Every once in a while i would load the dogs in the car and take them to the vet to get their nails clipped. They both had very dark nails so it was impossible to see where the blood supply to the nail ended. I preferred to let the vet have a go at it. …
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Cashew and the Rocking Chair
Every time i sat in the rocking chair Cashew tried to worm her way into my lap. Finally, one day i obliged her. I thought she would hate it and want down immediately. To my surprise she laid very still and nuzzled her head into my chest. So it became part of the evening routine. …
Runaway Train
I was angry beyond words. Even had i found the words to fit the situation i wouldn’t have been able to speak them. I felt powerless to change the outcome of a vast and unfortunate situation. I had been having trouble sleeping. I would have this recurring dream. In the dream there was a train. …
After the Storm
The morning after the storm we emerged from the house to see ice everywhere. I was glad it was my day off. I did not want to have to drive anywhere that day. As i walked around the property i realized that it wasn’t only the man-made structures that had accumulated ice. The rocks, the …
The Christmas Tree
Before i had left on my road trip i had dug out the little plastic christmas tree from the shed and placed it in the corner of the tiny house next to the outlet. There was a hallmark store in the city and i knew what i was going to do if i had any …
It’s Coming…
In mid November my extended family had gotten together at my mother’s house in a city around 2.5 hours from me. My sister, who i got to see rarely, was there and my little cousins as well. I had assumed at least one of my 2 days off during their stay would be dedicated to …
Settling into a Winter Routine
As the temperatures became colder i settled into the comfortable grooves of a winter routine. In the mornings i would put the space heater in the bathroom and warm it up before taking a shower. When it was below 40 degrees there was at most 2 minutes of hot and 4 minutes of luke-warm shower …
Space Heater to the Rescue
i can’t do it anymore because it’s been established that Cashew will chew the outdoor extension cords stretching from the house to the fruit tree boxes if unsupervised but i used to just open the door and let the dogs out before climbing back in bed on my days off. They were used to waking …
Cashew Learns to Pull up Tree Stumps
I was standing in the yard one day, disgruntled about some form of unfairness in life, and i decided to channel my frustration into pulling up some of the young tree stumps. The medium ones required a lot of back-breaking work, hacking the thing to pieces with the axe and wedging the shovel underneath roots …
Building the Tree Boxes
Originally i had planned to winterize the property by the last day of September. That did not happen. Procrastination was not usually my thing. I was the one who showed up 50 minutes early to every appointment and 15 minutes early to every social gathering. I was the one that began studying for the certification …