That was quite the Odessey, Ed. Bravo for your survival tactics. There are many out there who drown while complaining bitterly that no one was coming to rescue them. We've met such people in our own survival tales. But you do all this with such a great grasp of humor. Thank you.
Brilliant! Darned cpvc! This week I got an oak splinter, a tiny thing, beneath a fingernail, as I stuffed the firebox as smoke poured out the stove door. I was hurrying, and the splinter is too badly placed to dig out. I loathed my clumsiness just reaching out for that 20 lb log, that nailed me for spite after I cut him apart with the chainsaw. Trees hate chainsaws. They’ll try to nail you with a dead branch as you’re surgically making the crucial undercut. The branch just missed its target so the splinter was the oak’s revenge. Now, wiser and in a mildly nagging state of fingernail pain, I’m at least warm. Nothing is easy in winter, apparently, but after all it’s the price we pay for spring. I guess. Great job, as usual, this week Ed!
Sorry to hear about the splinter. Having had my share of splinters, try the following: apply either a bit of dish washing soap to the area or vasoline to help dig it out.
Thanks. I can see it thru the clarity of elderly fingernail transluscense, but digging at it would require me to put my hand in ice water for awhile. Ibuprofen! Chews like bland candy.
Congratulations on the award! “Barkegaard” is one of my all-time favorites. “Doggy TV Guide” made me laugh out loud this morning -- the formatting was ::chef kiss:: and “Scream at the Postman” was a brilliant entry.
Congratulations on your award.
This was a looong story.
I like that your father’s rhyme.
Life with Ed is always an adventure.
I love the TV guide cover. I miss the TV guide.
That was quite the Odessey, Ed. Bravo for your survival tactics. There are many out there who drown while complaining bitterly that no one was coming to rescue them. We've met such people in our own survival tales. But you do all this with such a great grasp of humor. Thank you.
Thanks. My new motto: "When life hands you ice, add it to your whisky!"
Congrats on the award!
Here's to hoping you get one for your environmental reporting because it's been outstanding!
Congratulations on your award!!!! And congrats that the plumbing freeze wasn't worse.... hugs of consolation to you and Deb 💚💚💚
Hopefully you, Judy and the pup stayed relative warm and snug during the trauma of last week. That was something else!
Brilliant! Darned cpvc! This week I got an oak splinter, a tiny thing, beneath a fingernail, as I stuffed the firebox as smoke poured out the stove door. I was hurrying, and the splinter is too badly placed to dig out. I loathed my clumsiness just reaching out for that 20 lb log, that nailed me for spite after I cut him apart with the chainsaw. Trees hate chainsaws. They’ll try to nail you with a dead branch as you’re surgically making the crucial undercut. The branch just missed its target so the splinter was the oak’s revenge. Now, wiser and in a mildly nagging state of fingernail pain, I’m at least warm. Nothing is easy in winter, apparently, but after all it’s the price we pay for spring. I guess. Great job, as usual, this week Ed!
Sorry to hear about the splinter. Having had my share of splinters, try the following: apply either a bit of dish washing soap to the area or vasoline to help dig it out.
Thanks. I can see it thru the clarity of elderly fingernail transluscense, but digging at it would require me to put my hand in ice water for awhile. Ibuprofen! Chews like bland candy.
Congratulations on the award! “Barkegaard” is one of my all-time favorites. “Doggy TV Guide” made me laugh out loud this morning -- the formatting was ::chef kiss:: and “Scream at the Postman” was a brilliant entry.
Glad I could almost induce a spit-take!
I definitely can.
Congratulations on the win.
Being that you are in the great white north, I know you can relate.