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A few days ago I got a text from a traveler, a fellow freedomista who has visited the Gulch before. Five years before, to be almost exact, at which time he helped me get the interior of the bedroom addition … Continue reading →

…it was “Did I add enough?” Exhibit A: This is victims 3 and 4 of my suddenly very effective porch bucket trap. Alas, disposal will have to wait till the afternoon because temperature got into the teens overnight and the … Continue reading →

Give me a nice crisp cold morning with frozen ground any day. Not this miserable windy wet rain/snow just-barely-cold. But slogga we musta, for Tobie’s colon – and probably my own health as well – doth so decree. Then hang … Continue reading →

The Lair’s indicated battery voltage has gone nowhere but slowly down all morning and there’s no sign of any break in the clouds. Forecast says it’ll keep doing this most of the week, so… …no point in waiting till the … Continue reading →

There hasn’t been much going on around the Secret Lair. Winter has settled in: Hardly any snow but lots of gloom and enough cold to keep the old man inside. Still, the local wildlife has been trying to keep me … Continue reading →

…have been really sparse so far. Can’t complain about the size or resolution of the pictures it takes, but the sensitivity leaves quite a lot to be desired. It seldom notices a Jeep going by and only sporadically an old … Continue reading →

We were just talking about how hard the well water here is. One reason that’s kind of a problem is that the calcium in the water treats every orifice in my plumbing as a leak to be sealed. Therefore, one … Continue reading →

So yesterday afternoon I went out to the new spring in the wash with a shovel. I dug as deep as I could which wasn’t very deep since the sand kept filling back in. The hole filled with water from … Continue reading →

I’m very pleased with the way that new charger worked out, and I must say the timing was exquisite. We had over a week of hardly any sun and that never happens. And it has tested every solar power system … Continue reading →

The day dawned mostly clear and forecast to stay that way… Nearly guaranteeing that the solar panels will be able to bring the batteries to float. Nevertheless the voltage was lower than I like at bedtime, to the point where … Continue reading →

In a discussion about the new spring in the wash, people wanted to know if the water coming from the rock was softer than the well water and I replied that my TDS meter went to electron heaven years ago … Continue reading →

Uncle Murphy has decided to pick on my iPhone again. We’re way out at the edge of any coverage area, in hilly country, so there are lots of dead spots. I’m used to that, but always until recently you could … Continue reading →

I spent four nights in Ian’s place – first time I’ve ever done that, the bed is surprisingly nice but Tobie hated spending nights in the place and wouldn’t let me sleep – four days and nights running my propane … Continue reading →

Well, here’s an issue I never planned to face. Granddaughter is 11, I think, and I doubt she’s had any gun safety training. May not be familiar at all – and that’s a curious and therefore dangerous age. One of … Continue reading →

I was reading some old posts and came upon this… Poor Little Bear – I often called him “all my sins remembered” because when he came to me almost 14 years ago I knew nothing about puppy training or for … Continue reading →

I should have guests starting tomorrow evening and I need to bake bread. But it’s forecast to be cloudy and wet the next several days, and you know how I like to dote on my batteries. So… Crust got a … Continue reading →

Finally got a seriously overcast day: By 10am the battery voltage was lower than it was at 5am. Supposed to rain and snow most of the day so the photonic situation won’t be improving. Perfect day to see what the … Continue reading →

I received a text this afternoon informing me that my only sister has died. Of a ‘second stroke,’ and I wasn’t aware she had ever suffered a first one. Actually I didn’t know for sure that she was even still … Continue reading →

Brought my air mattress in from the metal shed and let it warm up before inflating it and making sure it still holds air. Tobie found this very peculiar… He doesn’t know the half. If all goes as planned, he … Continue reading →