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Mar 1 2021 4 the Grader Good

This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow. Aaron Allston I suffered through a night of pain. All from the work, I did on my driveway yesterday. I cleaned the drifting snow from the snowstorm during a windstorm. My driveway is clear. My body was stretched, twisted, strained, frozen, pushed beyond…


Feb 28 Blizzard?

9When I was young, I was everywhere. David Edwards For a storm to be considered a blizzard now it has to meet certain criteria. Blizzard. When winds of 40 km/hr or greater are expected to cause widespread reductions in visibility to 400 metres or less, due to blowing snow, or blowing snow in combination with…


Feb 27 Buds WTF

The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within. William Cullen Bryant That man lives in Florida, not Northern Alberta. I woke and went outside to do what needs doing. Cats had been fed, watered loved and those that needed scolding got scolded. The solar panel got swept. I…


Feb 26 Heal

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. Thomas Moore HBO It’s cold outside. It is colder than they say. I just went out to sweep the solar panels and fill a bowl for melt. I needed to squeeze as much power from the sun as…


Feb 25 Regrets

I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. Lucille Ball Before breakfast, before the sunrise, before I had time to think about what it was I was about to do. I put on my gear, snow boots, overalls, bandana, wool hat, earbuds, goggles, chainsaw, wheelbarrow steel bowls and I…


Feb 24 Cats n Trouble

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. Terry Pratchett It’s morning again. I needed to feed the cats. I have a lot of cats. I won’t kill them, I try to protect them from harm. First the boy cats. They need to be fed in their special places in…


Feb 23 Holiday is over

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. Ann Landers Woke up before sunrise to an army of yowling cats. The water bowls were empty. I needed to go outside to collect snow for melt. Although half the snow was gone and the fluffy snow had now turned to ice. It wasn’t as bad as some…


Feb 22 Dragons

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. Alexandre Dumas When I was a younger man, successes were measured by how big the dragons slayed, how fierce the battle. How many damsels saved, how many damsels bed. Now it’s measured in…


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Feb 20 Hard Day

I keep working hard day in and day out. When I get a chance to play, I try to produce the best I can. Jimmer Fredette It was one of those mornings. No coffee could be made the fire was cold, the way I needed it to be. it was ash day. All part of…