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I had a rushed morning. Already feeling late at 8:15 in the morning, I rushed to D&L’s only to run into a frickin’ herd of frickin’ goats coming the other way and taking up the whole road. They didn’t like … Continue reading →

Three days in a row, they’ve come to Landlady’s ridge to eat my chicken feed. Now I have a big cinder block on the lid which will probably solve the problem. But naturally this had to happen with the can … Continue reading →

First time I’ve roasted pork in months. And I finished it just at lunchtime, and so after it cooled a bit I gave a nice chunk to Tobie. Tobie will eat anything I offer him off my plate … of … Continue reading →

…no matter how you try. I’m down to one D&L trip per day, and it rarely lasts much more than an hour. Tightening up the cabin before leaving seems to take almost as long: Make sure there’s nothing on the … Continue reading →

To date, the tip jar has recorded $1560 in contributions, of which a majority has already made its way to my grubby grasping hands. It brought my bank balance to $2035 and change, which meant that I was able this … Continue reading →

But yeah, D broke his leg. Or rather, L’s horse broke D’s leg. And then D fell against the stock fence and bruised the crap out of his thigh, raising a hematoma the size of half a kettlebell – consider … Continue reading →

Neighbors D and L, both laid up with serious injuries, have been recovering with remarkable speed and ease given their age and the … wide and plentiful assortment of injuries and illnesses they have suffered with in the past few … Continue reading →

…and it’s not as bad as I feared at $2500. That’s how much cash I need to raise before anybody will pick up a wrench. That’s for a new transmission: The price for rebuilding the current one could conceivably be … Continue reading →

I was able to pick up Tobie’s new harness today… His old one was basically riding on his neck and I was thinking of replacing it even before he chewed through one of its straps. He got really long. And … Continue reading →

With indoor temps in the mid-forties, I lit the first woodstove fire this morning. That usually happens in late October or early November, and by now it’s usually standard routine. I’ve been using the bedroom heater for over a month, … Continue reading →

Neighbor S met me at D&L’s place this morning just as I finished cleaning their pellet stove, and helped me tow the Jeep to the shop in town. The towing went well, then just as we were trying to maneuver … Continue reading →

The Jeep’s transmission has been threatening to hydraulically fail for years, to the point where I’ve always assumed the trans would be the thing that permanently parked it. It started out with a tendency to go completely out of forward … Continue reading →

I’ve been going to D&L’s place repeatedly every day for a little over a month, taking care of horse stuff and giving their pellet stove a daily clean. Yesterday they were gone nearly all day at a doctor’s appointment in … Continue reading →

…and its absurdity was what made it funny. Now its proven powers of prophecy make it seem sad. Can you imagine that scene in a modern movie?

🙂 A few weeks ago I noted in passing that I didn’t leave my camera and gear in the Jeep because it would take a Pelican case to keep it safe from the dust. For the record that wasn’t a … Continue reading →

With the exception of a brief cold snap in early October it’s been a remarkably mild autumn. That ended overnight… …and we just got back from a long morning walky in which Uncle Joel was dolled up in nearly full … Continue reading →

It’s not necessarily true.

This morning I spent just shy of $95 on this much fuel… Ten gallons of gasoline and something less than 15 gallons of propane. Don’t know how you guys do it.

And happy as a clam to be back. She had lurid tales of getting stuck in that rehab center, which at first wasn’t bad at all but then they had the covid outbreak and I gather from the story that … Continue reading →