We still heat primarily with wood. For years we heated only with wood…and then we got a propane wall heater that comes on when it cools off in the room so that it wasn’t freezing in the house when we … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
I write sometimes about my morning “routine”. My morning routine consists of me getting up, throwing my sweatshirt and pants on immediately if it’s cold, going to the powder room for my morning ablution, then quietly creeping past my sleeping … Continue reading
We watched “Frozen” for the first real time last night. I say “real time” because we sat around the computer monitor with some popcorn and watched a Chinese “cam” version that we streamed over the internet one evening …but it … Continue reading
Normally, I get up pretty early in the morning. It’s my developing “old man” style. I think that I’m trying to work up to the day when I can make a Saturday morning call to the kids at 6:30 AM. … Continue reading
When I was going to school at Georgia State University, there was an older fellow who used to “preach” or maybe “pontificate” out in a central area of Atlanta…kind of a courtyard area close to the college… where people would … Continue reading
I’ve heard about Pavlovian response…don’t really understand how it comes to work, really….but I was listening to some music the other day and thought how much I’m like one of those trained dogs. Of course….I’M A MAN!!…so I’m not really like … Continue reading
This week is my “day off week”. I am very excited. I’m so excited that I lose track of time….Tuesday feels like it should be Friday, Wednesday feels like it should be Friday…you can only imagine what Thursday must feel … Continue reading
Every morning, I get up and make myself a little pot of coffee. I use a french press…so I guess I could say that I make myself a little french press of coffee…a french press pot of coffee…a carafe of … Continue reading
Sparrow projectile vomited over my shoulder last night all over my favorite sweatshirt that I was wearing to keep warm while we were trying to figure out why she was so agitated…and as a result of that, I slept too … Continue reading
I don’t think that the interplanetary monkey has anything to do with this post. It just sounded so darn catchy that I couldn’t resist. I think about “right livelihood” all the time. From what I understand, it’s a Buddhist term…where … Continue reading