Quail Pumpkin Soup

Quail Pumpkin Soup

By an accident of fate, I ended up with a single quail in my ice chest at Halloween Camp.  A perfect opportunity to try out a new flavor at camp, but a quail is a small bird, barely enough for one person and I had three to feed. Soup was the obvious way to stretch the...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/31/26 Happy Halloween. 7:30 It is cold. There is not yet enough light to be certain, but the sky appears to be clear. I have been forced from the warmth of my bed by the need to urinate. The fire, which had burned since Wednesday, is dead with nary an ember...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/30/26 7:30 Robert departs today and Amy arrives. It didn’t freeze last night, but I believe it came close. Looking through the smokehole I can see there is a light breeze fluttering the streamers. It was quite dark when I stumbled to the latrine at...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/29/26 8:30 The thermometer inside the tipi reads 54F (12.2C). The one outside reads 32F (0C). I think they are both lying. There is no ice or frost, but it is damned chilly in here for 54F. I got up about an hour ago. We kept the fire going all night. The...