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Say it ain’t so! 
A four letter word, to be sure.  Nearly as  bad as the S word.  You know the S word, right?  That cold, flaky white stuff that Lady of Chaos has slapped my hand for typing.
The weather report for last night was that there would be ’s’ in Western Washington.   The work report [...]

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Highway of Death or Dead Man’s Corner?

 
To get to town from here, we have two options:  The Highway of Death or Dead Man’s Corner.  Tell me, which would you choose?
 
When we were kids (Little Hitler and I), we’d ride the bus around the lake to school.  It was a narrow, winding road and at one point just before the Holey Rocks [...]

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As Day Slips Into Night…

 
 
The trees are beginning to change color; yellows, golds and oranges are beginning to emerge.  It’s lovely to look at, but I wish dusk were later rather than earlier this time of year.  Too many cloudy days during the height of summer.  Now the days are cool and getting shorter, but I’ve still got just [...]

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It’s all Brigget’s Fault!

 
When I stopped to pick up the chicks yesterday, I couldn’t help but be lured out to the garden.  There were, after all, Sunflowers waving to me out in the early afternoon breeze.  They wanted to be included in my photo shoot, and I felt obligated to honor their request.

 Brigget was nowhere to be found, [...]

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Shhh….Don’t Tell City Boy…

…but I bought some chickens.  Really, don’t tell him.  He doesn’t like chickens.  The little chickens we’ve got right now run all over the blessed place, pooping like chickens do with little regard to what may be beneath them.  They sit on my hay and poop (plastic tarp business is going strong as a result) [...]

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