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Brian Bilbrey December 13, 2020

13 December 2020

That said, we've not experienced a significant run of ill luck yet this day, but then neither of us suffer from triskaidekaphobia. We are having intermittent warm and cold stretches, with a possibility of some icy precipitation on Wednesday upcoming - Marcia's looking forward to that. Lexi can do without the heat of summer or the cold of winter, but she does look forward to curling up on the electric blanket in the mid evening on cold nights... Not much else to report yet. I'm waiting to see what happens come Monday. Our condolences to the family and friends of…

Brian Bilbrey November 19, 2020

19 November 2020

The shoe that hasn't dropped, yet. Is he just being a narcissistic asshole, or is he clawing at every possibility he can envision before becoming a private citizen again, and subject to the consequences and suits and indictments that are headed his way? Don't get me wrong, I'm super pleased that Biden has won. I'm super disappointed that so many, many people still voted for the incumbent, and that's going to be a deal for a long time. So yeah, I'm still on edge, and that's even without pandemic 2.0, and the idiots who STILL won't wear masks or stay…

Brian Bilbrey October 25, 2020

25 October 2020

I don't ask for a lot here, but I have one request to make of y'all - VOTE! Democracy requires citizen participation: VOTE! OFFS, just get out there and VOTE! It's probably too late for absentee/mail-in ballots, which is how Marcia and I have exercised our civic duty. But there's early voting almost everywhere. Don't sit home, don't sit this out. VOTE! Unless, of course, you're offended when I ask that if you plan on voting for the incumbent, just keep your ass on the BarcaLounger (tm) at home, in front of Fox and Friends. But even if you're in…

Brian Bilbrey June 28, 2020

28 June 2020

We hope that all of you are keeping well and in reasonable health. Yes, yes, it's been a month. Sorry to those of you who worry. We're all okay here. And for a couple of weeks, we were okay up in Maine, too! Three days before we left for Maine, we learned that they had updated the rules for out-of-state visitors. If we could show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within three days of arriving in Maine, we could forego the otherwise mandatory two week strict quarantine. We found a clinic, got a test each, and on Friday…

Brian Bilbrey May 17, 2020

17 May 2020

So, since we last were here together, we had several more overnight freezes. Sadly, at least one of them was a surprise. So one night I didn't tarp the garden beds, and everything died. Yup, all of it. So I started over. Rototilled again, raked it all out flat again, bought new plants again, and got ready to put them in the ground, again: We're not due for anything below 48F in the next ten days, so I expect that we're actually done with overnight frosts. (Famous last words). But the plants look good, and since I did that work…