Daily Archives: December 12, 2013

Traveling with S.J.—Patron Saint of the Brown

Dear Diary:

I know I’ve made some bad choices in my lifetime. I also know I have not always been a perfect daughter, sister, mother or wife. I totally believe in the Garma theory (God/Karma) and dear Lord it appears that payback is upon me—in the form of a big brown truck.

As I write this the heavens have opened up the snow globe. The weather guys are practically giddy with their prediction of lake effect snow accumulations, and normally I would be too.

HOWEVER, due to my poor choice of short term employment my sense of humor appears to be waning. The mental image of myself schlepping through feet of snow with your kid’s Xbox is haunting.   Continue reading →

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News travels fast on grandson’s first deer take

We are having more up and down weather with snow to the north of us and snow to the south of us. Looks like there will be some on the ground by the weekend. The road in the Moose River Plains was like an ice skating rink during the week.

Jacob’s 125 lb., 6-pointer

Jacob’s 125 lb., 6-pointer

I’m just glad I didn’t have to drive it as those first two hills wouldn’t have been fun to come down. My driveway was bad enough but a little sand helped. The goldfinch liked it too as there was some grit to eat.

It’s also been a noisy week out in the woods. With sleet on top of the little snow we had it’s like walking on crackers.

The deer could hear you coming a mile away. The best you could do is sit and wait for one to come walking along.

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