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Mar 6 -25c Chainsawing

“Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.” Carl Jung Feeling slightly better. My day is planned, lots to get accomplished. The feel like is -25c actual is -18. I need to go out and chainsaw that is a given. Before that, I  need to empty the wheelbarrow, sharpen the chainsaw, add gas and bar…


Mar 5 Coffee

“If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” Abraham Lincoln I went to a lot of trouble to get a hot cup of coffee. To me, it is the only cup that matters. If I have others during the day, really they are just…


Mar 4 Snow & Food

“It’s difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn’t available.” Ronald Reagan Accuweather was correct over 10 cm of snow fell. The weathernetwork said 1. I was out in my bathrobe and snow boots taking these pics. It felt warm, so I  did push the snow shovel along the…


Mar 3 not dying of that

“The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for they are dead weary, as you can tell even when looking at them from behind. Every line and sag of their bodies speaks their inhuman exhaustion.” Ernie Pyle I managed to get the old girl out of the barn…


March 2 The key

“The uncluttered life is the key to a good memory.” Frank McCourt Although hard to see in the picture, the sky is Red. I know, red sky at night sailors delight red sky in the morning sailors take warning. One weather service says we will get 35cm of snow, the other says 1. It is…


Feb 29 Zombies

I can’t really make fun of zombies. They’re not liars. They’re not cheats. George A. Romero 4:27 AM Just stumbled out of bed looking very much like one of the TWD. I could barely navigate the thirty steps to check the fire. I had a very hard night. It seems to be a problem to…


Feb 28 I Dream

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” Walt Disney 7:24 AM I woke with pain in my abdomen left side getting more intense, yesterday I found a big painful lump in my spine at the bottom of my C’s. The pain around the back of my elbows and wrist is also more intense….


Feb 26 Sunny

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” Charles Dickens Out in my bathrobe standing in the driveway wearing my sandals in the snow, I snapped a few pics. Now sitting on my green…


Feb 25 Gorilla Tape Surgery

“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” Vincent Van Gogh It is dark and gray outside, I can see the beginnings of more snow. My health today is marginal. That is good for me. Only slight dizziness, pain is mostly in my left shoulder…


Feb 24

I got the oppurtunity to work on the roof over my desk. It is progressing but not finished. I hope to caulk all the possible liquid entry points. It is a lot of trouble to go for cats. I just could get rid of them, naah that won’t happen. They are like kids to me.