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…of letting you know that, in that dog’s opinion, you’ve been motionless in that chair quite long enough. Funny how often it involves just staring, with zero consideration for personal space. I was going to blow him off and go … Continue reading →

Presented to him by a neighbor, who even gift-wrapped it. Verily, doth he like it a lot. But I remember the digestive cataclysm I brought upon us both by giving him a leather bone shortly after bringing him home, and … Continue reading →

And Tobie wants to know when I’m planning to get off my ass and take him on his long morning walkie.

I finished with my obligation to go to D&L’s at least once a day sometime last week, just in time to start going to S&T’s twice a day. That second thing ended yesterday, and I celebrated by going to bed … Continue reading →

It’s the solstice, officially winter, and the tumbleweeds are getting aggressive…

…from T&S’s mesa…

Actually just trying to get past them, though the abandoned camper truck is a good mile away from their home.

…and briefly made it to single digits, just before sunrise for the first time this season. Coldest morning of the season so far. And – except for the fact that I’m about to head out into it for the third … Continue reading →

Coldest day of the year so far, and I was up on T&S’s mesa at first light to let the dogs out – blessing gifts of warm winter clothes from generous readers for my relative comfort. The boys say hi… … Continue reading →

Had a chance to take a couple of empties to town this afternoon… Only brought one of them back, because the other was older and the valve had failed. I was able to drop it off at the propane shop … Continue reading →

…twice a day for the next few days – they’re off on a trip. And I’m taking this chance to play with my new camera(s) and lenses in terms of capabilities, in particular depth of field.

…I’m going to decree that storage buckets and bulk packages have to contain the same volumes. I never used to need to hide the food sack from Little Bear, or Ghost, or Torso Boy. But I would never dream of … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the past fifteen years in a world of old trucks and 4X4s, invariably gas-powered, essentially unchanged from the things I used to lean over and curse when I was wrenching in the late 70’s/early 80’s. I still think … Continue reading →

I’m not surprised at all, actually I called it. But hoped I was wrong. The Jeep is still sitting in the yard of the shop where I delivered it on November frickin’ 27, untouched by man or tool. The manager … Continue reading →

Winter is as winter does. If you haven’t frozen to death long before the solstice that marks the official beginning of winter, you’re doing something right. But so far this has been an extremely mild one. Today’s the first morning … Continue reading →

I’m not convinced he’d be smart enough to learn that he has to reset it himself, but also not sure he wouldn’t. He picks up on new tricks quickly when treats are involved. And he absolutely would play fetch relentlessly … Continue reading →

We had a storm cell pass overhead overnight, really just enough to keep the temperature high, give us a cold wind to negate that effect, and drop just enough rain… …to put us over seventeen inches for the year! Which … Continue reading →

Once your solar power system’s charge controller hits Float it’s easy to imagine that means your batteries are fully charged, which is not entirely accurate. For a full charge the batteries still need a long sunny afternoon’s soak in a … Continue reading →

…at my expense, but to their credit it was a big one. Hope they enjoyed. I couldn’t move the chickenfeed can into the building because the last time I tried that I injured my shoulder real good and it has … Continue reading →

I can’t yet report any progress on actually fixing the actual Jeep, since as far as I know there has been none: Never assume the one functioning auto repair shop within scores of miles is going to jump right on … Continue reading →