Scoakat's Blog

Yesterday got up to 87ºF and today was to be the same, so I got started early on some more yard clean-up.  Tomorrow is supposed to be nice, ...

Boy, this focaccia bread is super good.  It came out of the oven about noon today and is already gone. I might make a couple batches of che...

Well, time to break the seal with the first new post of 2025.  The holidays have come and gone, and we've settled back into daily life h...

  Good luck to us all, we're going to need it.  Let's hope his visions don't come to fruition. Party (enjoy your freedoms) while...

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone.  A much needed 4 days off from work here. I wasn't feeling the best yesterday, but I traveled down...

Our autumn has been mild, overall, and I think I heard the mildest on record.  We started yesterday with a wintry mix (slush) that turned to...

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The second half of the last post left a bad taste in my mouth.  This blog is not about politics, though I've made it pretty clear where ...

There were fireworks at my Mom's last night at a nearby park with a hill and cornfield in between.  And it rained, softly at first but p...

I believe I mentioned that our street is due to be reconstructed this year, and that I had some issues with their plans.  For the first time...

It was apparent by the mess outside the back door this morning that the sunflower had indeed gone to seed and those seeds had been discovere...

I've not felt like talking about it much lately, but this being Independence Day weekend is a good time to break my silence.  I have not...

March.  A bit of Spring, a bit of Winter, and a whole lot of dirty snow piles, bare trees and filthy, dormant grass.  We've had melting ...

With what I've been going through with my health recently and work frustrations bubbling up again I've been pretty down and maybe ev...

Last Wednesday I had my second back shot in the last two months, so by now I should know fully how much it helped and what I'm left with...

We're well into the new year now and other than for a little insurrection review I've not posted in 2021.  We are entering the doldr...

What happened to respect? What happened to decency? What happened to honor? What happened to tolerance?  What happened to democracy, and the...

Well, maybe not my final thoughts but I probably won't post about this again and 'second thoughts' carries a different meaning....

Aaaaand it begins.  Or has already begun, actually.  Lies, false claims, lawsuits to stop ballots from being counted (really!).  All from Tr...

 It was a dreary and overcast evening yesterday, but at least it was dry.  I went out to sit by the fire and decided to film a little and wo...