Monthly Archives: May 2015

Battening the Hatches

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I was awake early this morning to a bring sun and a rather mundane dream. I got out of bed and hauled some muck almost immediately. Then, after breakfast, I did some sawing on the pine log back in the … Continue reading →

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Cedar Cladding

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

It was rainy most of today, so I dug some more on the hole which will become a pond, and then read a while and then put up cedar until I ran out of the cedar boards I have here.  … Continue reading →

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The Lumberyard

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I’ve been checking the asparagus regularly for slugs and although I found one on a sprout, and two on their way there, so far the plants seem to be OK. I checked this morning as well, and with the sun … Continue reading →

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Hauling Muck

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

It is exactly a month since I left Winnipeg and I spent the day shoveling soil and cutting cedar for the inside work in the new part. It rained at least half the day and was damp the rest of … Continue reading →

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Working in the Bush

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I spent most of today thinking it was Friday, and wondered at the Saturday programming on CBC. I was finally corrected again by CBC, when the weather mentioned the day. In any event, it makes little difference here. My first … Continue reading →

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Gaming the Luck System

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

Many people believe in luck, and at nearly any moment you can see them jumping across raging torrents or betting in cascinos. What they believe in is difficult to define. Some, certainly, believe that they have some integral luckily component … Continue reading →

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Going Back to the Bush

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I went to sleep after four-thirty in the morning, so rising at ten wasn’t easy. I had contacted Andrea to meet her for lunch but she is not available until next week so we set a date for Thursday. It … Continue reading →

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Leaving the Bush

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I did some work this morning, while debating whether to try to get to Fredericton again. I worked on the cedar cladding in the new part and then hauled muck and widened and deepened the creek by the swamp. It … Continue reading →

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Stuck in the Bush

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

Today I was meant to leave the bush. I had a number of plans, such as dinner with Ann, calling Tara and talking to my Leens. Unfortunately, those plans were put on hold. It was still rainy this morning, and … Continue reading →

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Swampy Days

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

It was raining heavily when I woke today. I wonder how my Leens would handle that. I wonder if they would find it oppressive to either be trapped in the cabin or get wet wandering about in the damp. I … Continue reading →

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