Category: Journal

Yesterday began quietly, peacefully. Late in the morning I checked my email, that is when chaos entered the house. I received a huge, huge bill, and that when sticker shock erupted. After spending the rest of the day interacting with the company, tweaking my account, then interacting with the company again, I managed to reduce… Continue reading Some Days Are Like That

Yesterday was busy. The weather wasn’t lovely, chilly, cloudy, some drizzle, a good day to spend time indoors. I took the opportunity to mill flour yesterday, the two one-gallon jars had only about one cup left. It takes time to mill the flour, as I give the mill time to cool between sessions, usually milling… Continue reading New Sunglasses!

The garden is beginning to offer us fresh produce. We have been eating fresh spinach in our green salads for about a week, at first just the wee plants that were thinned, now with small tasty leaves for salads and stir fries. We also have a few small beet leaves, and Chinese broccoli leaves. After… Continue reading A Little Life

After a long stretch of chilly, cloudy, and we weather, yesterday the sun finally came out for the day. It is back with us again today. Sunshine makes everything seem so much brighter, the sky, the landscape, and my mood! Our first trip to the Camp was made yesterday, and it was fine weather for… Continue reading Some Sunny Days

Attila and I have been holding out, we don’t use cell phones. We have an old one, for emergency use, it is turned off and toted around just in case, and we pay for the service. Batteries in cell phones are crap in my opinion. Of course I grew up with land lines, those phones… Continue reading Cell Phones