Monthly Archives: November 2019

We’ve had new full-time neighbors since last July — first a young couple, Adam and Dani, and now their baby Flint, born last month. It’s exciting, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for them, especially for a mild winter. Anyway, … Continue reading →

The highway up to the mountains was washing out in one spot, so they’ve been working on it. At times the traffic was reduced to one lane, governed by a stop light that worked very well. Today, though, they closed … Continue reading →

Here are some pictures of the defensible space I took Saturday afternoon. There are more on Flickr. November 18, 2019

As I mentioned last April, Torben, Kaitlin, and Andy—mostly Torben — were trying to clear a defensible space around the shed and house for fire protection. The idea was to reduce the fuel load from the dead trees by making … Continue reading →

I didn’t have any internet this morning, so I called the phone company. I had to go through a few menu items, but the automated voice checked my service, told me there was an outage, and they were working on … Continue reading →

In a comment to yesterday’s post about Chesterton, Catherine pointed out some intellectuals think they’re superior to other people. Some do feel that way. an intellectual: a person of superior intellect. a person who places a high value on or … Continue reading →

The coming peril is the intellectual, educational, psychological and artistic overproduction, which, equally with economic overproduction, threatens the well-being of contemporary civilisation. People are inundated, blinded, deafened, and mentally paralysed by a flood of vulgar and tasteless externals, leaving them … Continue reading →

When Andy came home last night I asked him how his day went. He made a face, and said, “Uhh…”. Then his face brightened and he said, “But it ended well!” He had worked on one of the screens for … Continue reading →

One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness –— simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. … Continue reading →

When we got up there Saturday the west fan was on and east intake vents were open. The east fan and west intake vents had already shut off and closed because the temperature was below 90°, their shut off point. … Continue reading →