how about that?

ask me 15 or 20 years ago if i would be out in front of my house on the concrete driveway giving my son tips on how to maneuver the power blower to get the best spray patterns and efficacious removal of dust and debris following a couple of days of having a crew put up a rather nice arbor over said driveway and i would have said you were hallucinating

three more days and there will be a fence in our front yard and those fucking deer will no longer have first helpings of my salad thank you very much

i did throw a rock at one in the back yard the other day, connected with its haunch with a rather satisfying slap
she quivered and looked up and slowly walked in what might be considered the other direction from where i was standing

i don't tell my kid what i would like to have done
that's cause i'm a pacifist

except when it comes to vermin and those who have no reliable supply of predators
i'd volunteer for the job
'cept for the fact that guns do nothing for me and i lack the discipline to learn to shoot with bow and arrow
oh well

but my son got a kick out of the blower
it's a plug in model, last of the power tools left in my sub urban nest
shares a shelf with an electric chainsaw
an electric skill saw
an electric jigsaw
and a rechargeable drill
do i know how to live or what?



geo
oct 09

and the sun did come out today, by the by