Teens below this morning. Steam rolled off the bucket of boiled squash as I lugged it to the chicken coop. We had serious overage in the squash department this year, so we’ve been feeding it to the chickens. Ain’t gonna lie to ya, when I dumped it in the feeders, the chickens looked at me with a certain element of Seriously? Squash? Again?
I’ll throw’em a little corn later.
If they clean up their squash…
Made my annual pilgrimage to the New Auburn Area Fire Department banquet Saturday. Played a little bingo, visited with the Beagle (and his tattoo), many other dear friends and neighbors. Dang, I love the place.
Also got to see a guy I made many calls with in the past. In Truck, I mention him in the following passage:
Ryan fell through the ice on his way to go fishing last winter. He went all the way to the bottom and bounced back to the top without losing his fire pager. Now we call him the human fish finder.
Ryan’s real name is Rayne. I remember when he first started with the department. Like all young rookies, he got his share of ribbing, and plenty of it from me. But it is with utter solemnity that I report Ryan/Rayne moved up north and joined the Ashland Fire Department and is now being honored (along with three fellow members) for actions that have my deepest respect. If you know anything about Lake Superior in winter, you will understand how grateful we are that everyone is back safely ashore.
That’s the real deal there, Mister Edinger.
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…we sure do like dem Packers.
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Join Mike and the band for an evening of humor, words and music.
Tickets are $12.00 in advance or $15.00 at the door (general admission seating).
Coppertop Theater
UW Richland
1200 Highway 14 West
Richland Center, WI 53581
7:30 PM
Directions, details, and tickets available here.
If you’re within range of one of these stations tonight (Saturday, February 5th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua.
The musical guests will be Laurel Canyon 1970 Featuring The Blue Canvas Orchestra, and in this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike talks about finding love on Highway 13.
UPDATE: direct link now available here.
If you’re within range of one of these stations tomorrow (Saturday, February 5th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua.
The musical guests will be Laurel Canyon 1970 Featuring The Blue Canvas Orchestra, and in this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike talks about finding love on Highway 13.
Watching Angus Young duckwalk.
Filmed prior to the real snow, a video essay I shot with Andy and Wendy on the topic of snow tunnels will air on In Wisconsin tonight at 7:30 p.m. CST and again Sunday night at 10:30 p.m. CST.
The brown goldenrod stalk wiggling stiffly in the breeze ovals out a hole in the snow. The top has snapped, leaving the dead bloom to brush the snow in a semicircle trace.
This is the sort of thing that makes the reappearance of green all the more miraculous.
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