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Processing Tipi Poles
I need forty poles for the longhouse I want to put together next spring, so I stopped by Trout Lake Ranger Station to buy a permit. There are only two plots where harvesting poles is allowed and the selection isn't great, but what are you going to do? ...
Three Days of Gluttony
3-day Menu Day 1 -Lunch Scotch eggs, wrapped in foil and heated by the fire during set up -Dinner Hot Dogs. buns, ketchup, mustard Baked beans Day 2 -Breakfast Mountain man breakfast with biscuits -Lunch snackage and drinks -Dinner Pot roast with taters, parsnip,...
California Fly and Camp
My wife started lobbying early: "The California boys are going camping. You should go. Everybody is asking for you. Damien is cooking." I was reluctant. I didn't want to take time off work. I hadn't gone anywhere since The Contagion started and I was uncomfortable...
Oh Magoo, You’ve Done It Again
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2020 Socially Distant Easter
April 11th, 2020. For the first time in decades, the Easter Bunny BBQ was cancelled, all because of the Damned Contagion. Amy and I decided we would celebrate the holiday between ourselves. It is important to maintain your normal routines when quarantined. With no...
Good Morning
7/4/26 7:00 60F (15.5C) Calm air, clear, blue sky. It may be precarious, in this polarized society, when jingoism and patriotism are so easily confused, to express reservation about elevating the flag to a position of worship, but I feel I must. Don't get me...
Good Morning
7/3/26 6:45 57F (13.8C) Blue sky with a few scattered clouds. No wind. Happy Dependence Day. ...
Good Morning
7/2/26 5:30 52F (11C) No wind. The sky is filled with mares tails. In the distance a lone sprayer drones. Now another one, closer this time, joins in an orchard sprayer duet. Birds sing, unbothered by the whine. Walter barks a bit, then lies down. The clouds...
Good Morning
7/1/26 6:15 55F (12.7C) Windy with white clouds scudding across the bright blue sky. A jay squawks. Walter barks. The rooster crows. A gust sighs through the oaks. Momentary interruptions in the still of morning. It is a relatively quiet Wednesday this first...
Good Morning
6/30/26 6:15 53F (11.6C) Windy and cloudy. It doesn't look like it rained last night after all. I finished unloading the truck yesterday and put the canvas up to dry. Staked up some corn the wind blew over while I was at it. The baby rabbits seem to be...
