Category Archives: personal

Trail: Axing for It

So I’m racing against the season as the deer ticks and chiggers proliferate. The first section nearest my home has a new trail, and it crosses the first cut and reconnects with what’s left of the old trail. Today was … Continue reading

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Taking a New Path

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, so you put your hands to whatever is before you. I recall a small bit of movie seen somewhere long ago, centered on a luxury automobile from the 1930s. In one scene some … Continue reading

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Trail: Now with Wildfire

It’s the end of the trail. Several wildfires struck in central and eastern Oklahoma today. I know for certain some of them were arson, having overheard some police band radio traffic. It seems they all started almost at once across … Continue reading

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The Trail: Now with More Bike!

I recently added an annex to my fitness trail in the woods. The idea was to open an alternative entrance which does not pass through old barbed wire fencing, so that I can ride my bike more easily. I’ve been … Continue reading

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Bad Moon Rising

Go look up the lyrics for Credence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising.” It fits today. I’m not making any dark and secret predictions. I’ve been letting my secrets out of the bag since the first day I began blogging nearly … Continue reading

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I Can Be Suckered, Too

Don’t trust me. Sometimes I’ll believe a lie because it’s close to what I want to believe about someone. I won’t perform due diligence because it strikes me as plausible. Today I posted something on my other blog about syncretism. … Continue reading

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No Predictions for New Year

It is a good day to die. My dearly departed friend, Marion Brooks, and I shared that greeting often. After some 80 years, he was not yet finished with his life plans, and he considered his fatal condition a temporary … Continue reading

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Full-time Computer Ministry

I’ve decided now is the time to dive in all the way. For the past few years I’ve piddled and played at computer servicing as a hobby. The collection of articles I have here on computer topics should indicate how … Continue reading

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Backup Static Site Hosting (Updated)

Tonight my static website (soulkiln.org) is unavailable. This is the first time this has happened, as far as I know, in several years since starting that site. I have no complaints whatsoever against the fellow who provides the hosting of … Continue reading

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Trail and Shingle

This past couple of weeks I’ve been actually doing a day’s work most days. I’ve been helping my brother with his roof. We stripped it all down and put down decking. We also changed the angle of parts of it … Continue reading

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