Ruby Ridge
Just to remind you that your government will entice you to break a law then shoot your family, friends, and pets for doing so.

... and blame it all on white supremacists.
Continue reading →Just to remind you that your government will entice you to break a law then shoot your family, friends, and pets for doing so.

... and blame it all on white supremacists.
Continue reading →Safe and sound - but not recovered yet.
Later. Few more days. Let the tire hum fade away.
Anyone ever notice the line stripes are Morse for the letter "K"? At least in whatever state I was in ...
Weekend. Still working on canned NAD.
Thanks for the submissions. Several came in while I was on the road; I will get to them.
Not tonight. :)
A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today's selection: Dwight Yoakam - "Thousand Miles From Nowhere" 1993
Song peaked at #2 on Billboard charts.
Dwight Yoakam born 1956 in Pikeville, KY - deep down in the coal country. I believe he's famous.
... this article at A Midwestern Doctor regarding the benefits of DMSO therapy
BurningPlatform Headline:
"From Sharper Night Vision to Curing Lifelong Blindness — How DMSO Heals Each Level of Vision Loss"
DMSO (Dimethyl Sulfoxide ~$8/oz OTC)
Interesting that "Low Oder" is specified.
jd highly praises "A Midwestern Doctor" as a regular read.
I recall hearing about DMSO in the late 70s - I believe legality-to-purchase was the issue. As I understand it (and worth every penny you paid for my opinion), DMSO is actually a carrier - absorbed through the skin, it carries the desired medication directly to the location needed. That was long ago but luckily my memory is still as sharp as a baseball
As jd suggests:
"That’s why I’m sending to you. Look into it, for your own sake. You must have something physically wrong somewhere. Then do with it what you like."
Worth looking into ...
Continue reading →The morning after ...

It may be that I'm "camping" right about here as you read this. Probably not - but maybe ...
First time back in these parts in at least a decade.
I grew up in lake country ... or maybe it was better described as patches of high ground in a big swamp. Warm ice filled depressions left behind after Global Warming melted all the glaciers hereabouts.
This was one of those lakes. Lots of them around here.
Had a name but who knew it? Who cared? It was the place ...
"... out where the road tees off by Grass Lake. Turn right, take the next left - about ½ mile down on the right"
One of the places where the ghosts of my past make themselves known. Parties on the "beach" - beach being where the undergrowth along the shore had been trampled down to sand. Someone may have brought a keg. Or two. Someone's field got raided again for fresh sweet corn. Hand-rolled somethings by the campfire - bottle being passed around. Maybe a game of poker played on a stump. Skinny-dipping in the midnight waters.
Giggles in the night.
Must have built immunity up from the mosquitoes ...
Then it was getting light again ...
17 was a good age ...
Continue reading →A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today's medley selection: Bobby Bare (1963) & Tom Jones (1967) - "Detroit City"
What if home is Detroit City?
What if I'm actually in Detroit City as you listen to this?
Back home by next week - God willin' and the crik don't rise ...

published by Jean July 9, 2026
summer swelter is
heavy on the leaves, almost
as if raindrops fell.

sweet peonies fill
my eyes with beautiful pink
feathers of petals.


the sun is shining
somewhere every day. Be glad
when it blesses you.