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Good morning.
18 March 2025
Yesterday afternoon, my wife and I were sitting in front of her shop when we noticed the smell of something burning. Across the street, a man was using one of those gadgets for burning weeds, and it seemed he had decided to use it on the pine needles under the trees. Unsurprisingly, the trees caught fire—who would have thought? Luckily, he managed to extinguish the flames before the situation got out of hand. My wife urged me to stop staring, but how could I not? Flames leaping from trees are hard to ignore. When it comes to cleaning up the fallen pine needles under my own pine trees, I take a different approach: I hire someone to rake them up.
"Flame is very near to smoke." - Plautus
Four deer on Saturday, six rabbits on Monday. Perhaps I'll see eight turkeys on Wednesday. The rabbits are having an easier time now that our 30+" of February snow melted. More snow soon!
Good morning.
1 March 2025
Ben had a groomer's appointment this morning. Do you know what's interesting about Ben's haircuts? I pay my barber more than twice what she charges for a haircut, yet Ben's haircut still costs more. I wanted to head out back this morning after dropping Ben off, but I also wanted to do this. So, I had two competing wants vying for my time. There was also the possibility of a nap, but I'm trying to avoid sleeping this morning. Hmmm... it seems like I have more wants than needs. No, that's not true; it's just that all of my needs are fulfilled. Charlie just barged in; I've gotta go. Cheers!
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato