Good Afternoon
8/11/25 3:00 105f (40.5c) Clear sky, no wind in town. I had been cooped up in the house with this cold for eleven days. Walter had been cooped up here with me. We were both going stir crazy. I was feeling better, enough...
Good Evening
8~9~25 7:30 80f Clear, blue sky with the sun dropping low in the west, casting golden beams of light through the almost invisible haze of fire season. I painted the back decks yesterday, and soaked the soft spots with Minwax wood hardener. This morning I filled the...
Good Afternoon
8/5/26 2:30 83f (28.3c) , mostly clear with a light breeze. Apparently , I don't have the contagion. Guess I will run some errands before I run out of ooomph. ...
Good Evening
7/29/25 9:00 79f (26.1c) No wind. Mike, Walter and I took a short walk this evening. The smoke from the wildfires tinted the sky at sunset.
Camp Tittyhahaha – Day 5
Monday was another beautiful, sunny day at the coast, our fifth and final day of camping with the family. ...
Good Morning
9/22/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) AQI 15 Partially cloudy but no wind. Swallows dance with my floaters, black specks against the sky. They soar and flutter, then vanish as suddenly as they appeared. Today is the last day of summer. It is also Mom's birthday. Aluminum...
Good Morning
9/21/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 No wind. Bright, blue sky waiting on the sun. The day before the Autumnal Equinox. A crow complains somewhere behind the nieghbor's barn. Walter has taken post on the deck, keeping vigilant watch for intruders. There are none....
Good Morning
9/20/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 Blue sky with a hint of a breeze. Yesterday, I cut some pumpkin rings and hung them on the drying rack in the tipi. I am waiting until they allow fires to do more. We went to Dave's for a birthday party for mom later. She will be...
Good Morning
9/19/26 6:45 46F (7.7C) AQI 24 Daylight is upon us but the sun is not quite up. The sky is clear and blue. There is a tickle of a breeze. The kennel dogs are barking and Walter joins their conversation. Birds trill and chirp. The hens are clucking....
Good Morning
9/18/26 7:00 55F (12.7C) AQI 27 Clear, cloudless sky with a faint breeze stirring. Aside from Walter's occasional outbursts and the rooster fulfilling his duties, it is a quiet Friday morning. I finished the drying rack and set the lodge up yesterday. I'm...
Social Distance Monday
They didn't need me at work Monday, so I did the responsible thing and stayed home and messed with my dugout canoe project. I am just at the beginning stages of burning out the cottonwood log. Using birch bark, pine pitch, dried grass and a ferro rod, I got a fire...
Barley Camp Stew
Barley makes a hearty, thick base for a stew. It scorches easily, so stir frequently and cook over moderate heat. At camp, we hung the stew pot from a tripod and raised it high above the flames. If you use a Dutch oven, put more coals on top, fewer underneath. Rotate...
Potato Chowder
This recipe was a staple for me during my college years. It was cheap, easy and filling. A big pot of it could feed me for a week. I would gather and dry quantities of fairy ring mushrooms (Marasmius oreades) from the little park down the street from my apartment, and...
Lentil Soup
I made this soup in the Crockpot. You could simmer this stovetop or over the fire or cook it in a Dutch oven. No matter how you choose to do it, you will end up with a thick, hearty soup.Ingredients bones and fat trimmed from a cut of lamb shoulder or chop 2 cups...
Humus
My wife showed me how to make humus. She is extremely camera shy, so there aren't any photos of her, but take my word for it, she's just as cute as a bug's ass. It was nice of her to let me take any pictures at all; she doesn't get the whole taking photographs of what...
