{"id":24021,"date":"2023-01-05T10:22:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T17:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=24021"},"modified":"2023-01-05T11:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T18:20:03","slug":"jan-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2023\/01\/05\/jan-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 5 Doing What needs Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is not easy to be a pioneer – but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Blackwel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 5th day of the year,\u00a0 same as others. Gather wood, cut wood,\u00a0 make kindling, gather cardboard to start the kindling.<\/p>\n

Of course that was after feeding the cats and gathering snow.<\/p>\n

The fire was started with the smallest of flames from a 20 year old Bic lighter, whose flame should have been gone long ago.<\/p>\n

Do I get tired of this? I am happy to be drawing breath. So I am happy to be able to do what I do. Just surviving, exactly what pioneers did.<\/p>\n

My home life is no different than it was for people in history, before and since.<\/p>\n

I read yesterday in the middle east they are reverting to wood heat because cooking gas is too expensive.<\/p>\n

So families are out gathering wood. The journalist that wrote the story said it was going to be bad for the environment. I am sure he drives a SUV and idles while sitting in the drive thru waiting for his hamburgers.<\/p>\n

So what does an old exhausted man in pain do after all that? Cut more wood of course.<\/p>\n

That will keep me going for today, but tonight was going to need more wood.<\/p>\n

I decided to do the work I needed to do on the van in the morning. I would fill the flat just before I was ready to go.<\/p>\n

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I know I have used this song many times. There is always a reason.<\/p>\n