Monthly Archives: December 2015

Yay, cheerful pessimism! And gratitude. Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone! December 31, 2015  

Like Calvin I was never that interested in success, I wanted to do things I enjoyed. But unlike him, I cared about the middle years — I was willing to do some work when I was young to create a … Continue reading →

I have a lot of doubts about Trump even getting the Republican nomination let alone being elected president. But he certainly has struck a chord with a lot of unhappy Americans and has been getting a lot of free publicity. … Continue reading →

Andy was laughing when he showed me these pictures last night. The first one shows the Jeep stuck on top of a snowdrift. The wind had blown the snow into a drift, and Andy thought it was soft enough to … Continue reading →

Even though we didn’t go up to see the lights last night, some people saw them. One of our neighbors who lives on a nearby mesa asked Andy if he was going to keep the tree and lights up for … Continue reading →

It was dreary up on the land yesterday, but sunny down here in the afternoon. I wasn’t aware of the clouds over the mountains, so I had thought we would go up to see the lights on another moonlit night. … Continue reading →

Kaitlin sent these pictures of Sammy and Montana. 🙂 It’s play time for Andy and me, too. We opened our presents this morning, then he went up to the land to build a fire, take a little walk, and work … Continue reading →

Sammy is wearing the cone because he has a sore on his paw that isn’t healing. He’s still cheerful, but we humans are more concerned. The vet said it might be a mast cell tumor, which would mean surgery even … Continue reading →

We had about a foot of snow up in the mountains last night, and Andy was slipping and sliding so much he ended up walking the last mile in. He plowed until 3, then had lunch and started home, having … Continue reading →

Good for Stahler for lightening up an otherwise depressing situation. December 22, 2015