Author Archives: Joel

No, not people with dirt on Hillary… Tragic: Every Single Bump Stock In Nation Suddenly Lost In Boating Accident It’s not clear why gun owners were taking their bump stocks boating. Some have theorized they were using them to fish, … Continue reading →

D&L have space for about 50 haybales for their horses with 25 bales on each side of the bay, topping it off whenever one side or the other gets low. L broke her knee, taking her off the work crew, … Continue reading →

“Dude. I’m going back inside now.” It rained last night, and also overnight. Then the water on the porch floor froze. Also the water on the stairs. Also the water on the railings and handrail. I stepped outside at seven … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year when I get to feed and tend to the various needs of chickens and they give me nothing back at all, not even eggs. So now I’m paying attention to the local price of commercially-produced … Continue reading →

Boy, I was feeling rich when I went to town yesterday. By the time I was done replacing the (nearly new) rear shocks and a coolant hose on the Jeep, not so much. But the rules of synchronicity have always … Continue reading →

When I had the Jeep at the shop a couple of weeks ago the guy wanted to replace all four shocks because “the bushings are beat to shit.” I blew him off because I only put these shocks on in … Continue reading →

Landlady came up yesterday after a fairly protracted absence and announced she had “a ton of packages,” which didn’t turn out to be quite literally true… But they were pretty heavy, because canned goods. I got two regular monthly care … Continue reading →

Okay, it’s 4:30 in the frickin’ AM and I’m staring at this screen with a zombie-like open-mouthed moronic expression but apparently just at this point in the day I can move some photographs around. I dunno: Something in atmospheric conditions … Continue reading →

…twice a day for five days. This won’t be the ordeal it was last time because numerous Jeep problems have been dealt with since then and it’s only five days. It gets old after a week or so, plus there … Continue reading →

They shat all over my yard. That’s just rude. I’ve spent hours trying to make gifs from all the stuff on the game camera but for some probably weather-related reason the connection has been shit all day and apparently it … Continue reading →

Occurred to me a few days ago while the weather was still crap that it really didn’t look like I was going to get back to woodcutting any time very soon… …which meant it was way past time to put … Continue reading →

Neither do I. The older I get, the more I have to fight the urge to ridicule keyboard kommandos who think “prepping” is all about guns and gear and a case of MREs. I try to suppress the urge because … Continue reading →

This is not quite infinite or perpetual motion as implied, since of course you’ll need to stop the generator now and then to feed the cat. Also you’ll need a soundproof enclosure to drown out the anguished yowls. But other … Continue reading →

It’s nine days to the solstice. I took this picture at about quarter to nine… …and if Landlady’s batteries were under any evening load at all this picture would not be acceptable. In fact this only happens in the month … Continue reading →

There has to be a way to persuade him to stop this. I really thought we were past it, it hasn’t happened in months. He arrived with a bloody sore on the same paw from obsessive licking: After a few … Continue reading →

I certainly meant to. But it was probably a money thing. When I lived in the RV I scrounged every 30-pound propane bottle that came my way. I think I topped out at six at one point. But some of … Continue reading →

Hand hurt all the way home. 🙂 And that was all that was on the card for 3 days, too. I know they’re around, even saw a doe yesterday, but they haven’t been coming to the waterer or at least … Continue reading →

Winter has come to the Gulch, and I have settled into winter mode which is just plain slothful. I do my daily chores and then I sit in my chair and read. This does not make for scintillating TUAK posting. … Continue reading →

Woke in the middle of the night to the sound of heavy rain on the bedroom’s metal roof. Kind of comforting, since I’m convinced that the roof is tight and the rain won’t come in and wreck my wallboard or … Continue reading →

Longtime readers know that problems with the water system situated on the top of the ridge between Ian’s place and my own are not unknown. We’ve had fittings freeze and break, an unburied manifold freeze and just seize everything up, … Continue reading →