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Mar 13 Thaw Comin’

I don’t want to spend my life on an ice cube. Johnny Weir Just one more sleep to warmer temps. I sort of hope that is true. I am officially tired of the cold this season. It is 4 degrees inside. I could have got up at 2 AM and loaded wood into the fire….


Mar 12 Moose & Squirrel

War does not determine who is right – only who is left. Bertrand Russell Yesterday, while replacing a replenished bird feeder, I heard a familiar chirping. My squirrel was back. Along with all the moose tracks on my pond, it reminded me of moose and squirrel and Saturday morning cartoons.   Is that a thing…


Mar 11 Honky Cats

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind. Cleveland Amory After feeding the cats at 8 AM. I fell asleep again till noon. The original plan was to pick up freight in the village. I didn’t…


Mar 10 Last Cold Night

-22 outside, maybe colder. I had no choice but to run my generator. I needed to cut wood and all my power tool batteries were dead. I had not run the gen for a few days. It was probably too cold to run the little machine. One thing for sure, it was too cold inside,…


Mar 9 Mike

Death is the cure for all diseases. Thomas Browne I am holding an old friend as his breathing gets shallower. He will be the next one to go. He is an amazing character. He was born on my deceased brother’s birthday, June 7. He carries the same name. Mike. Some time today, he will pass….


Mar 8 TBI TBA

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one’s belly, in order to be able to save one’s head. Mahatma Gandhi I watched another tv episode about TBI. Traumatic brain injury. I always find those a little disturbing. I am going to try recalling the…


Mar 7 Evil

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. William Shakespeare I started to play an older video game because of a TV series episode I recently watched. It had to do with the arrest of a cult leader on his own turf. I realized that the writers…


Mar 6 Cheddar

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. George Washington Carver Beautiful sunrise. Days are starting a little sooner lasting a little longer. Not enough to get excited about. March traditionally is the biggest month for snowstorms. Thursday night, 25 CM is forecast. Today isn’t one of those days. Today cats…


Mar 5 Hoar Frost

Frosty fog    


Mar 4 Town & Back Again

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. Henry David Thoreau Shoveled snow, drove to town, did what needed doing drove home. Time elapsed time 4 hours.