music from this era is making me stop in my tracks and listen lately.

a family of ravens seems to have adopted our property. to the point they chase off predator birds. id like to thank them but i dont speak raven.

Russia. National talent show. 100 judges. A Russian Orthodox choir singing a single refrain, “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner”. The number on the lower right is the number of the 100 judges voting for them.

resilience

Israel is currently the only country in the world which insists criticism of their foreign policy is a hate crime, but slaughtering whole populations because of race isnt.

got the trail in the woods turned into a proper path, and the first corner of the wall tent platform done. ✅ now fresh hummus and flatbread. assuming i wake up tomorrow, round 2.

its a good day

“weve got an entire globe thats being run by children. All of them. It doesn’t matter what country you’re talking about. They’re all little children. i keep wondering at what point we all go, “were done with your bullshit. im sorry youre mad at iran. im sorry israel is mad at lebanon. im sorry the US is mad at everyone, and bombs everyone. everyone is being stupid, and everyone needs to calm down.”” — @Nunya Bidness

building an offgrid life today in the sun to the dulcet tones of @Nunya Bidness

i saw an old woman parked on the side of the road, so i asked he if she was ok. she burst out in an emotional diatribe about how her car’s gps had led her there, no where near where she needed to go, and she had no idea how to figure it out. she had a new tesla, and was wearing a very expensive phone dangle around her neck. it felt like her family had forced all the latest tech on her, and she hated all of it. like if she had a simple paper map, she would have known exactly what to do. i told her exactly how to get where she needed to go. As she pulled away, she looked right at me, and said, “i shit my pants” and drove off.

rather than do all the stuff i told myself i had to do, i had a spontaneous icecream date with my wife. such a better way to spend that time.

might have a few blackberries this year

til, cheap silicon caulk dissolved into evaporative solvent and painted on old bed sheets = waterproof cloth.