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Apr 3 Trudgery

“I think the hill one has to trudge in order to understand a man’s baggage is more of a trek than I’d like to take right now.” Shirley MacLaine  


Apr 2

No words today


Apr 1 Snow Fool

“There is no substitute for hard work.” Thomas A. Edison It’s still snowing. No it’s not, look at the date. There is a bright ball in the blue sky. It is very cold. Today is snow blowing day I just did my walk outside to the end of the driveway. Yes I wore traditional clothes….


Mar 31 Endless Winter

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” Thomas Paine Please sir could I have some more? And more is what me may get, up to 50 more cm in some areas. -20 with 20 km gusts. Wait till tomorrow to clean the driveway, yes I think I will. Wood too, since the path…


Mar 30 The Finger

“On the other hand, you have different fingers.” Steven Wright My morning coffee reminded me of an old Brian Bosworth movie title. It was stone cold, so was my fire. I loaded it with wood anyways, filled my kettle put it on top having some faith that the fire would relight itself, and I would…


Mar 29 Snow Job

“The highest revelation is that God is in every man.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Snowed heavy still snowing. Yup need the snowblower running but I want the snow to stop coming down first. I will probably need firewood, I may have to bring in one log at a time or just cut a path through the…


Mar 28 Broken Body

“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” Plato It snowed like I knew it would. It snowed a lot, with the high winds it made tall snowdrifts. I swept the solar panels off to no avail. Freezing rain hit first before the cold…


Mar 27 OMG !!!!

“Really the topic of breakfast cereal is generally a very boring one.” Josh Homme I poured a little gas down Gracies’ throat, got the garage doors open as wide as they could and coaxed the old girl to fire. It even sounded like she was firing on all cylinders, sort of. Soon me and my…


Mar 26 SMOKE

“Trust your landmark and run through the smoke. It’s going to open up eventually.” Ezekiel Elliott It’s a gray day outside and inside too. Smoke is blowing hard into my house. I have already climbed on the roof, slid down the icy and snowy sheet metal to check the chimney top. It was a little…


Mar 24 Complaints⭐⭐⭐

“Never complain. Never explain.” Katharine Hepburn I woke up feeling better than most days lately, a wicked headache my only new symptom. Not including the normal stuff, aches and pains in my joints difficulty walking and on and on. The cats were all fed and watered, I added wood to the woodstove and waited patiently…