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Sept 22 2019 Cat Parkour

“The fog comes on little cat feet.”  Carl Sandburg I just woke a while ago I beat the sunrise by a few minutes. I am not a hero for waking up early.  I have the triplets to thank for that. Three orange cats that parkoured  (run up the wall, do a back flip and drop…


Sep 21 2019 Growling

“Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.” Isaiah Berlin Just writing now. These are pics taken just after 8 am. I apologize for the smudge on my lens probably some leftover oil from my oil change yesterday. I had to get inside quickly after a few more pics and lens cleaning, I heard a…


Sep 20 2019 Gracie

“I’ve wanted to own a DeLorean since I was 10 years old, but it always seemed like a silly daydream. Like owning the ‘A-Team’ van or something.” Ernest Cline Taking care of the old girl. I should really give her a name, she has carried me to many grocery trips, doctors appointments and many other…


Sep 19 2019 Garage day

“The obvious rule of efficiency is you don’t want to spend more time organizing than it’s worth.” Daniel Levitin I have started a calendar on google, ya I know just another way for Google to mine personal information. I am going to try to dedicate a day each week for certain areas in my life….


Sep 18 2019 38 years Sober

“I think I’ve improved in a lot of ways because of being able to stay clean and sober.” Rob Halford   September 18 1981: I went to meet with a man from a 12 step program. He said words that forever changed my life. He asked ” what caused all the problems I am having…


Sep 17 2019 Back to doing work

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca Even the sun has started its winter migration. It is rising up further to the south every day and sleeping in later and later, going to bed earlier to. The days are getting shorter by about ten minutes a day. Later on the…


Sep 16 2019 The Heart

“Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.” Leonardo da Vinci     Well, the old girl wouldn’t start without a funnel and some gasoline poured down her throat. Off and running I make a quick visit to the post office. I picked up my parcel that has been sitting there for a…


Sep 14 2019 The old girl

“Don’t ever give up. You gotta keep trying, and never give up.” Ryan Sheckler The old girl is my van a 1992 GMC Safari. She Should have gone to the big scrap heap a long time ago. I keep her running the best I can. I just don’t want to give up on her. I…


Sep Friday 13 2019 Thirteen

“What I feared has come upon me.” Job 3:25 Do I fear Friday the 13th, I say with a quiet resounding no. When I was ten years old I had an event in my life. Playing with friends, one of them mentioned that today was a bad day. I asked why. The answer was Its…


Sep 11 2019 Time

“If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem… break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time. “ Robert Collier As I write this I remember the date. I spent a moment thinking about those that lost their lives during 911. Doesn’t matter whether you think it was the CIA…