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I went to the dentist this AM. I really love going to the dentist. I know that sounds so weird to most people as most people usually dislike the dentist. I juts love to have my teeth cleaned and I especially love to have someone floss my teeth. I wish there were places like in a mall or something where you could just go in and have someone floss your teeth for you. I mean it's not that hard to do and I actually don't mind flossing my own teeth but there is just something about having someone do it for you that is cool.

So I had a great check-up and am now A-OK for another 6 months. My insurance will pay for 2 cleanings per year and I take advantage of that benefit. I try to convince all my employees to go but I have a hard time getting some of them to go. Hell it's free so why not and I am sure all of you can relate to a tooth ache. I mean if your teeth are hurting it affects your whole body.

It seems like most people will take better care of their cars and trucks than they do of their mouths. Not sure why but that seems to be the case.

Yesterday Runner asked an interesting question posed in response to my question about fucked up families and why we think we need to like our families because they are blood. I am not sure if that could or is a cause of guys being gay or not but it might contribute. I think most gay people are born that way and predisposed to be gay and to like men or women as the case maybe. I really am a proponent of the theory of we are born that way and nothing could change it.

Hope you all are having a good day.

peace to all

 

[valle12tom]

What a day. Grey but a light rain is falling. Reminds me of the old Bob Dylan song!

The new or the old crescent moon was out this AM early and it was gorgeous. Hope you got to see it where you live.

Runner made a comment about how he likes the barber. I have to agree with him on that one. It is kind of cool to sit in the chair in front of that huge mirror and watch them cut your hair. I like it when they put their hands on your head and move it this way and that way in the chair. They are usually very chatty as well which passes the time.

Quite the opposite of the dentist where they always have their hands in your mouth so you can't answer their questions.

I told him that I have a weird way of of getting a haircut. Everytime I drive to town I will swing by the hair cut place and if there are more than two people waiting in the chairs I keep on driving. I just don't like waiting in the shop and reading all those magazines. They are either glamor mags or hunting mags and neither appeals to me. I should bring a book but then I would look out of place. LOL! Anyway sometimes my hair can get quite long before those chairs are empty! LOL!

Hope your day is good. It continues to be quite warm here in the mountains when it should be very cold. Come on lets have some winter weather! I had better be careful what I wish for!

peace to all on this day and always.

 

[valle12tom]

OK Runner I got a haircut today due to your comment on my blog the other day!!

I really needed one so thank you. When I drove into town this AM to do some errands I drove my the haircut place and there was no one sitting in the chairs!!!! So I screeched to a stop and ran inside and go in the chair and was out in 20 minutes. $9 for the cut and a $2 tip. Felt good and I look great! LOL!

Still very warm. I wish it would turn cold again.

peace to you and yours in this New Year

 

[valle12tom]

Damn another warm day in the mountains with a bit of drizzle although I saw a break in the clouds when I drove to get the mail with blue skies above!

We need some cold!!! Bring it on!!!!

Someone ran into a deer the other night and we heard a gun shot after they called the sheriff deputy out to shoot it. Then the NC DOT came out and picked up the body the next day. The deer love to cross the road right below where I work and head up into the mountains behind but that puts them right in the path of a car and unfortunately the deer usually loses in that case. The cars suffer some damage usually but the deer usually dies or is crippled and then dies.

We had a community service worker working off his community service for us the other day. We put him at hard labor busting up wood for 3 days and then yesterday set him loose on the highway with garbage bags and a fluorescent vest to pick up litter. It is amazing what folks will throw out of their cars. Makes me sooooo Mad! Really mad Anyway this young man was doing a great job and had picked up about 4 miles of the highway when he came upon a bag of left over stuff from making Meth. We had to call the Sheriffs department and the fire department to come out and dispose of it properly. It is very dangerous. I could give a lecture on what Meth does to people but I will save that for another day. Leave it to say it turns people stupid! What a waste.

Hope your day is a good one. peace to all in the New Year!

 

[valle12tom]

This morning started out colder than it has been and foggy when I got up at 6:30 AM to shower and shave and get ready for work. I drove to the store to buy my Charlotte Observer from the outside box. I bought my paper and drove to work. I love it early in the AM with no one else around on the roads etc.

I came into work and turned on my computer and checked out my e-mail but didn't have time to check out JUB until a little while ago.

