Author Archives: Joel

Landlady spent the weekend up in the Gulch working on her Meadow House. We got together for coffee this morning, and she said she had some veggies for the ladies. There were some unidentifiable greens too tart to eat, and … Continue reading →

No really good reason you should, I suppose. He hasn’t been an active annoyance since the Clinton administration. And since then, he’s been nursing a sinecure at UC Berkeley. So naturally, he had a theory as to who was really … Continue reading →

Police: Woman Upset Trump President Tried To Hit Officer And it was all fun and games until the article got to the part about what she tried to hit the cop with… State police say 58-year-old Eileen Pierce tried to … Continue reading →

They’re terribly concerned for her now. “I’m very interested in this.” says Jeanette Bavwidinski, a community organizer in Pennsylvania. “I’m interested in what her daily regimen is. Like, what are you all feeding RBG? Is she getting enough fresh air? … Continue reading →

I’ve mostly been sitting around this month, waiting the cold out. Last week there was some justification for that, but this week the afternoons are positively spring-like. And yesterday, which was supposed to be battery day, came and went with … Continue reading →

…on obamacare. “Our goal is to repair the damage caused by Obamacare where we find damage,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, said at the start of a hearing he held Wednesday on the … Continue reading →

Saw this during my water run on Monday. The closest thing to a food market in this little town shares half its space with a hardware… People in this little Mormon town have been practicing apparently effective soil amendment for … Continue reading →

Those of you who live in winter states, that is? In the high desert we can have extreme cold – we’ve hit -20o since I’ve been here – but the weather tends to be episodic. Cold as hell at night, … Continue reading →

I saw three muleys this afternoon, this time of year can’t tell male from female at a distance. The first one was close, I could have taken it with a pistol easily, and it immediately started pronking but otherwise didn’t … Continue reading →

I calculated this morning that of the six cats we’ve had here at the Gulch – all now dead – only three died in such a way as to leave a body, only two died non-violently, and only one died … Continue reading →

My musical elevator never really went to the top, for the most part I’m not entitled to an opinion about anything that happened musically after – well, – ever, really. But sometimes a particular song so perfectly encapsulates something you’re … Continue reading →

And we all know which lab is being a racist…

Get. That thing. Out. Of my face.

Ghost is staying with us today, he’ll go back home in the morning. And today, for some reason, he seemed happier with his lot in life. He got along with LB, he was positively playful, briefly, and LB reciprocated by … Continue reading →

H/T to JDZ

Get a load of this… Democrats hold lessons on how to talk to real people Manchin and nine other Senate Democrats are up for reelection next year in states that Trump won. Much of the event appears geared at figuring … Continue reading →

I’m just trying to stay warm, and I hope you all are succeeding. Got nothing to say, I just lured you in here for the clicks. Here are some cute puppies.

We finally got some decent January weather. Look at this… Do you see that? Do you see that? It’s the end of January, and that’s all the wood I’ve used all winter long. I’m a little disgusted. I expected the … Continue reading →

Raise your hand if you didn’t really expect the congressional GOP to repeal Obamacare this week. I didn’t, and even though I’m almost always wrong about these things I was pretty confident this time for two reasons: First, they’re republican … Continue reading →

The Price of Liberty has officially moved. That is all, carry on.