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Jan 10 Muscle

I know I’m not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars. Joe Biden I am not sure what was happening with my cell camera this morning but here are the shots as they were. Maybe my angels were back. Just before dark, I decided to chop some wood. Hoop is full and…


Jan 9 Two years

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates It’s been two years since I started writing this blog. Another day dawns the cold weather is coming. I have used half of my February wood. I have been in too much pain to chainsaw more. Which also means digging in the deep snow…


Jan 8 Hate

It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Phil Ochs Eighth day of the new year. I am not sure I have accomplished much except for the survival of me and the cats. The last count I have 34, I tell…


Jan 7 Daily Basics

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. Mike Murdock In a little while, I will be going to do what I do most days in the winter, go out chop wood, fetch snow for melting and bring all that inside. Right now I am sitting watching SGU and having my morning…


Jan 6 Back Again

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. John Lennon I delivered a kitten and even managed to remember all the things I needed to do. I got groceries, stove cement, wood pellets, a shear pin for the snowblower and even got a Beyond Meat burger. I helped with the loading of…


Jan 5 Working Through

Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. Dwayne Johnson HBSK What a pain to get up out of bed. New pains arriving daily. Today is my left leg muscles midway down my lower leg. There is also the regular pains, muscles in my left lower…


Jan 4

Almost 11 AM. Same old. Cats , fed and watered. Fire fed. Coffee made, cereal eaten. Now it’s time to plan my day. I will probably do more cleanup and see if i canĀ  wire 12 volts and new voltemetersĀ  up in the loft. I figured out that my voltage leak was my dual voltemeter…


Jan 3 Choppin’

Pain is weakness leaving the body. Chesty Puller I hurt worse than I did the day before. I did go out and chop wood. My body quit after two logs, thank God it is warmer than most Januaries, I don’t need to chop as much. I just finished cleaning up my kitchen, yup might have…


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Jan 2 Snow again

  Still reeling from yesterday’s near-death event. But carrying on. Cats are fed snow is gathered, the wheelbarrow is outside. I also carried three fat logs through last nights snow ready for chopping, filled a gas can, carried over a forty-pound bag of wood pellets. Now I am taking a quick rest before I go…