{"id":8221,"date":"2020-04-26T07:08:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T14:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=8221"},"modified":"2020-04-26T09:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T16:56:02","slug":"apr-25-snow-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/04\/26\/apr-25-snow-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Apr 25 Snow Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I’m a neurotic fiction writer who’d like to be a cowboy.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas McGuane<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woke to more snow, yes I regret not getting more wood while it was dry yesterday. I fed the cats, got on my gear and went out to the log pile. I knew there would be logs already cut that were swallowed by the deep snow Apr 1 now gone. I found enough heavy wet wood to fill the wheelbarrow with as much as I thought I could handle then lifted, pushed and pulled the load over logs. During winter the packed snow made a nice flat roadway. Now that the snow was gone, not including this morning’s contribution of fluffy wet Vancouver snow, getting a heavy load out of the woodpile was a challenge. One that caused chest pains in a not good place. If I die I blame DR. Irvine at the Fairview hospital that promised me to order a stress test and a carotid exam. Those things didn’t happen after he made it to the nurses’ station where I know they are spreading bad rumours to make sure I don’t get medical help.<\/p>\n

After getting inside it was just a matter of remembering where the aspirin was. Aspirin found chewed and forced up against the underside of my tongue. I started to upload the pictures and write a few words. Later I would have to gas up the gen, split the wood and bring back inside. That wasn’t a bad plan, My solar batteries were low I left my laptop on all night doing a large transfer to google drive. Finished now.<\/p>\n

The forecast says sun this afternoon. Well, it is time to do the deeds, gas up and split.<\/p>\n

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Got the splittin’ done. Wood was so wet that it will keep the house humidified for days as it dries. As for burning it no. I put the driest pieces I had in the woodstove over the few hot coals left. I will try igniting those tonight after they have had time to dry out a little.<\/p>\n

Well, it is gaming Sunday, I will flip a coin to see if I will kill religious cultists or bad Pinkertons, on my Xbox.<\/p>\n

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