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Usually by this time I have my wood cutting done, or nearly so. This year I’ve barely even started. Hurt my shoulder just when I planned to get started, and I’m only now getting active again. A couple of days … Continue reading →

The trail I most commonly use to and from the Lair has two steep bits that happen to pass through ground with lots and lots of pebbles. As I go back and forth I work those pebbles loose, which makes … Continue reading →

No joy on the game camera overnight. It did catch me outside leaving a message at quarter to six this morning… I haven’t got the bladder capacity to visit the whole area in one go – but I do have … Continue reading →

This is the second time a coyote has left me a gift on the driveway in almost the same spot… This close to the cabin… It’s happening in the middle of the night so there’s not much I can do … Continue reading →

Hah! That got you to click, didn’t it? An absolutely gorgeous morning, still and even warm! To the point where even a long sleeve shirt got to be too much during the morning walkie. After which we went to Ian’s … Continue reading →

Leslie Fish, The Freedom of the Snow

A fact I frequently forget. I happened to be working behind the Lair this morning when the sun glancing off the solar panels on the ground mount showed me that the dust had actually gotten quite thick on the glass … Continue reading →

Here at Joel’s Gulch, this never happens. Both for reasons of geography and of finance, obviously. And yet somehow I end up being flush with ammo. Maybe not “Hamas called, and the paragliders can’t make it till 4:30” flush, but … Continue reading →

Sorry about that. Nothing new is wrong, I’ve just been cocooning in the Lair licking my wounds. Shoulder’s improving, though – to the point where this morning I did this… Rode all the way to town and back, more or … Continue reading →

When Big Brother and I finished the porch roof in Spring 2019 and I could comfortably sit outside on warm evenings, flying bugs permitting, I quickly learned that long before the solstice the evening sun peeks out from around the … Continue reading →

Pearls Before Swine

…where the day starts out almost frosty and warms up through the morning, plus even if it’s still kind of chilly outdoors… …the sun warms all surfaces including skin. All of which means you’re constantly putting on and taking off … Continue reading →

Things kind of came to a head yesterday – I ached all over and was either coming down with the flu or all those bruises were just then making themselves fully known. To say I was a genuine grumpy old … Continue reading →

The pain is down to almost nothing unless I forget and try to use the shoulder. Had a good night’s sleep last, not so much the night before. Left arm won’t lift by itself but it works fine from the … Continue reading →

Took a fall yesterday during evening walkie. I have now officially screwed up both shoulders twice. This doesn’t feel as bad as the last one almost exactly seven years ago which took years to more or less heal. But you … Continue reading →

A Generous Reader sent me this overnight…

A friend visited the Gulch a few days ago while passing through, and came bearing gifts – among which was a quantity of ground wheat flour and another of wheat berries. Which means I can go back to adulterating my … Continue reading →

I’ve left my game camera on what turned out to be a really unproductive trail for a couple of months. Finally kind of gave up on it and left it running through most of September, and in all that time … Continue reading →

Woke up early and couldn’t sleep. Got up at four. Did all the usual stuff – breakfast, walkie, laundry, more walkie, home, treat, more coffee, read memes on the ‘pooter. That was a while ago. Somebody’s already bored… But it’s … Continue reading →

There never was a first notice, and there won’t be a reply. Nobody in the UK (or anywhere else) owes me money. I never really understood the economics of how these things work but I guess it’s true what I’ve … Continue reading →