We served breakfast to 160 people mostly kids and some adult chaperone's. One little kid looked at our spread and yelled out "This is quite impressive!" That got a chuckle and a laugh out of our kitchen staff and myself.

I got my coffee in my space age Starbuck's Coffee mug and headed over to church. It was a good service. The preacher was not great but the service was good. I enjoy the Eucharist. Hard to explain to other folks out there what it means to me so I don't know if I should try and I don't think I will. It is pretty personal and so many JUB folks are so totally against any kind of religion (and many for very good reasons) that I feel very reluctant to ever speak up about my religious convictions here in this place.

Now I am back at work checking out JUB and my messages and posts and new threads. Some of the kids went up to the waterfall to go "swimming". Not sure they had any idea of how cold it can be in the summer let alone the winter. LOL! Bet the boys in the group have nuts the size of peas if they went into that cold water. LOL!

Lunch in a few minutes and then they are off and I will lock up and get the afternoon off to do some other work and read and probably sit in my easy chair and have a great jack off session!

So all of you I hope your Sunday is great as well.

peace to you and yours.

 

[valle12tom]

OK here it is already 11:30 AM and I have been really busy today so I have not had a chance to work on my blog.

What a choice of words there "chance". I did look at his thread this AM as there were some now posts of him. Wow he is simply amazing to look at. I could look at those lips and that smile and that incredible cock andballs all day long. Damn he is one incredibly hot guy!

I often wonder if guys like that know how gorgeous they are and how that might or might not affect their lives and how they live their lives. i mean if everytime you walked into a room or down the street if you knew other people were always looking at you in wonder and awe. I am sure all through school they were given extra privileges and such which made their lives easier than the rest of us in many ways.

But then on the flip side maybe all that admiration is hard to take. I would love to talk to a guy like Chance about his feelings.

I think in my mind I would like to look like him or one of his type but do I really want that? What would be the cost associated with looking like that.

Any thoughts about that from my loyal BLOG readers?

peace to all in the New Year

 

[valle12tom]

A bit colder this AM but still not cold enough to suit my tastes for winter time. I like four seasons. I have no control over the weather so I need to let that go but still I can complain like everyone else! LOL!

I woke up under my goosedown comforter about 6:15 AM this morning with a raging morning pee hard on. I just love the feeling when your dick is so hard in the morning with a pee hard. It is such a different kind of hard on from a sexual hard on don't you think? It just feels different. I love to reach down under the covers in the warmth of my crotch and my bed and hold it and squeeze it. I like to push its hardness down between my legs and just hold it there feeling all the great feelings of sex and cocks and hard ons etc. But I do have to be careful how hard I squeeze of course as I have to pee so badly it almost hurts. Not a bad hurt but just a different hurt.

Then finally when I can't stand it any longer I get out of bed and walk to the bathroom with my dick swinging in the wind and stand over the toilet to let the pee flow. Now that feels so good as my bladder empties into the bowl. I have to be careful to hit the bowl with my dick hard and then when I am finished I give it a few quick shakes and then back under the covers for another half hour or so of playing with myself. This morning I did not jack off but some mornings I do.

Anyway that was my morning. How was yours! LOL!

Today is payday so I have to sign the checks today. First raise of the year as well so everyone will be very excited. We were not able to give large raises this year but our benefit package is great so that makes up for the low raise. We have great jobs with lots of freedom and hey we have jobs so that is good!

I went to the eye doctor yesterday for an eye exam. I hadn't been in 15 years so I thought it might be time to see if I had cataracts or glaucoma but I was all clear. I still use reading glasses as I have since I was about 40 but that is OK. they dialate your eyes which is a weird feeling especially when you have to go outside in the sunshine to drive home. Lucky for me I have these wrap around sunlasses that i bought out in Colorado last month. they make me look so cool and hip! LOL!

Hope your days are filled with sunshine and light and peace in the New Year.

 

[valle12tom]

Weird thoughts this AM as I lay in bed looking out my sliding glass doors at the end of the bed. I watch in the distance as early morning commuters in their cars move slowly down the mountain. You can see their headlights as they weave along the twisty, windy mountain road in the early morning fog. I love to watch them as they make their way up and down the mountain in front of me. Great way to wake up. Coming down the mountain you can see the bright headlights but if they are going up the mountains I get to see their red taillights as well. In the summer the leaves on the trees prevent this show which I can only see in the winter time.

