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I’ve mentioned that an unexpected side effect of having lots of thermal mass in winter is that you really can’t afford to let it all get cold. So D&L burn their pellet stove 24/7 for almost six months in the … Continue reading →

I bitch and moan about him, ’cause he drives me crazy, but all in all Tobie is a fine young man. He’s only the second puppy I’ve ever raised, but apparently they all need their treasure spot. Little Bear’s was … Continue reading →

One day to go on the T&S gig, and the Jeep can do it with one engine cylinder tied behind its back. Yeah, only two days before the gig was supposed to start, guess who got another rat nest on … Continue reading →

One bad thing you think you’re gonna kiss goodbye when you become a cedar rat is scheduling conflicts, particularly when none of the several things you’re supposed to accomplish simultaneously are optional. I’m certain you know exactly what I’m talking … Continue reading →

Tobie didn’t get his morning Jeep ride to T&S’s yesterday, mostly because I was mad at him for the (bad dog) way he behaved during his morning walkie. Since I got back from T&S’s only to drive straight away again … Continue reading →

Neighbor L has been done with her chemo for maybe a month now, and is starting to get some of her strength back. She was able to empty the whole pallet by herself, which means… …that we’re back to the … Continue reading →

I’ve been really worried about this. I mothballed that chainsaw so long ago I was certain that the carb diaphragms were going to be stiff as boards, just because of course they were. And the only saw shop in town … Continue reading →

I’ve got another T&S gig so mornings and evenings will find me across the plateau to the east and up and down their scary mesa. And I was on my way home from that this morning when I came upon … Continue reading →

I had to go to town to pick up a package. I did not want to go to town, because it rained from Saturday to yesterday afternoon and the roads were going to be a sea of mud. But this … Continue reading →

Slept like a baby almost all the way through last night… But that was because everything about the bedroom except the furnace is already in winter mode. And I’m starting to wonder if it isn’t time to light the furnace. … Continue reading →

I woke several times during the night with rain blasting down on the metal roof. When I came fully awake at 5 it was … blasting down on the metal roof and that was bad, because step 1 after pulling … Continue reading →

Right on schedule. Supposed to go right back to thunderstorms tomorrow. Fullscale Walky time! And may I say right here before I forget that I have a modest proposal: Tobieforchristsakegetoutofthemud is indeed a proper word and should be added to … Continue reading →

Tools for squeezing things together are 2-a-penny, but I need a tool for spreading things apart. Preferably an improvisation on something I already have. When I first came to the desert my Plan A handgun was a beat-up 4″ Springfield … Continue reading →

Yeah, it started raining Saturday – coincidental with a Landlady visit, in accordance with longstanding tradition – and it has never more than briefly stopped raining ever since. The rain-to-date readout on my weather station says 15.6″ which is not … Continue reading →

I’ve always had an issue with mice in the Jeep. They just live in there: Sometimes if I’m driving on an abnormally smooth bit of dirt road a mouse will pop out of the instrument panel and watch the show … Continue reading →

The skittery treat you get to eat! Yes, I have everything yet to learn about how to get this thing to focus in low light, let alone anything about how to control the exposure.

I got a Paratus Day card from Commander Zero yesterday! Which reminds me this is the third year in a row he has sent one… He always adds some small appropriate gift for the season, which is appreciated… Last year … Continue reading →

An extremely generous reader, quite out of the blue, asked, “Could you use a better camera?” Olympus E-620, the only DSLR I’ve ever even seen up close let alone owned. With three lenses and a nice case to boot. I … Continue reading →

The left front leg on my ground mount rack has been loose for an embarrassingly long time; I discovered it in early Spring and only now have gotten around to fixing it. Not a lot of excuse, just kept, er, … Continue reading →

I lost my driveway’s entrance into the wash in late July during the biggest of the early monsoon floods. It was a colossal pain in the ass all summer but this monsoon was a wet one (14 and a half … Continue reading →