Here’s a big spoiler alert: There’s a spoiler coming…..and….here it is: This guy, Ralph Edwards, is a homesteader who lived up in the British Columbia area….way back in the bush. He wanted to find a way to travel to and … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
I saw the fish and chips….and wondered where you’d go to get something that looked that good? It turns out, this fellow’s tour is taking place in Suffolk, UK. It’s nice around here….but, you know? In his video, I didn’t … Continue reading
Sometimes, if it’s on YouTube, you can almost take it for granted that the information is correct. “IT’S ON THE TEEVEE!! IT’S GOTTA BE TRUE!!” Right? I was looking for a brake repair video this morning, just to refresh my … Continue reading
Another excellent Kirsten Dirksen video….this time about an old cement factory that has been reworked and given new life. How many buildings are out there that could be rehabbed and turned into something useful and beautiful? Of course, it takes a … Continue reading
Our two-year-came up to Jenny the other day, flexing hard, showing off her physique. “FEEL MY MUSTARD!!” she yelled. Man….that’s the kind of enthusiasm I like to see…. “Feel my mustard!!” Hah!! She’s a funny little thing. I got … Continue reading
When my son started school, one of his “teachers” suggested that we teach him to use a keyboard because she didn’t have any confidence that he’d ever learn to write with a pencil. He was little and hyper and had … Continue reading
I talked with a woman out on the route yesterday who’d had, what sounded like, a pretty horrific bicycling accident a while back. She was limping pretty badly and her wrist was torqued in a weird way, and when I … Continue reading
My Jeep quit running at the bottom of the hill yesterday and wouldn’t run again. That’s a bugger. It’s a bugger when everyone (seemingly…..more on that later) who could help me was busy. It’s a bugger, too, because the cellphone service is … Continue reading
OK. If things start to seem like they’re falling apart on the potty side of your life….let’s say, you stop somewhere to use the facilities and it seems like there might be an issue, that something isn’t quite up to … Continue reading
Help me to not be ungrateful. That’s a good prayer to pray in a gravel driveway, out by the porta potty that we’ve rented to take some of the discomfort out of a messed up septic system. I called the … Continue reading