Well I got up early as usually with my early morning hard on and went to the bathroom where I relieved myself in the toilet and then got back in the bed to slowly come awake watching out the window.

I was thinking back to my childhood and when I had seen a movie on Helen Keller. I must have been around 8 or so. I was so scared that I would go blind and I was not sure why I would even think that but I was scared so I decided that I needed to start preparing myself. The movie really had a profound effect on me. The power of movies should not be underrated.

I would tie a bandanna tight around my head and cover my eyes tightly and then try and walk around the house without banging into anything. After awhile I got pretty good and it and had the whole house memorized. I could walk around in the dark pretty well without the bandanna covering my eyes.

To this day I can walk around the house at night without any lights. To be sure there is always some ambient light from the digital clock, the microwave clock or the stove clock but I never have to turn on a light.

I very often have to get up 5-6 times during the night to pee (one of the hazards of getting older) and it makes it so much easier to not have to turn on a light and wake myself up. I never have any problems going back to sleep and am not titred in the AM when I wake up.


I don't want to make light of those who are blind as my actions are no anywhere close to the actual thing.

So anyway those were my thoughts this AM.

Now I am at my computer and checking JUB before people start arriving in the office. Drinking my coffee and just enjoying my life.

I hope you are enjoying yours as well and are looking forward to a wonderful day.

peace to you and yours

 

[valle12tom]

I discovered that I had a mouse in my truck a few days ago. Lots of little bits of chewed paper and Kleenex all over the place. It is a common thing here in the country. They seek warmth and come into the cab through some small hole from the engine. They can be very destructive in ones glove compartment eating up maps and papers to build little nests etc.

I hate to do it but they have to go so I set a trap baited with peanut butter two days ago and this AM when I went out to my truck to drive to work there the little guy was all crushed in the spring of the trap.

I do feel sorry for him/her but we can't "Disney up" little critters all the time. I took her/him out by the pasture and dug a small hole and set him/her in and said a very small prayer and covered her/him up and tamped the ground down.

So that is how I started my day. How about you!

OH yes I LOVE THIS SPELL CHECK! THANKS GUYS!

peace at whatever you are planning to do today.

 

[valle12tom]

Wow a huge thunder and lightning storm swept through our area last night. It is somewhat unusual to have thunder and lightning in the winter time. The temperatures dropped and the rain was being blown sideways by the incredible wind. My windchimes were making quite a racket all night long and was at times standing sideways as it hung from the eves outside my bedroom.

I lay in bed and watched the show quite content to lie under my goosedown comforter and just watch natures show.

It is supposed to be geting quite cold at night this weekend and I say about time!

I have a friend who lives in the Bocas del Torra region of Panama and they have had very bad rains in their area. Lots of damages and some deaths. Lots of damage to the banana farms which will devastate their economy which is already suffering. So please if you pray say a word for the folks down there. They have so little and now even that is being taken away from them.

I just finished a book by one of my favorite authors. James Lee Burke. It is called Jolie Blon's Bounce. It is of course about the area that James Lee Burke knows so well South Louisiana. I am fascinated by the food, the music and the culture of that area. I love his Dave Robicheaux books. He is a great writer who can really tell a tale and draw you into his story.

I also rented a movie called Napoleon Dynamite and watched it last night. There has been a big buzz around this movie and it has achieved cult status among the youth. I am not sure why. I mean it was OK but it was just not great. I was expecting more. Perhaps one of my readers can fill me in on why it is so popular with the youth.

Hope your day is good. peace to all

 

[valle12tom]

It is cold this AM and was very cold last night which is great. Lots going on this weekend which is good for me. I like to be busy.

Last night I had a bit of a scare. I had to come over to work to fill the coal furnace for the groups staying this weekend and I went to my computer to check
e-mail and JUB while I was here. I mean I was here right? LOL!

I could get on the internet and I checked my e-mail and then when I tried to log onto JUB I could not get on no matter what I did. All other regular sites were accessible but JUB and a few other porn sites I visit on a regular basis were unavailable. What gives I thought and then I thought what if I can never get back onto JUB? That was what scared me because how could I tell anyone I was locked out? Would anyone miss me? And why was I locked out? I was in a panic. My heart was racing. I tried everything but to no avail so I shut down my computer and went home to sleep a restless sleep.

This morning I was very nervous and apprehensive when I came to work and wow felt so good when I was able to log onto JUB. Wow that felt good. Almost as good as an orgasm but not quite! LOL!

