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January 1 2021 Lucky

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Bill Vaughan So far so good I am still alive. 00:05 AM. It is 9:34 AM the big snow hasn’t started yet. I have fed and watered the cats had breakfast. I…


New Yearx Eve 2020

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Helen Keller 4:42 AM More stuff hurts. Snow is coming. My most accurate weather forecasting system was in my driveway this morning. The grader operator. The one that keeps the snow clean…


Dec 30 Charging

The greatest power is often simple patience. E. Joseph Cossman Picture taken with only moonlight. Ì woke like other mornings, cold and in pain. My throat pain was worse today. I went into the village and retrieved my gen. Batteries are charging. I found a few lies by Hyundai. The fuel tank was less than…


Dec 29 Enough

  He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. Lao Tzu   Sad, I watched the sun on my solar panels. I got less than ten minutes in full sunlight. The sun is too low. Its in the trees and behind my house. My generator is lost somewhere on a Canada Post…


Dec 28 Slow Day

  He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. Socrates Another foggy morning. Still no sign of the generator. I got dressed and went outside right away. My body was hurting bad and I had the feeling it would get worse with the day. I went out…


Dec 27 Heavy Fog

  The heavy fog warning continues 3rd day in a row. My solar batteries are as low as they can go. I am typing these words on my phone and that battery is at 29 %. My generator was last seen in Calgary on the 23 of Dec. I plan to try for the 5th…


Dec 26

I woke in great amounts of pain. Every muscle screaming, every joint aching. I couldn’t imagine what i did to deserve this karmic debt. I must have been a very bad person in previous lifetimes. Some think that of me now, but they are wrong. Lots of evil here. Anyways cats needed water. Girl cats…


Christmas Day

It was not the best Christmas day nor was it the worst. I have almost no power. I have a small battery bank with a 45% charge. I will use that to charge my tablet so I can finish watching Its a wonderful life. It has been a tradition for many years. This time I…


Christmas Eve

Don’t let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. Taylor Caldwell Merry Christmas My new generator was logged in Calgary last night. there is little hope it will arrive here today. it is a 12 hour drive on clear roads. They just had a snowstorm. the only…


Dec 23 No lights

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle I just read that I may not be the only one without power for Christmas. Parts of California and Nova Scotia may lose power as well due to climatic conditions. Mine is just due to Amazon trying to make Bezo…