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So today was supposed to be heavy clouds all day, with 1-3 inches of snow in the late afternoon or evening. Instead, it did this… All day long. It stayed cold, and the wind has really been whipping all day … Continue reading →

When we first went outside this morning there had been overnight rain but the crescent moon and stars were clearly visible almost to every horizon. Looked good, especially considering that yesterday was nonstop gloom. Heh. Yeah. I didn’t know more … Continue reading →

We’re supposed to be in the middle of a week of winter weather. And it is a bit cooler than I would have chosen but otherwise it’s nice. Lots of sun, no wind, an absolute minimum of apocalypse. I know … Continue reading →

6:30 in the morning, post-breakfast, and Tobie is agitating for his morning walkie. But the view over the porch railing says it’s not time yet… It’s February, the days are palpably getting longer and it ought to be plenty light … Continue reading →

Unless there’s some good reason not to or circumstances just won’t allow it, I always like to keep my propane bottles topped off whenever I can – because I never know when next there’ll be some good reason not to … Continue reading →

I always check to see if reverse is working before I get the Jeep into a situation where only reverse will do. Until the time I don’t. And that’s when… …with an evil chuckle and a twist of his mustache, … Continue reading →

It’s been more than half a week since it closed and my video feed is still filled with “The Ten Greatest Shotguns of 2024!!!” or “The Greatest Plastic Striker-Fired 9mm (that’s just like all the other plastic striker-fired 9mms) Ever!!!” … Continue reading →

They’ve been singing me the song of their people fairly close to the cabin for the past few nights. I’ve got tinnitus real bad and am pretty much deaf to high-pitched sounds so I can’t hear them when I’m indoors. … Continue reading →

No surprise – I’m always out of shape this time of year but I really got a chance to show it this morning… Neighbor L got another ton of wood pellets and this time there was no young guy to … Continue reading →

…walkie time is going to be better. The sky cleared right on schedule and it got seasonally cold overnight for the first time in over a week. The mud froze… …we stopped at Ian’s place to hang out laundry I’d … Continue reading →

Wet and heavy, already sagging off any slanting surface. Just when the mud was starting to dry…

I pull out the trashcan and the undercoat rake, he’s right there. “Brush me more, Uncle Joel.” As long, you know, as I keep it away from his butt. Hey, I sympathize. But he knows that little tub of ear … Continue reading →

7:30 and the sky was so dark it took that long before there was enough light for a walkie. At least the mud was mostly frozen, so we got in a good if rather gloomy walkie. The forecast promised more … Continue reading →

Mornings like this I think heretical thoughts: “If I hadn’t gotten this big dog, I could have stayed in bed.” And have I mentioned lately how much I hate mud? I have a scraper and a rough mat down below … Continue reading →

Went to town briefly with Neighbor L this morning. Neighbor D is still in the hospital but reportedly improving. In among the conversation, she complained that her telephone kept going into Airplane Mode on its own. Me: “Y’know, I don’t … Continue reading →

After nearly a week of springlike weather – without the bad parts of spring like obnoxious wind – I’m told we’re in for a week of winter. It’s starting rather mildly… …with overnight rain. Liquid precipitation is not that common … Continue reading →

Probably because it was in all the cop movies when I was a kid, right? I didn’t know they were called J-frames, I didn’t know anything about S&W revolvers, but Chief’s Specials just always seemed so very cool. So I’m … Continue reading →

Is a dream about work. Not working, I don’t mind that, but being at a workplace. The usual version of this dream is where I’m technically employed there but I don’t seem to have an actual job – or maybe … Continue reading →

I keep finding more reasons to hate wood pellet stoves, and I don’t even own one. Neighbor D is back in the hospital, more infection trouble AND somehow he managed to catch the flu, and Neighbor L is on her … Continue reading →

Joel faces the world through his laptop screen, and gets it wrong again…