First Thoughts: DEWALT DCST972X1 String Trimmer
You know, they say bad things come in threes. They don’t, but we humans seek…
Report from the OP, August 6, 2022
Show of hands-who is tired of the Dog Days of summer yet? I know that…
Report from the OP, July 31, 2022
Think of this as something of a “special edition”. I hadn’t expected to write another…
Report from the OP, July 27, 2020
Up first are several macro items I’ve noticed since the last report. Among those who…
Sunday Reading
This one is something of a throwback, Mel Tappan’s Tappen on Survival. This book was…
Report from the OP, July 23, 2022
Once again, it’s been a while since I posted anything, violating Rule #1 of Blogging,…
Top Gun: Maverick
I finally got to see Top Gun: Maverick this afternoon. Mrs. Freeholder and I had…
Report from the OP, July 15, 2022
Let’s do this by going from micro to macro. I’ve seen the orthopedist and the…
Still limping along
Looking at the date, I see it’s a bit over a week since I posted…
Report from the OP, July 2, 2022
Here we are, celebrating (well, most of us are) the 246th birthday of our country….
Clearing some tabs
It’s been a busy few days, and tomorrow is an early and busy day. I…
Report from the OP, June 27, 2022
It’s been a week of dragging around the injured ankle/leg, which really crimps your style….
And then this happened
I finally, 13 days after I tried to break my ankle and only succeeded in…
Grandma knew things
Your parents, grandparents or maybe great-grandparents probably lived a lot closer to the land than…
Reports from the OP, June 18, 2022
(I’ve been trying since Wednesday afternoon to get this post up. It goes up today,…
It’s just our economy-no biggie
I’m catching up on some reading this afternoon. This excellent piece on how our economy…
This is the last time I’m giving the Guardian Angel an evening off
The subdivision I live in was once part of a farm that dates back into…
Reports from the OP, June 8, 2022
On the health front, I’m pretty well recovered from the bout of the Wuflu, especially…
It’s the Day of Days once again
This year, as we seem to be sitting on the brink of something dire happening…
Report from the OP, June 3, 2022
I felt up to keeping my chiropractor appointment, so I did. That allowed me to…
Reports from other OPs
While I haven’t felt like doing anything myself, I’ve been watching those who do. The…
Craptastic Chinese Virus Continues to be Craptastic
I think the last time I had something that hung on this strongly was…well, I…
You know, I keep telling people that “We don’t bounce so good at our age”
But I never remember to apply it to myself. I need to rectify that oversight….
God is good
Bellatrix has been to the vet and is back home. Seven weeks old, 2 pounds…
Making sausage
The NC Primary Election was on May 17. For some 2 weeks before that day,…
When it rains, it Wuflus
I’ll try and do the posts I wanted to do 6 days ago sometime soon….
Report from the OP, May 13, 2022
It’s been a busy few days. Let’s do a micro to macro thing. Locally, it’s…
Report from the OP, May 7, 2022
I don’t know what concerns me more-what I see or how people are reacting to…
John Ross
From Michael Bane on Facebook (Yes, I do still use it, on a very limited…