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This morning I disconnected the four batteries I put there in 2019 and dragged them out to the yard, replacing them with the six batteries I bought yesterday. There was some fiddling in between: I needed a larger tabletop but … Continue reading →

How it began: Yesterday I pushed 4 Rolls Surrette L16 batteries up a plank ramp and into the Jeep. It wasn’t daunting – exactly – but it did kind of point out that this past year’s indisposition has robbed me … Continue reading →

Just got back from loading 4 extremely heavy Rolls Surrette L16 batteries – that have been cluttering up Ian’s yard for the past two years or so – into the jeep. Tomorrow I’ll use them as cores for my purchase … Continue reading →

My first Christmas carol, in the drug store in the crappy little town nearest where I live. November 8, man. 🙁

End of the first week in November and the temperature is in the mid-sixties before noon. Not a cloud in the sky, quite reasonable wind, and I have some packages waiting at the PO. So I took the bike. And … Continue reading →

Tobie and I went out at five for the first pee, and the full moon was so high and bright in the cloudless sky that I didn’t even need my headlamp. An hour later I looked out the kitchen window … Continue reading →

I HATE when I do this. I was doing some stuff in the closet. Longtime readers know the Secret Lair has exactly one closet, built in 2017 with the bedroom addition. The addition is eight by sixteen, five feet of … Continue reading →

When BB and I put a roof over the new front porch in 2019, at midsummer it became clear that I had one small problem. An hour before sundown, on the hottest days of the year when you’re really most … Continue reading →

Saturday morning. Getting ready for the weekly water run. I’ve got two empty 3-gallon water bottles and one with maybe a gallon left. So I take that bottle and I fill the ready-use drinking water pitcher, and the teapot. And … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year, when the summer gear goes away and the winter gear starts gradually coming out. And this morning I got to obsessing about holsters. Because there’s something about my holsters that has always perplexed me. I … Continue reading →

It’s probably three weeks to a month before I break down and set up the woodstove, because I kind of hate the woodstove. But it’s time for… …my beloved bedroom heater. First I had to uncover the outside vent… I … Continue reading →

I’ve had some business I needed to do in town on a business day for two weeks. The weather socked in for several days: I tried getting out on Thursday but the road was so muddy I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

Two mornings ago I woke up a little chilly, even though I was sleeping in a hoody under a quilt… And thought, okay, maybe it’s time to fire up the bedroom heater. But then I looked at the forecast, which … Continue reading →

I have a pair of gloves that I really like. I bought them over a year ago. Wear them all the time. I’ve got other gloves I only wear on particular occasions but these are the gloves I’ll stuff in … Continue reading →

Tobie’s had a longtime relationship with his Kong since the day he came home from the shelter. It didn’t always go super well. These days he mostly ignores it, not being as toy-obsessed as when he was a puppy. But … Continue reading →

It’s raining cats and dogs. The weekly water run has been postponed till Monday. It was only sprinkling when Tobie and I went out for the morning walkie. Started seriously raining when we were pretty far from the cabin. No … Continue reading →

Finally, a chance to get rid of that old washer. And with it, a whole bunch of other stuff. Happy I was forced to clean out the powershed Sunday. Excellent timing. So I loaded the Jeep trailer,… …then transferred it … Continue reading →

Got my annual Paratus Day package from Commander Zero… The Ian thing has become a running joke between CZ and me: The only cool thing about me is that I know Gun Jesus. CZ never contents himself with an annual … Continue reading →

I had two little chores I wanted to knock out this morning. Tobie and I would be out anyway because I had to go to S&L’s to feed their chickens and cat so I threw some things in the back … Continue reading →