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Dec 3 Raise Hell

The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. John Milton It seems I have a lot to say in my mind. Lately, I have a hard time getting those words to come out. Today is a very painful day, bones and muscles hurting, more…


Dec 2 Gracie needs help

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. John Lennon   My birthday is over. Back to the grind. I need to chainsaw today. I also need to fix Gracie’s headlights. It was all coming to a crunch. Just went out to split two logs. They happen to be big ones. I…


Dec 1 My Birthday

You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. George Burns Just another day here. Feed the cats, water the cats, empty the ash in the woodstove, get the fire started again. The house is cold I had to let the fire go out to do this nasty, dusty, lung choking job….


Nov 30 Matter

The stars are matter, we’re matter, but it doesn’t matter Captain Beefheart I woke up and right away checked to see if the Amazon parcel with the catfood had been processed at our local village post office. If had, i got dressed fed Gracie a swallow of fuel, refixed the airfilter, opened the garage and…


Nov 29

  I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days. Bill Dana   Cats get to eat later. One meal left. Tomorrow parcels come with the catfood order and it will be the last day I am 62. I promised the cats a…


Nov 28 Nothing

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates How much did I accomplish today? Nothing, cooked for the cats and slept. I must have needed that.


Nov 27 Oxygen

A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t. Jack Dempsey Were it so easy? Another day in my life, I went out to gather wood, transport wood, split wood, and transport again. Ninety percent was heavy wet and rotten it would need a few days or more in the fireroom. I meant to…


Nov 26 On & On

HBJ To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson Today is no different than the others. Feed the cats, feed the birds, cut firewood, split firewood then tend to indoor chores. Body aches and pains seem to be getting worse, sore…


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Nov 24 Needs Doing

Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much. John Wayne Ever feel like your life is a video game and your graphic card is not functioning? Or maybe you don’t have enough ram? It is how I feel right now. As always doesn’t matter stuff needs doing, so I do what needs doing. Wood…