I was taking a nap and i left the mosquito net tent unzipped slightly out of laziness as i was only going to sleep 10 more minutes. In my groggy haze i saw a big old wolf spider crawling on the outside of the tent right near the zipper opening. I tried my darnedest to …
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Resolution
My credit is on the mend. The bill collectors are gone. The phone is quiet. I no longer have a loan in my name. I am awaiting the title in the mail. To be clear, the only reason i am standing here is because of a finance mole from austin placed into a hotbed of …
What Does it Mean to be Human?
What does it mean to be human? Does it mean that we are beings who have dominion over all that is touched by the sun’s rays? Have we conquered outer space, the ocean, ai, the world wide web? Do we influence everything that we touch and if so for good, for evil, or indifference? Are …
Time Wasted
Yesterday was time wasted away from the homestead not mowing the grass, felling trees, filtering water, or cleaning out the shed. Yesterday was hours wasted speaking to attorneys, consumer affairs, the bank, and the sheriff’s office answering machine for the weekend non-emergency line…. Yesterday was me scanning and emailing documents to prove all the things …
A Hypothetical
Hypothetically if a person bought a 1.5 ton object outright with cash and then found themselves in a situation where they were being harassed by bill collectors, their credit was ruined, and that 1.5 ton object was about to be seized by a third party due to “non payment” it might really make that person …
Why Cashew Doesnt Come to Work with me:
Because it is my job to rehabilitate patients when i am on the clock. My company does not pay me to train my dog. For me this is a no brainer. Training a dog is a very focused activity. You have to tune into the way in which your animal is thinking….their motivating factors, their …
What Does it Mean to be EMS?
Our best CNA who takes care of these people like they were his own son points and hits the nurse firmly on the shoulder. We look. What we thought was a benign napping patient enjoying an afternoon snooze in his regular chair under the skylight in the warm sun is now a medical problem. Seemingly …
The Perfect Place for Exercise
When i began doing p90x again i realized i had filled the 384 square foot one room house pretty thoroughly with things that i had to find space for real quick before leaving for work again. I really needed to clear everything out of the shed and shred or throw away or take a lot …
The Addition of Deer Meat
I have been a pescatarian for a long time…mostly by necessity rather than choice. Meat and poultry were removed from my diet in childhood. In college i tried to put chicken back into my routine tiny piece by tiny piece and believe me when i say it did not work. If you eat a protein, …
Strawberry Picking
This endeavor began when my coworker arrived one morning with a bowl of washed strawberries with the tops cut off. She said she had gone strawberry picking at an orchard on the way to Stonewall. There are a lot of wineries and orchards out that way and so it is a notoriously dangerous area to …