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Dec 16 Snowstorm

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34 From Original Greek Another snow storm has started. Saturday night starts a week long extreme cold spell. You can’t see the snow falling in the pictures. This…


Dec 14 Grader

And finally Winter, with its bitin’, whinin’ wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. Roy Bean Warm day got a lot done. Snowstorm yesterday with another snpwstorm in a couple of days, and then yet another cold spell coming, it will last a week. I was awakened by the grader. As I…


Dec 13


Dec 12 Colder

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done. Noam Chomsky The weather Network says -35 outside my frozen fingers after 4 minutes wearing thinsulate gloves say -45 at least. I went out, snapped a few pics, swept the snow off the solar panels, and filled the giant bowl with snow for melt….


Dec 9 My life

My life needs editing. Mort Sahl Above zero in the house, that’s good. Fed the cats, watered the cats, filled the fire filled the kettle. Filled the gen, started the gen, put the gen outdoors not in that order. Broke a few more boards for the fire. Steam has started to rise from the kettle….


Dec 6 Cold Again

Cold is merciless. It shows you where you are. What you are. Wim Hof Cat water bowl was frozen solid. First thing load the last of the wood into the fire on top of all the garbage from shopping. I grabbed the last 1 pound bottle of propane with the torch on it. It would…


Dec 5 Before the Cold

All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller Today another extreme cold warning. I needed to pay bills get catfood and groceries. Gracie needed some mechanicing before I could start the journey. The air filter hose had come off. It was a very tight place to work in. I tried and failed, took…


Dec 3 IPD

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. Marcus Aurelius Today is International Persons with disabilities day. I qualify. A dozen times over. Today was hard. Old gracie didnt want to start. I dragged down the battery charger and generator. After a dozen trys she fired up. I put the gen in the…


Dec 2 Ain’t no rest

Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier Ya it’s still very cold. I did all the things that needed doing, fed cats, watered cats, gathered wood twice (-40) chopped wood, relit the fire, gathered snow for melt, checked the weather, made cold coffee, made cold oatmeal,…


Dec 1 HBR

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass HBR  -40 outside