Author Archives: Kelsey

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Thanksgiving 2024 – Daughters & Granddaughters

I finished White Nights. The girl waited three days with the fella, then just as she tore her heart out and decided that she could love him when her man did not return for her after a year, and the … Continue reading

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White Nights

I am reading the Russian White Nights, by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I have 18 pages left to go, but so far, it is about a lonely man who meets on chance a woman who is very nearly attacked by a drunk. … Continue reading

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Tree Work and Remembering Ross

We had a visit for a couple of days from our oldest and his wife and newborn. With that, his next brother and their newborn came to visit too! What an amazing time it was to have them all and … Continue reading

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Bridge Over Troublesome Water

Each morning, I take the kids to the bus stop, it is to a location a short drive from the house that is in another catchment, neighboring to the one we live in. It allows the kids to attend classes … Continue reading

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