Monthly Archives: December 2024
The Great Llama Escape!
I got a message today that the llamas were in the neighbor’s back yard, a downhill slant from where the main part is, and basically unkempt, like ours is. It is a difficult piece of land to maintain, as I … Continue reading
Christmas 2024
Well, another Christmas Day has just come to a close. The kids were home with their wives and kids, and we all had a good time together. The new little babies were there to give me an appreciation of the … Continue reading
Christmas Eve, Eve
Tonight, we had a knock on the door and when we opened it, there was my wife’s nurse from down at the General Practitioner’s Office, with her husband behind her, and a Christmas Dinner filling both of their arms! We … Continue reading
Christmas Flu
Feeling sickly at Christmastime, again. I am pretty sure we did this last year. Yesterday I woke up feeling like death warmed over. I eventually stumbled down the stairs, and found one of my daughters lay across the sofa, feeling … Continue reading
On Becoming Old
The kids are a growing, Missus has been ill, and I have noted a couple of horrible crashes along the highway that we travel on to get out of our neck of the wilderness that has taken more than one … Continue reading
Not-So-Social Media
I have been thumbing down through Facebook for a couple of weeks now. I changed my profile picture, and got some likes, and felt the dopamine hit that comes from that. As I scroll, I have found that there are … Continue reading
Christmas
A Christmas Tree on a Quonset Hut. In the mornings I take the kids to meet their school bus. The drive is seven miles each wat, s o I need to make it worth it. I bring along the camera … Continue reading
The Mid-December of 2024
While we are still on a pause, things around the house are going along. I admit that days like today I didn’t feel like doing much. I did some, but I did not feel like much. I did get some … Continue reading
Oompa Loompa’s In Our Life
So this has been the worst week imaginable. Missus has had a serious health event, and we have had some scariness going on here at the old Peasant’s Manor Farm. A lot of what has happened is beyond what I … Continue reading
What Men Live By
By Leo Tolstoy Well, if you are religious, then this little fable ought to appeal to right to you. It is an awful tale of a man going to town to collect his debts then buy a sheep’s skin to … Continue reading