Tag Archives: Cabin

The Return after Moncton

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I was away for what felt like a long time. I drove straight to Moncton and hung out with my friends there for three days. I came back yesterday, to stay in Fredericton, and then worked on a shelf unit … Continue reading →

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The Longest Rain of the Year

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

Today is the longest day of the year. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to see how long the sun is up because it has been raining all day and it is still cloudy. I woke to heavy rain, but for … Continue reading →

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My Solar Power System

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

My solar electricity system began with design parameters and a problem. The problem was the lack of other forms of viable power. I am too far from the grid if even I were interested in connecting, and too far from … Continue reading →

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Calculating my Work

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I have been running around the last couple of days. I spent two days at Kim and Dennis’ working on tiling, although we didn’t work that whole time. The job is drawing to a close, depending on how much more … Continue reading →

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Photography in the Sky and Above

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

It was raining when I woke at seven-thirty. In the cabin, the rain is cozy. It was quite different when I lived in the shack, which was too small to spend any time in, so I worked through the rain, … Continue reading →

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Editing and Returning

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I arrived on the land late today, since I spent part of my day working on A Million Castaways. Carol found a typo, some lay/laid errors, a whom problem, and the most damning, an allusion where there should have been … Continue reading →

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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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