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  • On a snowy day like today, it’s nice to be able to sink into the warmth and safety of a comfortable chair by the fire.

    → 8:15 AM, Nov 30
  • The official Washington State fish is the steelhead trout. However, our house favorite is the coho salmon.

    → 5:03 PM, Nov 29
  • Although the trend is towards a warmer climate, it has been a damn cold November.

    → 4:58 PM, Nov 29
  • On the topic of backyard birds, I finally identified a little brown bird that has been scratching under the thistle feeder. It’s a juvenile spotted towhee. It doesn’t look anything like the adult but the behavior is characteristic.

    → 5:57 PM, Nov 28
  • My motivation was tested today on a difficult jigsaw puzzle.

    → 6:25 PM, Nov 27
  • I missed yesterday’s mbnov challenge word. I guess that shows a lack of commitment.

    → 6:36 AM, Nov 27
  • Even though I am retired, I retain my professional interest in maps and the data that go into them.

    → 1:13 PM, Nov 24
  • I find that reading and participating in conversations on Mb have lead me to adjust my whole approach to social media. It has nothing to do with the blue bird. I closed that door a while ago.

    → 9:28 AM, Nov 23
  • Farm animals out for a graze.

    → 9:35 AM, Nov 22
  • On these unusually cold November mornings I have to break up the ice on the chickens' water bucket. (Although I see that they didn’t wait around for me.)

    frozen bucket of water
    → 9:50 AM, Nov 21
  • Every morning I repeat the same farm chores, but I also take notice of the beauty of the early morning.

    early morning landscape
    → 9:27 AM, Nov 20
  • I think I can walk into any room in our house and find a novel I haven’t finished.

    → 4:48 PM, Nov 19
  • This mystery tire showed up at our place several years ago. I assumed it belonged to our son-in-law, who was storing some things at our place as they moved to a new house. When I recently asked if he wanted it back, he said it wasn’t his.

    → 4:57 PM, Nov 18
  • We use lots of rain barrels for watering the gardens on our farm.

    → 6:19 PM, Nov 17
  • As we were waiting at the pharmacy for our fifth covid shot, I told my wife that a mobile immunization service could make a good franchise opportunity.

    → 8:15 AM, Nov 16
  • I admit to being an anglophile, and I’ve always liked hearing the British pronunciation of aluminium.

    → 10:23 AM, Nov 15
  • Although I tried to adjust my technique, I still haven’t found the best method for extracting walnuts from their shells.

    → 4:22 PM, Nov 13
  • My suspicion is that by the end of the day I will be following 20 more Micro.bloggers.

    → 9:14 AM, Nov 12
  • A cup of hot Irish breakfast tea will minister to my sense of well-being.

    → 3:10 PM, Nov 10
  • I’m certain that I have never spent this much effort trying to use a particular word in a post.

    → 2:06 PM, Nov 9
  • For a long time non-profit organizations have included address labels in their solicitation mailings. Any single mailing would provide a lifetime supply for me. Now the consensus among non-profits seems to be to send calendars.

    → 3:18 PM, Nov 8
  • As I establish a habit of making regular blog posts, the insight from my fellow microbloggers will be valuable.

    → 10:12 AM, Nov 7
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