Tag: a personal note

Today I really got caught up in the story about the two illegally bred half wolf dogs that were dumped in Connecticut.

I was very surprised when they were sent to a wolf sanctuary here in New Jersey.  It turns out that we have not one, but two wolf sanctuaries.  (I really sound like the Chamber of Commerce for New Jersey lately, but I am surprised that such small, highly populated and industrialized state has so many very cool things).

Pursuing further, I went to the website of one of them Howling Woods Farm  in Jackson, New Jersey.  They have some animals for adoption–so I read their contract agreement.  It is wonderful as far as the care the adopter must promise to provide.

Among the provisions are–a canine companion if your animal is going to be left alone for more than one hour, high fencing, an adequate amount of outdoor space–and much more–it is just great.  These people really care.  If you go to their site and read it, it’s worth a look.  I probably am not doing it justice.

It was extremely hot today 89 degrees–it will cool down for the weekend and we should be getting some much needed rain.

We don’t want our famous Pine Barrens catching fire.

God bless everybody

Patty

I have been in communication with Mark Rushdoony, President of Chalcedon regarding Lee’s last two books.  They will mark the end of the trilogy that finalized that section of the Bell Mountain series.

They are just about ready to publish Ozias, Prince in Peril.  It will be coming out soon.  I will let you know when as soon as I know.  The final book, Ozias Prince Enthroned marks the end of the series, and will be coming out quite a bit later, as it is still in hand-written manuscript form.

I don’t like seeing it all come to an end, but Lee was such a prolific writer, and left such a large body of work that there is a lot to enjoy.  I have read most of the books many times over and they truly hold up and are just as good when read more than once.

Aside from that, it has been a very quiet day, very hot.

Now we really could use some rain as they are talking fire danger in the woods.  I hope that doesn’t materialize because the particulate matter from the smoke is really bad for one’s health.  I remember a few years ago when they had those forest fires in Canada and our sky here in New Jersey was burnt orange for several days.  Yuck.

Now I am going to make my chili.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

I am not superstitious.  That being said, today really shaped up as the 13th.  Glad it wasn’t a Friday, too.

Somehow I managed to hurt both hands–yep, both of them  a twofer.

I wear a step counter in the vain hope that I will somehow, some way get out and walk.  The one I had was acting a little iffy, so I got a replacement a few weeks ago and decided to use it today.  It came in a plastic container (more like graphene) and I had a devil of a time trying to get it out.  That stuff was absolutely bulletproof.  I had to squeeze so hard with my kitchen shears (which can cut just about anything) that I made my right hand really sore.  Then when I tried to poke a hole in the little compartment that held .the lanyard for your neck, I stabbed the finger on my left hand.

I am now wearing the blanking thing, but will attempt nothing risky for the rest of the day.  Maybe I should eat my supper with a spoon.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Took it easy today.

Did a lot of browsing on the internet, looking up various things.  Boy, can that ever eat up your time.  I found out that reheating certain foods is not a good idea.  I did not know that.  Some foods develop toxins  and bad chemicals on reheating.

Beautiful and sunny, but still cold.  It looks like springtime through the window, but when you go outside, it’s still pretty cold.  Still wearing my puffer coat.

Did not walk today.  My bad.

I could really use a hefty shot of ambition.I ordered a new little phone book as my old one completely disintegrated in my hand the other day.  The new ones have space for e mail addresses.  That shows how old the other one was.

Tomorrow will be busy, with errands to run.

That’s about it.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Well, my car is back.

My wallet is somewhat lighter.

It seems that the A/C problem was due to a couple of small leaks.  Not major ones, and it should be good for awhile.  The mechanic did not feel a sense of urgency or impending doom about it.

The airbag was not looked into today, as the technician who handles that was not in today.  However, he said I can live without it if I want to.  My main fear was the darn thing deploying without warning.  He said that would not happen.  To tell the truth, I have been afraid of the airbag ever since I had it.  I am very small and where that plastic would hit would be right across my neck.  In fact when I got that car (brand new) I asked my mechanic if he could disarm the airbag.  He said  “Sure, if I want to lose my license and maybe go to jail.”

So I will be OK without it.

Going there did take quite a bit of time out of the day, so I will post more tomorrow.

See you later.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

Today I was thinking a lot about Lee and what he brought into my life.  This was started this afternoon when I went through a large manila envelope that had many cards that he wrote for me–birthdays, anniversaries, etc.  He was a terrific cartoonist, and the cards are full of the imaginary characters that he made up for my bedtime story–yes you heard that right.  Lee told me a bedtime story every night up until a few years ago.

He brought fun into my life.  Yep, fun.

It was like going from a life in black and white to a life in glorious technicolor.  All of a sudden there was so much fun!  Christmas, New Years , Halloween  Fourth of July, you name it.  We had the joys of every season.  I got more fun out of buying his Christmas presents, than I ever got buying anything for myself.

While I am very sad at the change in my life, I am also so very grateful to God for giving me so many wonderful years with him.  They couldn’t have been any better.

God bless everybody.

Patty

One of the recurrent themes in Lee’s Bell Mountain books was the appearance (or should I say reappearance) of unique animals.  Perhaps they had been extinct, but whatever the reason, they  had never been seen by people before.

Ever since I started with this blog, some seven months ago, I have been doing a lot of internet research, looking for things of interest.  During that time I’ve come across many unusual animal stories–appearances of unusual animals–or the finding of species which had been thought extinct, or just plain new ones.

I am not talking about the AI slop that is all over the place, but real stories, with real animals.

Please don’t worry–I am not whipping out my tinfoil hat or anything like that, but these stories seem to be more common than they ever were.

The ancients called them prodigies.

I’m hoping for previews of the restoration.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

Very sorry about the lack of posts today, but I was really busy.

Well, not exactly–here’s what I mean.

When I was a lot younger, if I had something to do on a given day, say a doctor appointment (like today), it would take me about 20 minutes to get ready.  No big deal.

Today I spent most of the morning getting ready for my doctor appointment (which was at 1:40).  I always arrive early, because they want you to.  But that’s only 15 minutes early.  Somehow the whole morning was spent getting ready for the cotton pickin’ appointment.

I even had lunch early.

Is it that when you get older, you are moving slower (but just don’t realize it)?  Or does time itself kind of warp?

Do you really need that much more preparation for the simplest things?

Perhaps this is a question for the philosophers.

Somehow I don’t think they ever discussed it.

I’ll do better tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty