Author: Rod

Sep 17 Black Water

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Loren Eiseley   Heavy chores this morning. Cats fed and watered. Move 10 gallons of pee outside, fetched ten gallons of skunky black pond water for the filters and filled the tanks. Now sitting in the shop, huffing and puffing. I am not…


Sep 6 Shopping

When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. Euripides Friday morning. My ride into town arrived. I was thankful. I was getting tired of ceral and beans. The animals had enough food. After hobbling around the grocery store for what seemed like an hour. I had a…


Sept 2 Water

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. W. H. Auden Twelve gallons of water fetched from the pond. One huge litter box emptied. Three more to go. My back already hurting. After litter boxes, it was time to refill them with wood pellet cat litter. After carying another 40 pound bag up from…


Aug 27 3 Days No Walk

For 3 days now I can not put weight on my right foot. My  sole seems to be the problem. I hobbled and limped my way through the morning rituals and chores. Cats were fed and watered my breakfast made and eaten. Even managed to fill the gen, check the oil, and got that outside…


Aug 25 Persona Non Gratae

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. George Carlin Personae non gratae: an unacceptable or unwelcome person I have become that person in the eyes of this community. I have someone making sure that falsehood, continues. Wherever I go, I am treated with extreme content, by the RCMP, local…


Aug 22 Almost Dying

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best. St. Jerome Almost dying changed my perspective. I got to see people as they really were. It was sad but enlightening at the same time. I cleaned out my contact list. That actually was in itself an act…


Aug 17 Paralyzed

Life comes with pain. Rod Wave At 2 AM the pain stopped. Since  my hospital visit Wednesday. I have endured an imense amout of physical pain in my kidneys. First im both then just my right kidney. I have been taking Tylenol extra strength, it wasn’t enough. This morning I am paralyzed, with fear. I…


Aug 14 Today was Hard

  I spent 12 hrs in extreme pain. There was a problem with my kidneys. I spent the first hour laying on the ground outside my house as I waited for the ambulance. Another half hour before we left for the hospital. Then four hours before I saw the doctor for ten seconds. The pain…


Aug 12 Next Time I Will Get it Right

If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? John Wooden Did you ever imagine giving your next incarnation a message? What would it be? What warnings would you send to your future self? What advice would you give? I would take the rest of the…


Aug 10 Sometimes a Fart is just a Fart

One man’s cult is another man’s religion. Annie Parisse I ate nearly 2 kg of greek yogurt, some with a lot of blueberries, some with cereal. Then add a couple of bananas, a pound of lactose free cheese, a basket of cherry tomatoes, and more. I was scared to fart. Some of the blueberries were…