Author: me

garden by the fire

grow a garden in your bushcraft shelter

i’m going to die soon

hi

just be near me

just be near me.* * in this instance, stella, just be near me. that’s most of what I need.

when to use manual

use manual in low light.

burning trash is OK

burning trash on the cape is ok, as long as you’re enjoying and appreciating the fire. that trash would burn anyway, so save the landfill space and burn it, maybe saving a few logs too.

high and living within limitations

being high and living within limitations (e.g., outside on the deck). because i’m so cloudy, it forces me to act moment to moment assuming a high probability (30%? 80?) that I will forget that moment as it passes. so I write everything down. I aim for economy of strength and of purpose. I am hungry. […]

old petzl

the old petzl classic headlamp. it sucks. do I just use it? no. at this point it’s such a relic it’s not even useful. it’s only value is history. let it lie. conserve the bulb and the backup bulb. move on.

orders of layers

I think that sweatshirt under puffy is warmer. NOPE. puffy under sweatshirt. the puffy must be just better insulator moreso than sweatshirt is shell.

credit for to-dos

give yourself credit for past (or instant) to-dos. as you decide to make the list or add to it, write down tasks you needed to do that would have been a to-do. then cross them off immediately as you have completed them. likewise as you add things, consider the same as above. give yourself credit.

band practice

listening to the band practice since they’re outside and off the park