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Jan 19 A Beautiful day

“Today’s a beautiful day, and yesterday was a beautiful day, so that means it’s a great life.” Gnash If I was an emotional being, today would be a good day for a cry. I am not. I can’t afford to be. I got up in immense pain, the house is cold and the water I…


Jan 18 A day off

It is -43 outside they say the cold snap will be over soon. I will believe it when I see it. It will come to an end tomorrow but one weather reporting website says a little more snow first. The extreme cold warning is still up. I have never seen a cold snap exit gracefully,…


Jan 17 Firing it up

“Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.” Carlo Collodi It is snowing again or…


Jan 16 Another Day

“I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.” Audrey Hepburn Today was supposed to be my barium swallow test. It was -49  last night. There was no chance Gracie would have fired up. Plus I would have to travel in the dark for two hours to get there. And there were…


Jan 15 Cold Weather Blues

“I came from Canada, where it’s freezing cold for seven months out of the year.” Rachelle Lefevre I live in Canada, and we have eight months of winter here in Northern Alberta. Today I woke up to 10 degrees inside the house and -42c outside with windchill. I just went out to sweep the snow…


Jan 14 Electric

“Electricity is a wonderful thing. Do you realize that if we didn’t have electricity, we’d be watching television by candlelight?” Tommy Cooper It’s another day in the neighbourhood. It is dark outside but light enough I can see that the solar panels are covered in fresh snow again. Solar batteries are dangerously low. If I…


Jan 13 Baby it’s -38 Outside

“In cold weather states like Vermont, where the weather can get to 20 below zero, home heating assistance is critically important. In fact, it is a life and death issue.” Bernie Sanders Well, it is cold with forecasts of colder. I need to go out and chainsaw wood, -38 right now extreme wind chill warning…


Jan 12 -30–44 Later


Jan 11 Iatrogenic Care ⭐⭐⭐

“A patient who is denied validation for their medical injury is betrayed by the medical system they have learned to trust as an official authority. It is a shocking experience to realize that everyone one has thought about trusting this authority is suddenly wrong.”  Garrick Sitongia   It was perhaps foolish of me to think…


Jan 10 2020 Against the wind

“May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.” Robert A. Heinlein It’s been one year and one day since I started writing this blog. I got my morning wood done. Snow is coming down. One weather service says 10 cm another says 4cm. Whatever comes down, I have…