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Mar 11

All is right in the world this morning. The weather will improve soon then a million projects start. Lots of outside work to do after the mud is gone. Lots of inside work too. It would be good to take a break from wood, but that isn’t going to happen. I still need to clean…


Mar 10 Smoke

I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears. Shaun Alexander I could smell smoke it was 1:00 AM. My super expensive Blaze king woodstove was burping smoke. When I opened the door my brand-new rope gasket failed and was actually on fire. I had to find gloves fast. By the time I…


Mar 9 Aint no

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. Thomas Aquinas Like the song says there ain’t no easy way. It is 3 AM I had to sway and stumble and grab every handhold I could just to get up to go pee. Coughing and sneezing all…


Mar 8 Cup holder

Porsche is a driver’s car – a performance car. That was funny – here’s this awesome car, but it’s got no cup holders. Jason McCoy It is gray and ugly out there. Thank God. It means I will have to run my generator. While that is running I can get on my Xbox and have…


Mar 7

Another Sunday No wood cut, no wood chopped. My back is in spasms gonna be an interesting day. the original


Mar 6 Desk Rebuild

Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed. Bob Riley Today is the day I rebuilt my desk. I didn’t have much time to write. My whole desk is mobile, what I mean is that the desk slides to extend out to match where I…


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Mar 4 Small Miracles

Out of difficulties grow miracles. Jean de la Bruyere I woke up and chatted with a woman I hoped would become my future wife. After that fed the cats got the fire started. I was out of water for cats, so I put on my snow boots still wearing my bathrobe I headed out to…


Mar 3 Kessel Run

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to run through waist-deep snow, but it’s next to impossible. Melanie Scrofano Gracie and I need to make theĀ  Kessel run. Yup, we need to go to town. To get to the highway we need to do a mile and a half of deep snow in 2 wheel…


Mar 2 After

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. Walter Elliot Still no snowplow, I have enough catfood till morning if he hasn’t arrived by then I will have to make a run through the deep snow with old Gracie. I would say it was fun getting this load,…