If you have been following this blog for some time then you know that 2023 has not been a great year for us. We have dealt with death, failure, job changes (which I realize was a mistake) and more negatives than positives. That's life. It was the hand that we were dealt. Now that Thanksgiving day is upon us (and at the time of publication, past us), it occurs to me that we do have some things to be thankful for. We do have good friends and a strong family. We do have money in the bank and jobs that we are successful at. We have our health. We can change some things and work on making our lives better. We also have, perhaps overly ambitious plans, for the winter and next spring. We plan on painting this winter, which has been on the agenda for sometime but still has not been accomplished. If we manage to get one room done then I'll consider it to have been a success. Then in the spring, I think I'll put off planting anything like a traditional garden and instead in
Can the City Mouse adjust to life in the country? The day to day adventures of a "city boy" in rural PA trying to adjust to things like chopping wood, growing his own food and dealing with the horrors of the complete lack of a decent Chinese restaurant.