43 or 59 or 65 anymore ( time was ain't now ) and the work tires me out on my feet all day working in the laundry room at the Hotel Babylon what a racket but by the time I get home I am more beat than Kerouac ever thought of being and I just want to eat and go to bed my mind as flat & dry as the Texas plains - got money but no time to spend it even off this minimum wage job - ain't had no time for bike riding except here and there and I have missed that - damn economy will put all of us in the ground burdens and all - funny thing is I have enough bread now to buy a brand new bike that's never been ridden by anyone but I think what the hell when do I have the time to ride it? - so that may wait til next spring - Have to get ready for winter anyway, firewood to purchase, fuel oil to buy - at least I'll be warm when the snows come - the firewood has become too much work may not be swinging the splitting axe too much this year - have been checking out out other sources of heat such as fuel blocks that you can burn in your wood stove -
I have bought some of these to size up the potential - they do good when the weather is 30 to 40 degrees but I'm not convinced of their use when it's 8 degrees above zero in January plus they are much more expensive than wood - it's just the ease of use they offer is very appealing, much easier than burning wood - six of one half dozen of the other who the hell knows ? - up at the Tractor Supply store the other day discovered they make electric woodsplitters and have been for years - I didn't know it that's how far I'm out of touch - price is appealing too -
moved up here to the Plateau to spend the days in quiet - ha, did I think I was going to get away with it? - it has rained for two days here - words of a song I heard once come to mind "it will be a lot better when the wind dies down" - Hell yeah, Mongolia!
The leaves are flying. they've turned and the rain & wind are beating them to earth -
Thx again everyone
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