Cutting Wood

Brian fired up the old pickup truck, and we hooked up the flatbed trailer.  Down to the woods we went.  Winky, Brain, and Kadizzly started chainsawing some heat.  Trees are the ultimate solar machine.  A tree can capture sunshine and save it for a wintery day.  Once the logs were dragged from the treeline into the field we used two chainsaws to cut them into warmth.  Brain spent the rest of the day splitting the wood.  Kadizzle is sitting here at 4:30 A.M in front of our harvest burning in the hearth.  Today Winky and Kadizzle have to make an early trip to Bismarck to see some doctors.  Hopefully the PSA is still under control and more year lie ahead.  The gas station in Stanton apparently had no gas so we have to drive the diesel to Bismarck.   The new truck already has eight thousand miles on it. 

It is looking very good for ridding the country of Trump.  Kadizzle is mulling over the possibility of making a bet in the stock market on Trump's demise.  Kadizzle thinks the market may surge on the news the country has be rid of the lying plague Donald Trump.  Since we are homeless we have to keep some powder dry to buy a house if we find one in paradise somewhere.  Don't want to blow the wad on a poor investment.  

Burn that wood

Winky and Kadizzle are up early watching the Sunday news.  Snow is on the ground.  The fire has been burning strong for days.  Can we cut the wood as fast as we are burning it?  Sitting in front of the fire in a rocking chair has been very pleasant.  Add to the fire some nice music in the background.  Today we will help Brian refresh the wood supply.  In a few days we will start our escape to the South.  Sylvie got all A's at here new school so Grandpa will have to give her a " Walking 20".   Someone used to give Kadizzle money and say you need some pocket money.  That became walking money.  As a Dad Kadizzle sometimes would surprise the kids with cash for a good report card.  It did not happen every time, but it worked. Both kids graduated top in their class and went on to great colleges.  The rewards were from the classic random reward text in college psychology. 

Beginning to feel good about the election, but Trump showed us how many idiots are out there.  Not only are they idiots, but they are proud to be idiots. 

Girl in the Mirror (Wow, this will melt a Trump Republican)

My costume for Halloween

 

Kill Granny

 It's all a hoax, and nothing to worry about until it kills granny, then we will have to get serious.  Mercer County where we live was doing great, but the stupidity caught up.  Too many people are still in the cult.  You can spot a cult member from a mile away, no mask in the grocery store.  Who cares, it is just a Democratic hoax.  Fly your Trump flag high.  Kadizzle has come to believe the only thing that can penetrate the mind of a Republican is cold and hunger.  That was what the depression did.  Our of the depression came the realization we need to care for each other.  Republicans have attacked and removed every social safety net they can get their hands on.  Driven wild by greed the rich have pillaged the poor.  Let the peasants suffer from virus, we will fly to our second or third home on a private jet, but even Dear Leader got the plague.  Will we awaken, that is the question, or will granny have to die?

The Silver Spade

 Once upon a time Kadizzle was the training director for Consolidation Coal in Eastern Ohio. Kadizzle had to do safety training for about 2,000 people, some management training, and run a training center. As part of that job Kadizzle had some opportunities to go on the Silver Spade.  It was the largest earth moving shovel ever built.  If you view the video below you can get an idea of its size.  To get on the machine one went on an elevator up through the center pin.  Too lazy to write down some of the interesting stories about this machine, but if you ever want to hear them in my presence let me know.  Sitting in front of the fire just happened to come across this video.  Reminds me of how old Kadizzle is.  My time in Ohio was when I was about 23.  It was an interesting job and created some good stories.  

H Q VIDEO OF SILVER SPADE

He is Dead

The virus is raging in Hazen, yet the Trump flags still fly.  Yesterday Kadizzle learned a guy he used to work with at AVS died from the virus.  The guy had underlying conditions, but it should be a wake up call for the cult members in Hazen.  If you get the virus in Hazen and have to be hospitalized they will send you to Fargo in an ambulance.  Imagine that.  The hospital system is being strained in North Dakota, yet the Republican lying goes on.  It is just the flu.  What does it take to bust the cult.  Last night Trump's mental illness and inability to tell the truth were once more displayed for the public.  What does it take to bust a cult member out? Stroupinin and Kadizzle were going to go to Bismarck today, but old Kadizzle is going to back out.  No point in driving into the hornet's nest of virus in Bismarck.  If the country awakens and votes the rat out of office it will be such a breath of fresh air.  To have a government that funtions as a government will be wonderful, a government that protects us, a government that is truthful.  The clouds will lift, the sun will shine.  

How about some thought and poetry

Below is a video called New Years Eve.   Kadizzle loves songs with good lyrics.  A song writer that can put together music and words in perfect fashion is to be admired.  Listen to the song and hopefully you can hear the lyrics.  In our temporary home my old friend Ray left me a nice stereo system.  That means Kadizzle gets to sit here in front of the fireplace Ray built and peck away on this computer.  Kadizzle misses Ray and never thought the day would come that Kadizzle would be temporary living in Ray's house.  He was an incredible man with so many talents.  His son Brian has been so gracious to us.  Ray built his own cannon with the utmost of detail and authenticity.  At Ray's memorial we fired the cannon out in the front yard here.  Ray went out with a bang, and he lived his life with a bang.  Ray told it like it is.  Kadizzle often recalls a story Ray told.  In Beulah Ray waited in line at a store.  Somehow Ray got in a conversation with someone in line about politics.  The person he was talking too was a typical redneck Republican.  After politely trying to reason with the may Ray gave up and simply said to the man " Your a f**king idiot".   Ray generally stayed away from politics, but he knew where the bear did it's thing in the woods.  Ray did so many civic projects few people know about.  One day when we were building the Pocket Park in Hazen Kadizzle told Ray he was having a problem making certain bricks fit in the patio. Ray went to Stanton got his tools and came back and did a nice job of giving the patio a finished look.  That was Ray. Now here Kadizzle sits in front of Ray's fire thinking of the past and all the good things about Ray.  Ray loved to solve problems.  When Kadizzle had to fix the hatch slide on the boat Ray took care of it.  Kadizzle needed an oddly shaped piece of wood.  Ray took on the challenge and made the wood.  About 75 feet away is the room where Ray died.  The world needs a lot more Rays and a lot fewer right wingers. 

