This has been our major project of recent. We have a quite passionate hatred for the deck. It is built mostly of what lumber the previous owner could scrounge. He saved considerable money on construction also by not buying a level, square or plumb bob. It is questionable if he owned a tape measure. ...

This is the stump which vexes me. We had hoped to be rid of it by now but wind and rain thwarted our efforts to burn it during the short period during which we are allowed open burning. It even prevented further chain-sawing of it because wet hardwood dulls a chain within minutes. To provide a sense...

Motel Hell (1980)


Next: favorite John Wayne movie that is neither a Western nor a war picture.

I LOVE MICHAEL GAMBON!

I watched the full episode of his return to: Top Gear (2002-2015) recently. I believe that this clip demonstrates why he is perfect for playing madcap characters:

[...] How do you water your beds? It's a pain to have to dig up a bed and rebuild it - I feel for you. You should post some pics of the flowers when they bloom. Have never been very successful with those kinds of plants. When they seem to want to survive, the critters - mostly deer - eat them here....

I believe that there must be a secret database of people who are willing to cat-sit. We did cat-sitting for some friends in the place where we lived until 2022. We were immediately beset when we moved here by both the local pound and an independent rescue who wanted us to foster cats until they coul...