It's my first day dog sitting for my friend Bill. He has an ancient black lab by name of Ebony or "Eb" for short. I take Eb out to the little park bordering Clear Creek at 7am, noon and 5pm. Feed her twice per day. She's getting long in the tooth and her painful arthritis keeps her from walking farther than a block at the most.
Snow showers arrived for the first time this 2015-2016 winter season with an accumulation of less than an inch. Although I'm sure we'll have a day or two of indian summer next month you can be sure Summer has been put to bed.
My friend Joe whose timberland I'll be camping on this winter came down from the mountains to take me out to breakfast at the Main Street Restaurant. After a delectable meal of eggs, ham and hashbrowns we walked the 20 feet west over to the Frothy Cup and sat down with Cindy the barrista and carried on some innocuous town gossip.
Joe and I discussed camp sites and construction options. I'll need to borrow some drills and handsaws from Joe to put together my framing using 5" inch pine trunks. Then will use green saplings and weave those in between the frame and then attach pine boughs to that to make my walls. But, first I have to construct a bed about a foot off the cold ground because nothing will kill you quicker than sleeping directly on cold ground.
I may dig a small but deep fire pit in the middle of my hut to have a burning ember fire to take the edge off at night. Even with all of that I don't expect the interior of my hut to get much above freezing especially at night with the high winds blowing off the mountains to the south, north and west.
Tonight I'm helping run the Thursday night service for Clear Creek Neighborhood Church at 6pm. We'll be discussing organizing our spaghetti suppers which be held every Thursday. I'm in charge of getting the word out to the community as well as cooking the meals.
Tomorrow, Lord willing, I'll be preparing again for the last two performances of Goodbody's Gold the Melodrama in which I play the slow talkin, dim witted mine foreman, Bob Faithful. Saturday's performance will be at 7pm with Sunday's performance at 2pm. Already had a lot of friends come from Idaho Springs attend. Who knows... maybe Hollywood will get wind of my talent for showmanship and offer me a big fat contract! Ha-ha!!!
Tonight after church will be chillin out at Bill's in the servants quarters reading several new books I checked out at the library. Donna may come over to watch a movie with me too.
One final note. I had a great conversation with my friend Brett Pullins from back home in Illinois. He offered me some very good advice on some things but listened a lot too. He and I go back to Junior High days in Morton, Illinois. There's a core of fellas from my high school class of 1977 who I so admire and who have given me support during my journey both spiritual and otherwise. God bless them!
Pics show Eb, Bill's black lab, the servant quarters I'm staying in for the next 9 days and my friend, Joe.
Until next time, peace and grace to you all.
BR Schoenbein
October 22, 2015- Thursday
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