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Bridge building
Val wrote about the flooding effect of the unseasonable rain in June. This episode was a forceful reminder of my long-standing wish that there was a bridge over the stream capable of allowing a tractor and mower to pass. To … Continue reading
Everything Log Stardate 64015.9
So… Let’s try again. This is the post I meant to write before I got bogged down in the meaninglessness of existence. And just so that I can immediately get over the paralysing effect of having two weeks worth of … Continue reading
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In the Moment of the Heat
It’s hot. Very hot. So hot that Meteo-France has issued an orange ‘vigilance météorologique’ for a number of departments, including the Allier, telling us to “Ne sortez pas aux heures les plus chaudes (11h-21h)” and to “Limitez vos activités physiques” … Continue reading
A Town Called Hedgehog
Yesterday was another weekend. We like to have our weekends during the week, when there are fewer other people out and about doing weekendy things. And we like to have them more than once a week. Because we can. This … Continue reading
First of the Summer Whine
For us Northern Hemispherics, today is the longest day of the year and the official First Day of Summer. More poetically, it is Midsummer’s Day – the Sabbat of Litha. In the Pagan Calendar, the Summer Solstice is “a time … Continue reading
Monday Morning Blues and Pinks
Minus 8.5℃ and it’s my turn to get up early and do the animal round. My determination to ignore the rampant puppies’ six-thirty antics and cling tenaciously to the last vestiges of a not-long-enough sleep is gradually worn down by … Continue reading