Just dropping in to say hey. Might not see me around for a bit more. Been swamped with school work the last couple weeks. Writing papers. Reading. More writing. More reading. It’s coming down to crunch

Work in progress. The old office is slowly becoming the new ham shack. It’s getting there. Not fast, but steady. Closet is cleaned out. Finally. All that old wood trim, finishing stuff, and random junk

Still kicking here. Not so high, but still kicking. Basement cleanup is coming along. Slow but sure. Kind of like the garage. Small steps you know. Been mainly focusing on my old office. It will be my

Sitting here drinking my coffee. Watching the morning news. At the same time thinking about something that has been troubling me. If you read my last post then you know I’m cleaning out my old office /

It’s 3 AM in the morning. But it’s not the typical early morning. I actually went to sleep early last night and feel somewhat rested. Can’t tell you how much being able to sleep normal again has changed

(Edit: meant to post under Silver Bloggers Community. Apologies.) Got a little hammered yesterday evening. Well, let me rewind some. Started the day off going to breakfast with my old Marine vet friend

I'm a horrible Hive community member lately. Yeah, I've been poking my head in and voting on a few posts. But haven't really been reading or engaging much. Am I sorry for it? Not really. Been enjoying

Some good food grilled with my cousin. Just got back from a week away from home. Took off to stay with my cousin again. Had a good time, but didn't do all that much. The temps outside were stupid hot.

You can actually see the garage floor now! Been in a Hive slump lately. Sorry, just not been around as much. However, been focusing mostly on some self-care stuff. As I stated in the last post, I was out

My Lilly girl. Finally out of my slump. Digging out took a bit, but I did it. Luckily there was support from the wifey. Also had resources like the counselor at the VA. Then there's the fact I've gotten

Photo by NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Unsplash Been away for a few days. Seemed to have found myself down a black hole with the demons again. Didn't feel like doing much of anything. No socialization.

As usual, it's just after 3 AM here as I'm typing this. Finishing my second cup of coffee. Currently contemplating all that has been completed during my garage cleanup project. And all that still needs

Some goodies just got in recently to start the build. Got the old redneck engineered radio antenna down. The one elevated with galvanized steel pipes that my youngest son and I put up a couple years ago

Had a phone call with a very old friend yesterday afternoon. Known him since I was a teenager. He was the best man at my wedding. A bit older than me. Lost touch with him off and on during my time in the

Remember those cherry tomato seeds I nearly killed? The ones I overwatered and turned into a floating disaster? Seeds going everywhere. Containers falling apart. A complete mess that the wife told me to

Father-in-law and I checking out the displays of antiques in the window of the store. Went on a little field trip today. Visited Schimpff's Confectionery in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It's been voted the

Old pipe antenna that will be replaced. Making progress on the ham shack. Taking my time. Doing it right. Decided to replace the pipe I was using for a mast with real aluminum mast sections. These are

I've been watching and reading the news a lot lately. Maybe too much. And it just fell on me like a curtain a little bit ago. The weight of it all. The heaviness. People starving. Not somewhere far away.

My tall scrawny ass running cross country in high school. I didn't have a traditional transition from teenager to adulthood. At 17 I walked into a Marine Corps recruiter's office, still hungover and, with

My Baofeng 5RM Plus Still working on the ham shack situation. Not sure if I'll be setting up in the garage yet. It would be a temporary thing anyway. Still thinking about my old office in the basement.