2 Minute Warning
This past weekend, we got our 2 minute warning in relationship to the change of seasons. While it wasn’t that cold (lows in the mid-40s,…
Month: September 2021
Fine Art Tuesday
In light of my recent journey to West Virginia, I thought an artist from that state would be apropos. Virginia B Evans was born in…
*sigh*
Today is either the third day in a row I’ve had a migraine, or Day 3 of a migraine. Sometimes, it’s hard to know which.…
Here we go again
Haven’t been home for a week and we’re going to be gone again. This time Mrs. Freeholder and I are heading to a nearby campground,…
Report from the OP, September 22, 2021
On this day last week, Son and I took the RV and headed up the Hillbilly Highway, also known as I-77, to West Virginia in…
Fine Art Tuesday
(Beware, today I’m stretching the definition of sculpture.) A creative mind wants to create, no matter the circumstances. What else could be the reason for…
Fish 3, Fishermen 0
Son and I spent 3 days trout fishing in West Virginia and got skunked. No matter, because we got to have a good time. There…
Probably nothing the remainder of the week
I’m on a trip with Son to West By Gawd Virginia in search of the elusive brook and brown trout. Reports from my spies in…
Report from the OP, September 14, 2021
I’m taking something more of a view from 35,000′ this time around. No links because my time to write this is short. I think you…
20 years
I wasn’t going to post anything about today. I’ve made my thoughts on 9/11 and subsequent events known on this blog, and I’ve got little…
Slowly I turn…step by step…inch by inch
A while back, all talk was about Civil War II (CWII), which many believed was right around the corner. I’m not much on making even…
The food weapon
Don’t think that those who hate us and want us to die won’t use food as a weapon. Hungry people will do almost anything to…
2+2=4
Can someone give me a good explanation why you would spend the money to develop a weapons delivery platform whose only reasonable use is to…
10 Weeks to Preparedness
I’ve had this sitting in a tab long enough that I’ve forgotten where I found it. It’s been about 13 or 14 years since I…
Fine Art Tuesday
Fortifications have a long history. The first was probably a rock shelter or a cave that was defended by some angry group of hominids. Over…
Report from the OP, September 5, 2021
What a week. Seriously. Let’s start off with Hurricane Ida. Here in the Piedmont region of North Carolina (if you look at a map, it’s…
A dark prediction
Hurricane Ida and the leftovers have done a number on my migraines yesterday and so far today, so I’m about worthless for anything around the…