We start our journey on a road wth no map.  Sometimes we can see ahead, but most times not.  Sometimes our road is rocky, and sometimes it is smooth.  At best you can hope for a flat road.

Then our road branches off, and we have decisions to make.  We don't know where that road leads to anymore than we know about the road we're on.

We brought bees ( Read more... )

It's official!


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Marine Corp Birthday today!  Have some cake!

Bustling at the farm!  Black Widows! Ant Armies! Panthers!  Life here at the New Shire Farm.


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My theory is this, and it is pure conjecture: we track C_vid deaths, but not people who have long term or permanent injuries from it. I think a lot of the work force CAN'T go back.

I spoke to a woman for a phone consultation, and she apologized for trouble she was having. "It's C_vid Eyes." She said.

She explained that since contracting C_vid, she' ( Read more... )

We've moved in.  Our addresses have been updated, mail comes to the mail box with our names on them.


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I did not want to jinx it, but we are seven days from closing on our new home.  The plan is working.  Sell the Shire, find a place to live, be happy.  We are on step 2.

There is still a pandemic to contend with, still masks to be worn.  We are vaccinated and that is a good thing.  I pray for those who cannot be vaccinated.  I pray for those who ( Read more... )

Often, when out walking, we look ahead and see a boulder blocking our path; large and heavy, and trail ending.  We often dread it, sometimes looking for ways to circumvent it, go around it, or sometimes we just stop dead in our tracks, inventing other reasons for not moving forward.

And stand there.

However; if we move forward bravely but ( Read more... )

Dear Dad ( Read more... )

"I will call the pebble, Dare ( Read more... )