October 17, 2011



Another view of RJ's outhouse,
top corner is all green bottles



Looking up into RJ's tower loft
from the fireplace



Sunday was Autumn incarnate.  Dawn brought 30 degrees and frost, but the day later warmed up to 47 with blue skies.  RJ joined us for JB's breakfast which was the perfect culinary start to the day.  The guys played a game of Magic cards afterwards, while I got started cutting wood.  We all enjoyed ourselves.

I ended up cutting 5-1/2 loads for the wood shed and one load for the splitter before my chain saw started throwing the chain off the sprocket.  JB will see if he can fix it today.  If not, he'll take it Down There to be fixed when he goes on Tuesday to get his flu shot.  He worked on cutting and painting the last two pieces of the fenders for the little trailer.  We didn't pull up any logs since JB got a late start and then had to start dinner early.  Pulled pork takes several hours, but it is so worth it.  We will probably spend most of today pulling up logs.  Supposed to be nice until Tuesday afternoon when the rain moves in again.

Since the days and night have become colder, even though it is warm in the house, Jesse has begun nesting again.  In the evening he will jump up on our bed and paw at our blankets and pillows until he has them just where he wants them.  Then he snuggles down and sleeps.  It's just too cute to get upset with him, unless, of course, he has just rubbed in some bear scat or cow pies. . .

Time magazine has devoted more than half of its October 17 issue to Steve Jobs.  I had no idea the scope of his genius.  The articles are fascinating and there is an incredible quote from a commencement speech he gave at Stanford in 2005:  "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life," he said sounding as if the very thought of living someone else's life infuriated him. "Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of others'  thinking .  Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.  And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.  They somehow already know what you truly want to become.  Everything else is secondary." 

Wow!  That says it all.  And that is pretty much my thought for the day.