In mid-August the planets aligned. My parents and siblings would be in the same place for the first time since my Grandfather died. Within six days of completing renovations and putting it on the market, my brother Jim sold his house and moved everything into the huge garage on his newly purchased property next door to Mom's. He'd be camped in the ( Read more... )

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Yesterday it was 48F. It had been warm enough for the past few days that I got cocky and decided to conserve power by unplugging the heat cables from the water pipes ( Read more... )

Saw over 20 snowmobiles in Cassadaga whilst out on errands today. Some are still out in the woods and fields like a swarm of jacked-up hornets echoing distantly, their lamps stabbing through the trees.

This is the area where I did last night's snow angel. There is so much snow in the trees and the sky is so white that it doesn't look like the yard is outdoors. It's more like a woodland scene inside a white box. I wish I could capture it properly on camera.


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I just realised that I was propping a door open with a gallon of frozen antifreeze. Like you do.

My Mom had left this for me, but I think I'll check into some other brands. Maybe I can keep the car warm with their PANTS, which evidently are ON FIRE.


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Still digging the snow. Literally. (Hahahaha, etc.) NC friends are omg-ing about the six inches headed their way. Out of curiosity, I pulled up their weather report for January, finally finding the one day that has a snowflake on it. Meanwhile I'm looking at seven fluffy inches that fell since the eight inches I'd shoveled off at midnight. It would ( Read more... )

Returned from errands in Buffalo on what had twenty minutes before been a dangerously slide-y Thruway with wind gusts doing their best to shove the car around. By the time I headed back West, the roads were clear and bone dry ( Read more... )

So I clicked on the local Humane Society links. Thereby lies the Gateway to Doom. But there’s this seal point Siamese with gorgeous sapphire eyes … Clicked again last night. He’s now been in the slammer for a month. I’m alone, but I also travel for business. No … one … to watch …. Cat. Must… be….strong…. [Update 30 Dec 2016] Went to Petsmart to get ( Read more... )

Rain is rattling the tin roof. The wind is sighing in the trees and tickling the wind chimes. Also, the Knocker In The Walls is back. Time to turn in.