I have been busy getting more of the archived posts brought to this newest version of Through a Naturist Lens. As well as this blog site, my remaining time at the keyboard is spent on working through a polishing round of my latest novel which will be submitted to a publisher in a couple of weeks. I am fortunate that I don’t need an agent with this regional publisher in my home province. My website was down for a couple…
We were away from home for almost a week. It was time well spent with family. When I am with family, my laptop sits idle. It’s the way I want it. Being away also means that the list of things that need my attention when I return goes up. Unknown to some of you, is that we go to Mexico for four months. The plane tickets have been purchased and the landlady has confirmed we still have our lodgings which…
I’m stuffed. This year saw a change in menu for our Thanksgiving dinner. BBQ ribs, perogies, and green beans were joined by traditional sour-leaf cabbage rolls. Why the break from tradition where we have always had turkey and all of the fixings? Well, we were alone. Our children were having their Thanksgiving dinners with the families-in-law. Even our neighbours had company. No expectations meant we could eat what we wanted, not what was expected. We could have broken with tradition…
Well, that was rude. I woke up to -3 Celsius with a wind blowing at 60+ kilometres per hour making it feel like -11 degrees. To make matters worse, it was wet with a mixture of rain and snow. It was a good time to turn on the fireplace. It is official, we are on the cusp of winter with slightly more than two months until it is officially winter. The snow won’t stick, but it was enough for a…
I get up early. It’s not by choice as it means by the evening I am tired. A late night usually means a ten or ten-thirty bedtime. Not many weeks ago, it was already daytime rather than not even a hint of an approaching dawn. I am a genuine morning person. Assuming that every day begins in darkness, at least by the calendar and the clock, and ends in darkness, there is no way to avoid darkness in our lives….
It makes it tough to be nude outdoors when the temperatures drop significantly. It is what it is, there’s no way to undo the weather. The only real option is to put clothing back on, or find a different place, a warmer place where being clothing free will have a reasonable chance of happening. Luckily, we have a place where we stay for winter months in Mexico. Our plane tickets have been purchased and all that remains is to wait….
I have given up my account with a Canadian webhosting company in favour of hosting my own site. The primary reason was simply a matter of cost. I was able, with help from my son-in-law, to set up a server on my old Dell laptop. And now, I am able to do the same as before, only for free. It’s a win in my opinion. The only problem is that I will have to recreate the archives as they no…
My wife had a project for me. For the project I needed to have a glass cutter. Now, I know I used to have one decades ago in a different house, but I didn’t have it any more. During our walk around town, there was a stop at our hardware store. I was in luck. They had two in stock, so I bought one. Back home after the walk, it was time to see how it would turn out. We…
I’ve been having problems with my 26 year old gas lawn mower, major problems. Every time I wanted to use it, I would have to use my wrench set to loosen a nut on the housing and slip the housing back into place so that I could start the mower. Even that was another issue. The carburettor wasn’t feeding the gas evenly when it did allow some gas to flow into the carburettor. I wasn’t able to complete one round…
I have finally been able to get more time in the hills over the past week, something that was sorely needed. I took some liberties with imagination – I don’t have hiking boots. I wear hiking shoes. A second item – no old and bent stave. I use hiking poles. The rest is accurate. The scattered stones shiftBeneath worn and faded bootsA barbed wire to liftWith a worn, old and bent staveCarved long ago by callused hands The wire now rusted…