I will be going out of town on Monday Jan 17th for 13 days. Traveling to California for a conference and to see a sister in Palo Alto, a friend in Monterey and a cousin in Santa Rosa and then the conference and then one day in SF.

I will miss everyone here but hopefully I will make it through.

peace to all of you today and always.

 

[valle12tom]

This is the weekend we celebrate Martin Luther King and all that he did for non-violence in the struggle for all African Americans to be free in this suppose land of freedom. Yeah sure we say that and our ancestors came here for that but we also want to limit who gets into the club.

We whites have no idea what being white gives us every day in terms of white privilege. We just don't know.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -- Martin Luther King

Sure people will say he was not perfect and they will point out his flaws but who among us is perfect and who among us does not have flaws. He lived his life and he died for what he believed in and that is a truly great thing.

I may or may not enter another entry tomorrow morning before I leave for the airport to fly to California. If I do then so be it and if I don't then I will see you all in about 2 weeks. Have fun and be yourself no matter who that may be.

love to you all and peace in the New Year

 

[valle12tom]

It was down to 8 degrees last night. I love it! Winter is here. On so many levels we need the cold weather. It kills off bugs and insects who eat my garden, it helps plants and flowers as they prepare to burst forth later this spring and many other things. It also gives us four different and distinct seasons here in the mountains. I really like it!

I am off to the airport in a hour or so for my flight to California. I am excited but at the same time apprehensive about leaving for such a long time. Do you ever get that way? I know I am leaving my work in good hands and of course they know how to find me should they really need me.

I watched a great movie last night which I reviewed in my movie thread. Barbarian Invasions. The film is incredible and has many different levels. Mostly about friends and dying. Got me thinking about dying and if I were dying who might come to be with me as I died. Would anyone come and go to the lengths to help me out that the son does in the movie? Or the friends who dropped everything and came great distances to be with this old friend in his last days.

I also wondered who in my live means so much to me that I would go to great lengths to visit them if they were sick and dying? Would I do that for anyone?

Lots of questions to ponder.

I also was thinking about Martin Luther King some more when he talks about the Civil Rights Movement and how people would tell him to wait. Martin just wait and it will all happen. He said it was usually the white people telling him to wait and wait usually meant never to them.

Kind of like the gay rights movement as well and what is going on it the church about gays. They say wait but what they really mean is NEVER!

I say peace to them all and I will see you all when I return in 2 weeks. have fun!

peace

A question for my loyal readers to ponder while I am away. Does anyone know why I always end each of my posts with peace?

 

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I am back from SF and California. My desk is piled three feet high with papers and stuff so it maybe a day or two before I get back to JUB full time.

Needless to say I had a great time and was gone 2 weeks!

SF was great!

peace to all

 

[valle12tom]

OK I have a few moments to tell you about some of my trip west. I will go completely out of order and tell you about this fantastic out of this world amazing dining experience I had in SF on my last night away.

I was told about this great SF restaurant called Boulevard. It is at #1 Mission Street down near the harbor near the renovated Ferry building.

I walked all the way down Mission Street to the Ferry Building and watched the ferries come and go. That was hoot watching all the commuters running for their boats.

It was a nice warm day and the gulls were flying around and lots of people here and there. The Ferry building has been renovated into shops and stores and markets and restaurants and it was great to walk around. They did a great job with the renovation. Apparently they also have a farmers market there on Saturday AM. I tried to eat lunch there earlier at a place called the Sliding Door but it was packed and I could not get near the place. It is Vietnamese.

Anyway back to the story. I walked over to the restaurant at 5:30 PM. I wanted to get in and out in time to go to a movie up the street later that evening.

I asked for a seat at this counter which runs along in front of the cooking stations. It was great for a single person who had no compnay and just wanted to watch. As I am a foodie and love kitchens and food and food preparation I was in heaven.

All the cooks really worked together with the two head chefs in the middle. I was sitting in front of the meat station and this guy was awesome. He was a master and had everything timed. It was joy to watch him work. I really was impressed with the job they did.

I had the lamb chops stuffed with truffles and pureed artichoke hearts on a bed of mashed potatoes with a baked artichoke heart and mushrooms with a salsa on the side. It was cooked medium rare and delicious. Also some Ossa Busco (sp) on the side as well.

I started with a vodka and then had a glass of a California Cabernet. I watched and watched and watched everyone and everything. Of course I ate as well ever last drop of sauce was mopped up with my bread!

