fire has been lit. In my woodwork shop it is -12. Snow was gathered, cats fed, each water bowl was filled with snow…


Nov 25 Challenges

Todays challenges. Melt a gigantic bowl of snow on a single burner camp stove. Thats not the challenge, gettinng it into 2 liter bottles, while holding a funnel that barely fits. Challenge accepted. First thing cut the top off the two litter bottle to fit the funnel .badly done but done. I have a stack…


Nov 24 Thanks for the Memories

I never know what I am going to write about when I start. Sometimes I have ideas. I could write about anything since this is just my journal. I know I am the only one that reads this. I write for me, for the days coming when I forget. Anyways cats are fed, fire started,…


November 23 Bargains

Necessity never made a good bargain. Benjamin Franklin Bargains is how I manage my day. I bargain with myself. If I want to do something fun, I tell myself I must do some work first. I am disabled, dying and broken, for doing even small tasks extracts a high price. Pain, breathing and more plays…


Nov 14 Snowater

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. Jules Verne Cats fed, almost watered. I will do that again after more snow is melted. Snow was swept off the solar panels, even gathered more snow for melt. Yes my back and…


Nov 10-11 Worse Days

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.’ – Sun Tzu It’s worse. Just feeding the cats took my breath away. I am making coffee. Then I am going back to bed. There are things I need to do today, things I would like to do, and things I should do. Maybe later. I hope. Rememberance Day…


Nov 9 Hadto

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent Van Gogh I am writing here today cause I hadto. I just chopped another hole in the ice on the pond.  Water filter was low. I carried the full bucket and the big chopping maul back into the workshop. Then had to…


Nov 5 That was Easy

You don’t know who you are until you are on the chopping block. Sisqo I wish I could tell you it was. I needed to chop a new hole in the ice so I could retrive more water from the pond. I went down thinking I just need a small axe. I had already cut…


Oct 31

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