(Animals on t-shirt in Spanish, in order: guacamayo, perezoso, tortuga, mono.) Yesterday when I tore down the old, wire chicken coop cover, I had a chance to try out my new neck-cooling fan and cooling hat. (The hat isn’t new: I’ve just never saturated it with water and used it as a cooling hat before.) […]
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I will take Mr. Tumnus and Tillie, the goats, to their new home in about 45 minutes. Don’t worry: I will take pictures after I get them over there, so you can see their new digs. Except for (maybe) missing me, they will probably think they’ve died and gone to heaven! Their
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Today I got the goat shed (soon to be the hen house) reroofed using miscellaneous shingles we had for earlier projects… First I put the tar paper on…. Then, I put shingles on… There were a variety of them, but not enough of any one of the variety, so I used them
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The United States of America under this new regime is giving me a sick stomach. If I could leave sooner than September, I would. But I have a commitment for June 11th at King’s Books and a hernia surgery to undergo and heal from before I can go. I also need to get the
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I dodged a bullet this week. I thought I found the perfect place to land in Costa Rica. A fellow reached out to me as a result of the message I sent out on CR FB sites, telling me he had the perfect place in a prime location: Escalante, near San Jose. Two bedrooms,
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Have you ever noticed that when the GOP names legislative bills, they lie? Here are just a few examples: CITIZENS UNITED should be CITIZENS UNDERMINED The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act should be called SABOTAGING AMERICAN VOTERS EVERYWHERE THE PATRIOT ACT should be called The Policing Agenda (Click on the blue underlined links above to find out why,
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Here are some images from today’s Tacoma HANDS OFF Protest. Tacomans are very creative when it comes to making protest signs. I got there at about 11:30 and took photos all up the line until about 12:15 (fifteen minutes after the official start of the protest). A great many people joined the protest after I
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Mr. Tumnus and Tillie will have a new home in two to three weeks. It’s just across the street from where my niece’s parents live, a very short drive from here. And I will have visitation rights until I leave the U.S. in September. I’m very happy it turned out this way The
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I had the ultrasound the other day. Just a day later, I was told it’s an umbilical hernia, so they’re referring me to a surgeon for follow-up. My hope is that I can get it taken care of soon so I’ll be fine again by the time June 11th rolls around (the date of my
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In 2017, I signed up for Classmates for a year for a little over $35. I canceled the subscription after a couple of years because I realized I wasn’t using it much anymore. This morning I found a charge to my credit card for $105 from them. I immediately contacted them and told them
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