New Year's Eve

Hope Springs Eternal

 Kadizzle is feeling we may be rid of Trump in a week or two.  Even the dumbest ones seem to be awakening a little.  The tidal wave of lies Trump has told have to have some effect on the terminally stupid.  There is no lie to low for Trump to tell. 

We are back at the North Dakota estate our friends are kindly letting us use as a temporary residence.  Yesterday we started a fire to warm the place.  Hazen has had a lot of virus cases.  It would seem when you see your friends struck down by Trump's stupidity you might get a little smarter.  The Trump cult is truly amazing. The willingness to stay in the bubble is hard to believe.  As this is written Kadizzle sits in front of the TV.  Republicans are doing all they can to suppress the vote. 

When your bear had a hard day and needs some extra love....

Demi Lovato - COMMANDER IN CHIEF (Lyrics)

Demi Lovato - Commander In Chief (Audio)

Rolling On

 This is the last day.  Mud Dog and Kadizzle found a very nice hotel for ten dollars more than the bum house by the interstate.  Sitting here with morning coffee. Winky had to put her mud dog suite in the shower to clean it.  We are in St. Cloud and need to get back to Stanton.  Hotel prices seem to be more reasonable with fewer people traveling, The fall colors have been great all along the trip.  Miss my little Evie, and our new grandson Quinnie.  Had a lot of fun with Evie.  We played a lot with the peanut butter bear fantasy. The peanut butter bear would come in the house at night and steal the peanut butter.  You could see him in the woods with peanut butter all over his face.  Our first offspring of the male persuasion is chubby.  There is fear he may turn out like Grandpa.  Not to worry, his mom Cheech was chubby and a prettier girl would be hard to find.  When they stretch out the chub gets used up.  Quinn has big bones like grandpa and will be a big guy.  One more cup of coffee, and not to long be for the final blast home.  

Mud Dog

Kadizzle had to rename Winky today.  Her new name might be Mud Dog.  On our way back to North Dakota we stopped to ebike near Eclair Wisconsin.   We found some very nice trails.  At the top of a hill Kadizzle looked down and saw a specially constructed mountain bike bridge.  It was obvious some skill would be needed to cross the bridge.  Kadizzle warned Winky that when she got to the bridge she needed to be extra careful.  Needless to say she ignored Kadizzles advice.  Kadizzle had the pleasure of seeing Winky drop about six feet off the bridge into deep mud.  It was a spectacular crash and thankya Jesus she was not hurt, but she was covered in mud.  Kadizzle asked her to give advance notice the next time so he could do a video. 

Ebiking the USA

This morning after we alighted from our hotel room we headed for some wooded ebike trails.  They were not the smoothies we  had the last time.  The trails must have been designed to challenge the younger set. Winky was bleeding from both legs when we got done.  There were hump, and bumps, and jumps, but we made it.  For awhile we were lost in the woods in a maze of trails.  After the bike ride it was back on the road.  Here we sit in Elkhart, Indiana home of every RV in the world.  Hate hotels, would much rather be in our Earth Module.  Every hotel uses the same stinkum in the rooms.  Last night the people in the next room blared the TV until Kadizzle had to talk to management to get them to turn it down.  Tonight we have a room with a window we can open.  Although Kadizzle was born and raised in the East, he is done with it. Too many people, too  much traffic,  and too much the same.  Really the East Coast is not much different from Florida to Maine.  Will be good to be back in ND.  Good article in the NYT about Trump's thieving corruption. 

The Cult

 As a young person Kadizzle used to listen to WWVA radio in Wheeling, West Virginia where Kadizzle was born.  The crooked stump preachers preyed on the ignorant.  Never did Kadizzle think in his adult life we would have a president with a cult following that preys on the ignorant.  No matter how obvious Trump is about his lying, his cheating, and his disdain for the working class the cult remains loyal.  To the cult Trump is the Pope.  Trump is infallible.  All decent people have left his administration, but he has Barr and other lickspittles perfectly willing to do his evil.  

Morning has Broken

 Up and at em.  The two little monkeys are full of energy for a new day.  Hot tubing, biking, and races will fill the day.  Quinn is already busy exploring the toys.   Quinn has mastered his little car he pushes with his legs.  With an art major and designer for a mother,  Evie is busy all day with art projects.  The house which was very orderly when we came now has children detritus scattered everywhere. 

Of course we watched the debate last night.  Will people wake up and leave the cult?  Pence told all the regular lies and the cult soaked them up.  It will be nice when the election is over.

Project Lady

 Evie is forcing Grandpa to color constantly.  In the project room we have ninety six crayons we have to keep busy.  Entertaining a three year old is a full time job.  The leaves up here in Vermont get nicer every day.  Yesterday we hiked up the ski slope aways.   How did we ever do it?  Hard to believe we went through the insanity of raising two children.  Here goes.   Imagine Trump with little children.  He would first teach them to lie, then to steal, then to call other children names.  Feel sorry for Baron having old Donald as a father. Never see them together.  Baron probably doesn't even know Trump.  One thing is clear.  Trump would not destroy the country if he had any love for his children.  Driven wild by greed Trump is so self absorbed he could take a job as a sponge for himself.