Tuesday, November 11, 2025

I Do Learn

      The mixture of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dish soap for Kaia's skunk smell worked. She got wet while we were hunting today and it did not exacerbate the odor. She still carries a little of it but another treatment will likely end it. 

    The new furnace will be installed Thursday. The old furnace, feeling threatened, has not failed for thirty hours. Too late, your days are numbered.

   If I wanted to drive to Brookings I could get a free meal at Hy-Vee for Veteran's Day. I'll pass. Many years ago at a Veteran's Day event at a local high school a student read a statement that included this line, "Every veteran is a patriot."  Nope, not true, some veterans were crooks while in  the service and others were crooked after discharge. It's a mistake to tie patriotism too closely to the military. Obviously, many veterans paid a huge price for their service, including with their lives. 

   The deer almost finished their fifty pound salt block. The one I put out today will last about a year. Do other critters use the salt? Perhaps I should mount a trail camera nearby to see. 

Takk for alt,

Al


Writing a letter home, which I did each week, from a tent on the slopes of Mt. Fuji, Japan.  1961

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