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Jan 7 51 Weeks

oHope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’ Alfred Lord Tennyson   One week done 51 to go. Yup did all that. Gathered wood, fed cats, made kindling, gathered snow. The wood I was able to scrape up was only thin strips. The snow was on the woodstove,…


Jan 6 Long Day

Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier What a long day. Changed out my van battery, shovelled snow, fed cats, filled a flat drove to town, picked up: medication, food, saw my doctor, had a burger, most important picked catfood for my friends, they ran out…


Jan 5 Doing What needs Doing

It is not easy to be a pioneer – but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world. Elizabeth Blackwel   The 5th day of the year,  same as others. Gather wood, cut wood,  make kindling, gather cardboard to start the kindling….


Jan 4 Wood

TTFC 3 HOURS There’s something so empowering about knowing I can pick up an axe and split a piece of wood. Rain Dove   I don,’t feel much like writing today Survival first. Easy wood is getting scarce. Soon I will be digging in the snow to get wood for heating. I have a pile…


Jan 3 Flat Tire

I can change a tire, but I couldn’t change a fuse on the computer panel on my car. Mike O’Malley   As always cut wood, make kindling, start fire, gather snow and that was after feeding cats. Today I needed to fix a flat, replace a battery, shovel my driveway. Maybe after coffee, too exhausted…


Jan 2 2023 Winter’s Day

And finally Winter, with its bitin’, whinin’ wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. Roy Bean Another sunny winter’s day. As always, wood was gathered, cats fed, kindling made, fire started, snow gathered, gas can filled, kettle packed with as much snow as it would take. That as always would have to…


Jan 1 2023 TTFC

Time is the fire in which we burn. Gene Roddenberry TIME TO FIRST COFFEE.what were you thinking? Today 104 minutes. This morning so far, gathered wood, sawed wood by hand, made kindling, fed cats, hauled wood pellets for litterboxes, changed litterboxes, rescued cat from the garage, gathered snow started a fire, put snow on top…


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Dec 29 How Long?

If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill After doing the work that I do every day, I had to wonder how long can I keep doing this. I was exhausted. I watered the cats, I fed the cats, I gathered snow for melt, I started the fire, I sawed boards for firewood. Fixed…