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  • A Bell Curve

    I saw this example of the political bell curve on a Canadian blog: I can’t say that it’s correct – but it does a fair job of showing how the political rhetoric plays out. The comment linked to a Brit article at https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-great-far-right-myth/ . The article includes these two paragraphs “In an article published in Read more

  • Chesterton’s Fence

    As I move toward my 76th year, I have a fence to remove – mostly because I’m the last one left who knows why it was built about sixty years ago. It still has the original barbed wire, all the wooden posts have been replaced, and it’s not in a place where a fence should Read more

  • The Storage Building

    Yes – we have built a storage building across the street from the Pub and the Post Office. Yes, we will have storage units for rent. Probably the most important thing is that we will be filling several with our own stuff. You see, stuff takes up space – and that stuff has been in Read more

  • Why Did He Have 22 Longs?

    I was just short of my twelfth birthday when John Clerget gave me a spilled box of 22 longs with the comment that if I could get them all back in the box right, he would let me have them. I didn’t understand why he used 22 longs instead of the cheaper, more powerful 22 Read more

  • The Winter Outlook

    We’ve had a longer summer – and that longer growing season translates to dryer conditions. Despite that, we’ve made it through fire season without serious, project level fires in the neighborhood. It’s been good – possibly just due to luck, but we take the good when it arrives. La nina is kicking in this month Read more

  • It Didn’t Start at Fort Sumter

    As I’ve been following posts about what’s happening, I keep encountering comments about a looming civil war. I think there are some crazy bastards out there that really want to see it happen. There may be as much disagreement politically as there was in 1860 – but it may be time to look at what Read more