Life My father yells, “What you gonna do with your life?” Shawshank, November 10, 2025 Back to work this afternoon. But just tomorrow, then I’ll have the next two days off. Schedules are weird. It’s been a pretty nice weekend. We didn’t do a whole lot of anything. My father and I worked on getting the pellet stove. Now, all we have to do is put it all back together,… Continue Reading
Life And the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad Shawshank, November 9, 2025 Here we are. Podrick was mostly good this morning. A somewhat loud noise pulled me out of sleep, and I come out to the living room. Stuff is pulled out of the bookcase, so I picked up the stuff, and threw some kibble into a bowl and went back to bed, closing the door. I… Continue Reading
Life On a warm summer’s evening on a train bound for nowhere Shawshank, November 8, 2025 Here I am. Tired and groggy. Podrick was awake a little early this morning, and wanted to get into trouble. For the first time in at least a couple of days, I had to lock him out of the bedroom. I tried to not do that, but after the second time fucking rounding the nightstand.… Continue Reading
Life Deep down in the holler, pick the tallest pine dig it real deep where the roots touch mine Shawshank, November 7, 2025 Good chilly morning. Podrick was a good boy this morning, and to me, felt like he was sucking crystals fingers mere inches from my ear. It was loud. I rolled out of bed, and closed the door behind me. I opened the curtains and got the kittens breakfast ready. I put a bowl down for… Continue Reading
Life Badder than old King Kong meaner than a junkyard dog Shawshank, November 6, 2025 Podrick was really trying this morning. He was really trying so hard to be good. Then he was trying to get up on the nightstand. That’s when he had to go. By then, I was already awake. Mornings are a loud time around here. So I checked the clock and figured it was time to… Continue Reading
Life It’s a race and there ain’t no room for someone in second place Shawshank, November 5, 2025 Podrick let us (me) sleep in! I only really felt him once. He landed on my hip, and quickly moved on with what he was doing. He came back up on the bed, and was close to me. I opened an eye and looked at the clock: 7:44. Time to get up. I gave him… Continue Reading