When I sat down I was the only one there so I got to see them speed up as the night worn on. They never got out of sync and they always worked together and around each other. Raul was the guy in front of me and he was kind of hot looking if you catch my drift! LOL!

I decided to break my diet and have this incredible chocolate desert with a scoop of homemade ice cream. The pastry desert chef came out and set up his station in front of me next to Raul. He was kind of hot as well so my dick was acting up a bit as I sat there and watched the two of them work. One with meat and the other with deserts!

Wish one could have worked my meat and made whipped cream out of my cum! LOL!

Anyway I spent about 2 hours there just watching and eating and drinking. It was incredible. Of course the bill was fantastic as well but hey it was a once in a lifetime experience. It was 4 dollars short of $100 for one person! And the restaurant was packed when I left to walk up Mission Street.

So that is my first installment of my trip to California.

peace to all

 

[valle12tom]

OK OK some of you have been asking the big question if I got laid while in the Gay capital of the World or country or whatever. The answer is no I did not. Not that I would not have wanted to but I was so chicken shit nervous that how could it be possible for me to even meet another gay guy. I mean I saw guys I thought might be gay and who I thought were cute but what was I supposed to do go up to them and say hey man are you gay and do you want to go back to my hotel room and suck on each other cocks? I mean I just don't know how to do that sort of thing.

So while I had a really terrific time in SF I did not lose my cherry or have my cock sucked on or suck on a cock. I did however have a great jack off session in my hotel room if that counts! LOL!

peace guys and have a great day

 

[valle12tom]

Another thing I did while in SF was to just walk around the city looking like a real hick I am sure. I was staring wide mouthed at everything and everyone. Coming from a very small place in the mountains to a huge place in the city is quite a shock.

I walked up the hill from my hotel (The Hotel Cartwright) if you are looking for a nice small "Boutique" hotel that was reasonable this is a good one. Right off Union Square.

Anyway I walked up the street and up is the operative word. It is really up. Damn those hills in SF are something else. I caught the cable car at California Street and rode it all the way down to the end near the Ferry Building. That was really a fun way to see the people and the city for only $3. The guy driving the car with these two huge levers was incredible. He knew what he was doing.

I walked around the Ferry Building and then took the cable car all the way back up California Street to Grace Cathedral. I went inside and it is amazing. So HUGE!!! I found the labyrinth there and walked it.

That could be a whole story in itself. A guy was praticising the organ for a recital that evening so it was awesome to walk while he was playing. Not many people were there so that was good as well.

They also have a labyrinth outside overlooking the city and the park across the street. If you have never walked a labyrinth I would reccomend you doing so. It is a great way to meditate.

Then I walked back to my hotel where I left some purchases and walked down the street to Virgin Records stopping off at a Starbucks on the way!

Virgin Records was just to huge for me. To many choices and too much stimulation for this old man.

I then went to the Museum of Modern Art and spent about an hour there walking around looking at everything. I must admit I did spend a small amount of time in the gift shop looking at photo books of naked men. LOL! I kept making sure my dick was not tenting out my pants. LOL! Some of those photos were hot!

Then I took a leisurely stroll down Mission Street back to the Ferry Building where I spent the afternoon watching people and the ferries and the bay and fantasizing about meeting some guy.

Actually it was quite a nice way to spend my day.

More later.

peace to you all this evening and always.

 

[valle12tom]

Thanks for your comments to my blog!

Although I have never been there Runner Ely Cathedral in England has a wonderful labyrinth in one of its towers. It is all right angles as opposed to circles but it still a walking path for mediation, reflection and prayer. I do a lot of labyrinth work and find it to be an awesome thing.

Cathedrals are just such awesome spaces. I am always blown away when in one and my neck gets sore looking up at the vast expanse of space within the walls. LOL!

OK now where was I on my reflections about my trip? That was basically it for SF. Oh yes when I was driving in I stopped at the overlook high up on the hill by the Golden Gate Bridge. There is a state park there. I drove up to the top where the old bunkers and look out stuff is. What a view. On my way down I stopped at one of the stops along the way to get out to snap a few photos and take in the view. There was this other guy there who was checking me out I think but I was to scared to initiate anything.

I mean how do you know who is who and what is what? I am just such a newbie when it comes to all things sex or gay. I would have just liked to talk to a real gay man for once. It would not even have to involve sex per say although that would be good. LOL!

