{"id":20668,"date":"2022-01-06T14:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T21:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=20668"},"modified":"2022-02-13T11:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:00:54","slug":"jan-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2022\/01\/06\/jan-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 6 Cut Cut Chop Chop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or chainsaw.<\/p>\n

It is 2 PM. I just chopped the rest of the wood I had inside. It was brutal, logs hard as a rock, even the 12-pound maul was bouncing off.<\/p>\n

I ended up with about 6 hours’ worth of wood. I needed to go out again.<\/p>\n

I got another message from my wildlife guy Matt. The message said I could not kill the cat that was hunting me.<\/p>\n

A phone call back confirmed if attacked I could defend myself. Which is what I said in the first call. I won’t kill animals for no reason.<\/p>\n

I won’t kill humans for no reason, either. If attacked, I will defend. Just like in my novels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Time to get the saw ready and face the day. The weather forecast says -47 tonight. I needed more wood.<\/p>\n

Day faced woodcut, transported and snow collected.<\/p>\n

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Did I make it more than 5 feet before it toppled? Nope, made a second trip<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nNow 4 PM, I am finished work except feeding cats. I am going to have that second cup, it seems I am doing that more often.<\/p>\n

I should chop more before it gets darker, but I am tired, back is sore. I have a light bulb I hang around my neck, USB rechargeable with built-in bug zapper. I can chop with that later. Did that last night.<\/p>\n

I am burning the woodstove at full throttle right now to heat up the mass of the house. On the next load, I will throttle down to save on wood.<\/p>\n

To tell the truth, I would just like to lay in my bed and rest.<\/p>\n