Fine Art Tuesday
(I almost missed it again. There seems to be a mental block forming on the subject.) Today’s subject is architecture, and I want to discuss…
Reports from the OP, November 2, 2021
Let’s look at the current local observations. Gasoline is having multiple personality issues. Depending on the station and the day, it’s either $3.18 or $3.30/gallon.…
Happy Halloween!
Normally, the family gathers at a local restaurant for a meal and to see how each other’s week has gone. But with Son grounded due…
(Im)Patiently Awaiting the Collapse
I listen (and support via Patreon) a prepping podcast, Prepping 2.0. (Link is to the web site, you can subscribe from there if you’d like.)…
Well. I guess one more is called for.
And when I thought that the “Life in the time of Wuflu” series was really finished… Son comes down with the Wuflu. Seriously. He missed…
Report from the OP, October 21, 2021
It seems that things are deteriorating at an increasingly rapid rate. Of all the, let’s call them “pundits”, that I regularly read, the ones with…
Score one for the home team
So I get a call from the John Deere dealer this afternoon. It’s going to be almost $1800 to repair my lawn tractor. Most of…
Fine Art Tuesday
Dune. Arrakis. Desert planet. Those are the thoughts of ducal heir Paul Atreides as he ponders on his family’s move from his home world of…
Report from the OP, October 17, 2021
This one is going to be a little different than usual, so bear with me. It’s almost like a mental tab clearing. Mrs. Freeholder, Old…
At least it held up long enough to get the wood moved
It never fails. I’m mowing the yard and the lawn tractor starts making a loud noise. Not clanking, more like it’s normal sound but a…
I’m finally done carrying wood
Rain delays, doctor appointments and so on could delay me but not stop me. The wood is carried and stacked. By measurement, this is between…
Fine Art Tuesday
Rather than a single piece of music, this time I choose to go with a composer, John Williams. There is little one can say about…
The insanity that is California
In California, the belief is that pollution can be legislated away. The heck with the people who will be hurt in the process. California took…
Deep breathing
Yeah, I was pretty pissed yesterday. Thanks to those of you who reached out. It’s hard to watch your country flushing itself down the toilet,…
Fine Art Tuesday
Until I hit Eaton Rapids Joe, in my anger I had forgotten it is Tuesday. Today’s effort is music, in particular the music of John…
At the brink?
Yesterday John Wilder wrote that, by the definition he’s been using, we’re in a civil war. However, he believes that the US is at the…
Report from the OP, October 4, 2021
For those of you following the firewood saga, there is no major news. I carried perhaps 1/2 cord Friday. I had today set aside to…
Good wood warms you twice
I keep thinking about that old saying, and wondering if making an online transfer to the natural gas company or the electric company might not…
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,…
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…