Shit I just don't know what I want. On the one hand I am very content with the life I have made and then on the other hand I want more but I just don't know what I want or how to get it.

This morning I woke up to ice. We were supposed to get 4-6-8 inches of snow but no snow just ice. I did drive to work and the roads were slick but OK. The weekend is supposed to be OK.

OK back to California. I did go and visit my sister and her daughter and that was OK. Short. In and out. My family is not very close you could say. LOL!

Then a visit with my very best friend from college. That was great. We are always just able to pick right up where we left off. Laughing and joking and remembering the times when we were young. That was cool.

Also a visit with a cousin and her husband which was good. Close cousin who I hung around with my whole childhood.

The Conference I was attending was good. Lots of great stuff to learn. Great conversations and networking! Good keynote address and workshops etc. A bit long but it was worth it I guess.

I did go to an Indian Casino one night and ended up losing $20. I was amazed that they have switched to a coin less place. Everything is credit cards, bills and vouchers. No coins, no bells, no whistles. Lots of smoke which really drives me up the wall. the non smoking section was almost empty. Nice to see but not a place to stay!

We had a day trip to Yosemite which was fantastic. I mean it was awesome. I have never imagined that anything could be like that. I had seen Ansel Adams photos before but even as good as they are they do not do justice to the real thing. I have been around the world and see some pretty cool stuff but that places rocks so to speak. We had some great local guides who told us all the old stories of its settlements and discovery and life over the years. They told us all the horrible things we white folks did to the Indians but what else is new.

The water was really flowing and there was not much snow. We ate lunch at the Awannie (sp) Hotel which was pretty spectacular. I walked way to much for my bad hip but it was a once in a life time experience.

So that was my trip. Hope you liked it. By the way I flew out and back on US Air and I really like that airlines. I don't care about their bad press etc. I have always been treated well and my bags have always gotten where I was going while flying US Air. I hope they are able to stay in business.

peace to you all today no matter what you do or will do.

 

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Well today is Friday and we are preparing for our weekend arrivals. Everything is clean and ready! A good feeling.

A few more thoughts on California. I did a lot of driving through the countryside and while it is gorgeous and interesting I am so glad I live where I do. The farms look beautiful but they are so different from what I am used to. I love our diversity in trees and leaves that one does not get in California. Nice place to visit and look at but I am so happy I get to live and work and play in the mountains of Western North Carolina!

I watched a movie called Amen last night. You can see my review in my "movies you like" thread.

I have been thinking about the film ever since and I have been very conflicted. What would I do? Would I stand up for the Jewish people? Would I stand up for the gypsies? Would I stand up for the homosexuals? Would I be a sheep or would I be a lion? Would I be an oppressor or would I be oppressed. Lots of introspective thoughts are running throughout my head this AM.

Hope you are looking forward to a great weekend!
peace to you all and have fun!

 

[valle12tom]

Today I awoke at about 6:30 AM. The fog was swirling around our little peaceful valley and the frost was frozen on the ground. The sun was starting to lighten up the skies beyond my sliding glass door at the foot of my bed as I watched and waited for a few moments. I love this time of day. I love looking outside and seeing and guessing what the day will bring to me. I love reaching down between my legs and squeezing my pee hard cock untill I can't stand it anymore and have to get up and go relieve myself. Damn that feels good.

Got up and showered and shaved and came into work to fill the coal furnace with coal. It was almost empty after a long cold night. I shoveled the coal in and filled the hopper. We are having to go farther and farther away to find our coal. This load came from way up near hazard Kentucky. That is a long way to go but we like the heat it produces. A bit messy and dusty and smelly at times but the heat is good.

After the hopper was filled I headed up to my computer to check on JUB to see what was new overnight. Not a whole lot this AM.

Then up to the kitchen and coffee!!! and breakfast for all our groups staying here this weekend. They are off doing things in the area today and we have a few staying for lunch.

The sun is out and is burning off the frost as it moves up through the sky creating swirling fog and smoke in the air. It is gorgeous and awe inspiring.

The day looks to be a good one. I then went to the PO and picked up our mail and stopped on the way back to pick up a whole bucket of fast food and beer trash thrown out on the side of the road. I would like to ask those who throw trash why but I don't think they are even aware that it is the wrong thing to do.

Hope you have a great day no matter what you do.

Love and peace to you all