Today was a recovery day.
Among the things I observe about growing older is that my body needs more time to recover between challenges. There are probably many, good biological reasons for this. Another thing is that the "signals" for thirst and hunger are muted compared to even ten years ago. I now have to explicitly program breaks to drink and eat.
Those of you who enjoy the serialized fiction have been incredibly patient. Thank-you!
March-April-May are my GO month for planting. Seeds that are not planted will not yield. Blogging is a vice. Gardening/fruit-growing, fishing and hunting put food on the table and doing it right is time intensive. My typical day during these months is to wake at 5:00AM, "receive" Quicksilver at 6:30. Hand-off QS to Mrs ERJ at 9:30. Load the truck, sharpen the tools etc for about an hour. Then drive-work until about 4 in the afternoon and then drive home. Crash. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
On days following "BIG" days, I need a recovery day. Sometimes I get a break when the weather is bad or Mrs ERJ has appointments and I need to watch QS. When I am on top of my game, I schedule a BIG day before the weather gets crappy. Then I recover on a day when I could not work anyway.
I have a hard-stop at the beginning-of-June when the orchard grass starts pollinating. I will be forted-up in the house for about a week while I wait for the toxic air (to me anyway) to abate.
Maybe I can write a few installments about A Little East of Paris then.
Memorial Plaque
The mystery plaque was in memory of a child who miscarried back before the current owner purchased the property.
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I have no expectations of "Karma". But just as luck favors the prepared, good fortunes favor those who "do the right thing".
Good on ya, with tidying up the memorial. And yes, you are doing the right thing.
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ReplyDeleteGood on you. Miscarriage cuts deep and heals slow. All that promise gone.
My wife and I had two MC, and a stillborn, and a preemie who died-
And now my only child and last descendant of my families tree is expecting and I am worried sick about the vax schedule harming the infant. And I don't know how to tell her the danger. They think I am a nut for refusing the covid jab. Doctors know best. etc.
Joe is there nobody in your area interested in learning Grafting and other permaculture skills for hire perhaps?
ReplyDeleteEventually unless you pass on your skills and land rights to the younger your efforts like so many old style farms will be lost.
ERJ, Gene Logsdon speaks moving about them mysteries of country living, the unsolved and unknown things that are discovered and no-one knows anything about. You are indeed doing the right thing.
ReplyDeleteRecovery - just in general - is a real thing. The reality is more people ignore it than should.
I am looking forward to more fiction. You always inspire me to write better.
Well done, sir! And yes, recovery takes longer these days! You have to make yourself hydrate too!
ReplyDeleteI have used ancestry dot com to find families, and get to them photos like that of the memorial.
ReplyDeletefindagrave.com Free to use, free to search, free to post photos and make memorials. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteAlso familysearch dot org under the "memories" section you can post a picture of it in the "gallery" so others can "find" it. FS is free so many people use it over ancestry
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