Life Through barbed wire valleys and overgrown dells Shawshank, June 15, 2026 I was awake before my alarm, again. That’s on, I usually am, when it comes to work. I just don’t want to be late, and I think my mind does it to save me. But I woke up about 30 minutes before the alarm, and tried to sleep. I managed to doze for about 15… Continue Reading
Life Just when I thought I got him to fall in love with Tennessee Shawshank, June 14, 2026 It’s a bright and sunny Sunday morning here the birds are singing, and Podrick has finally, mostly, settled down. He was a crazy boy this morning for sure. Everyone has been fed, and Pippin, who dined privately this morning, should be sitting on the table feeling the morning sun, and looking for birds. If a… Continue Reading
Life Gonna tear up this town like a drunk tornado Shawshank, June 13, 2026 This is gonna be a quick note, as we both have to do a rapid wake up. Today is the town wide garage sale, and I have to wake up, and get ready to be a pack mule for the day. I moved (I think), everything from the basement up to the garage. So that’ll… Continue Reading
Life But with all of my tattoos and these songs I like to sing about booze Shawshank, June 12, 2026 It’s gonna be a busy day. Podrick, obvious to everything, decided that he loves to play with any freaking toy right in front of the bedroom door. Twice. He’s louder than my headphones. I tried very hard to try and ignore him. He wasn’t just the problem, it’s (what I call) spring out there, and… Continue Reading
Life by summer’s end I predict that I’ll have finally lost my mind Shawshank, June 11, 2026 It’s another gray morning today. It’s supposed to be overcast, rainy, and just mostly depressing weather for the day; high of 61°. So yeah, a pretty unsettled day. No thunderstorms, or tornado watches yesterday. So yeah it’s another beautiful day up here in the middle of nowhere. This weekend is the town-wide garage sale. And,… Continue Reading
Life I’ve been thinking about setting my house on fire Shawshank, June 10, 2026 Yesterday afternoon we did day three of tornado watch. Last night we were only under an orange warning. It got a little windy, then no wind at all. Then it got dark. DARK. Then the wind started up again. Then, really, nothing. We got some big fat drizzle for like 45 seconds. I didn’t even… Continue Reading