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We have some weather yesterday and today and the ‘pooter won’t connect. Gotta get off my thumb and research those cell signal booster thingies because this is getting old. If it demonstrates my desire to blog at all, at this … Continue reading →

I do love me some Dolly Parton. And somehow I never heard this song before. I am familiar with the Gospel story, and always kind of related to the part about Peter. He really believed in himself, and in his … Continue reading →

If you borrow a vacuum cleaner from a neighbor so as finally to get all the dog hair out of the bedroom rug that your broom won’t touch… …and have to keep moving rifles so you can clean in the … Continue reading →

It’s got problems that will need adjustment. It’s pressing on a sensitive spot in much the same way the test socket did, but not as badly and that turned out to be easily fixed the first time. I’m still in … Continue reading →

If this tree – which I was told is self-pollinating – were ever going to fruit, this would be the year. I’m not going to hold my breath. But that would be cool.

Seriously. It’s hard to get good spam these days…

I went to a prosthetics shop to pick up my new leg, and was issued a face mask. Just saying.

Wow, I remember shoving Torso Boy over on the bed at about eight but I’d be lying if I claimed to remember my head hitting the pillow. Woke around four and again around six feeling much better. And now I’m … Continue reading →

The first such in nearly four years. There’s this thing called ‘phantom pain.’ Happens when you’ve had a major limb ripped off, with lots of nifty nerve damage. I remember when I was still in the hospital – this was … Continue reading →

John Prine died. Of “complications from COVID-19,” which is trendy but pretty meaningless. You could also say he died of complications from several bouts of cancer, too. I’ve been expecting this one. He pretty much held title to my theme … Continue reading →

Given how many batteries I’ve had to deal with over the years, and how much I’ve bitched about contact corrosion, I never did a little study and let chemistry work for me. No, I was always the guy disconnecting cables … Continue reading →

Just arrived… Truth is I’ve been concerned that I might still be missing emails since the great email shutdown of a couple of months ago. Volume is still way off from there. But since I don’t use Microsoft anything, I … Continue reading →

😀 I was out yesterday on the regular Monday morning water run, and saw a lot more masks in the crappy little town nearest where I live than I did the week before. This being cowboy country, a lot of … Continue reading →

There are a few unfortunate traditions that have sprung up here at the gulch – I couldn’t tell you why, it’s no choice of ours, it’s just Murphy being Murphy. Among these is we only seem to go to the … Continue reading →

So far it has the only flowers around – it’s still early in the season for Spring flowers – but it’s flowering more enthusiastically than I’ve ever seen it. Nights have been very mild with no hard freezes and none … Continue reading →

Pretty day except for the wind so I don’t know what the problem is, but I apparently won’t be posting today.

We went to the Safeway in the biggish little town about 35 miles away this morning, and… …people are taking this “distancing” thing seriously. First time I’ve felt happily comfortable in a public place since I don’t remember when. Also, … Continue reading →

It’s doing quite well so far. 🙂 I hate that it always blooms in March, because the chance of a hard freeze before the buds mature is – well, pretty much definite. Not that there’s any danger that the poor … Continue reading →

If you’re rigging a solar-powered electrical system for an off-grid home, it has become entirely practical to use lighting that bypasses the need for an inverter. In fact it’s so seamless as to almost be a problem; I have 12-volt … Continue reading →