Author Archives: Gwaetgar

Working on the yard (and the yard is fighting back)

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Gwaetgar

I have a spreadsheet in which I keep a daily record of some basic diet and exercise stats. This allows me to report that I’ve put in 44 solid hours of yard work since April 11th–22 of them in the … Continue reading →

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Didn’t someone mention spring?

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Gwaetgar

*grump* I’m in a bad mood. You know how it is–a million little things, and they all pile up. I’ve been having a very annoying time with this journal, or more accurately, with this domain it’s on, vyrdolak.com. I have … Continue reading →

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Continuing with spring work, without the actual spring

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Gwaetgar

In the past seven days, I’ve logged sixteen and half hours working outside in my yards. I’ve been out every day except Wednesday, when it poured rain. That seems like a lot, somehow. On Friday, I moved two very large … Continue reading →

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Can you dig it?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Gwaetgar

I’ve really been working hard out in the yards this week. Whew. I actually think I’m ahead of a lot of my neighbors. I’ve seen a few people raking, especially those with south-facing property whose bulbs were starting to come … Continue reading →

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Ruminations on the cusp of spring

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Gwaetgar

The spring peepers were finally in full-throated cry yesterday. I started hearing them faintly on Monday, but it was still getting too cold at night for them. This is the latest I can ever remember them finally being out and … Continue reading →

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My tweets

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Gwaetgar

Fri, 18:59: RT @HappyAbout: “Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.” – George Will Fri, 19:03: It’s been so long since I opened a can, I couldn’t remember what my can opener looks … Continue reading →

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My tweets

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Gwaetgar

Wed, 12:55: Out for 2nd day of cleanup–looks like lot of sleet fell so it’s going to be rough going. Safe bet that my groundhog did not see shadow. 🙂 Wed, 12:57: EVERYTHING closed for this one. Library closed. My … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the weather-bomb to drop…

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Gwaetgar

Here it comes!!!!!!! The STORM of theCENTURY!WINTER OF ’11!MONTH!WEEK! This is what they’re currently saying we’ll have by Thursday morning, in two back-to-back storms. It’s going to snow all day tomorrow, break for a couple of hours and then snow … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 30, 2011 by Gwaetgar

Seriously thinking of exporting this journal to a hosted WordPress blog, canceling my paid account and saying so long to LiveJournal for good. It’s way past time, seems like.

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My tweets

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gwaetgar

Tue, 23:03: RT @PublishersWkly: A child/adolescent psychiatrist on “Why Kids Love Disaster, Distress & Dystopia” http://huff.to/f7Opio (Huff Post)

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