Energized

I seem to be running out of fuel lately, both in the literal and figurative sense.  This past week, I was gifted a tiller that ‘doesn’t work’ and the issue seems to be no fuel getting from the tank to the carburetor, as with a little gas, it fires up just fine.  I had...

R&R

What would you do if you received a letter in the mail informing you that a warrant had been issued for your arrest and you were to report to jail immediately?  You might think someone is playing a practical joke on you, or that someone finally found out and you are...

Planning Committee

Monday morning, I checked the radar to see where the snow was and it all looked like it was leaving Iowa and heading through Wisconsin.  Then I sent a message to some friends North of Appleton and asked how things were up there and got the reply ‘everything is closed’...

KISS

As I was growing up, I heard a phrase in reference to trying not to make things more complicated than we have to.  KISS:  Keep it Super Simple.  Or the more pejorative, Keep it Simple, Stupid!  Generally in life, we tend to make things more complicated than they need...

Small Things

I’m starting to realize I’m being watched.  Not by Big Brother or the NSA, though if they want to monitor my phone calls, I have to pity whoever would listen to the conversations.  However, there are little eyes in my home taking note of everything I do from how I...