Ponder Pages

The human race is broken. Every great empire and civilization eventually comes to an end. So many people live their lives playing games with each other. Like the blame game. Or head games. Trying to out bully each other. But then saying bullying is bad. If bullying is to end, shouldn't our leaders set that example? Instead of standing in front of a large crowd calling someone a very middle school kind of nick name. Human trafficking. How in this day and age is this still going on? Blowing something or someone up to make a point. And if they blow themselves up they will never be around to brag about it. They will be dealing with a whole different scene afterwards. Speaking of blowing things up. All of these bombs that were sent to people connected to the Democratic Party in one way of another. I do wonder who is really behind them. Is it someone motivated by something our leader said? If that's the case, if someone does die from one of these kind of devise

My pondering questions: If the truth is not the truth, then what is true? Is it the truth of one or the truth of many? And which truth is the truest true of the truth? I know it's been a while since I posted. I now have more time to post here so I might be here more often. It you want to know what I've been up to here is a cliff note version: We hiked a few times. Here are a few pictures from those hikes: We are done with the Chippewa Moraine Segment. Our hikes are not as long as last year because of the husbands ankle, the weather from time to time and our jobs. I'm not sure how much more we will be hiking this year. I do recommend hiking different trails when ever you get the chance. You never know what you'll see. I did do a plastic canvas project. This is something my son-in-law thought would be interesting to have. I offered to try and make one. Here it is:  He wants to put it in their bathroom.  If you don't know whe

It's July 1st, Sunday morning. The house is quiet. The husband is still sleeping. The sun will shine a bit today. It did rain last night after a couple of days of temps in the 90's. Which was too hot for me.  I was on vacation this last week. We went hiking a couple of times. I guess I'll show you a few of pictures from those hikes. Along the trail from time to time are benches. Some have dedications on them, some don't.  Not sure what this shack was for. Maybe it was an outhouse, or a hunting shack or someone suggested a North woods Tardis. What do you think?  This is a map of the trail we have been following going East.  We had been going west but the husband needed to be closer because he was baling hay.  Not sure where we will hike the next time. We might continue going East or maybe taking the trail West. It all depends on the mood and the weather. That's about all I did this last week. July, for me is going to be starting out not t

I know I really missed the first of the month. I could have written something a number of times. But when the thoughts came to me I was no where near a computer. First off I will say we have been hiking. So far we have done four hikes. Here are a few pics from those hikes:  Picture of the Chippewa River. Taken during the first hike.  This nest was right next to the trail. The mama was very near by. Three of the four hikes were over by Cornell area. The last picture was taken during our shortest hike going east of here. We officially finished Taylor county. When we go east again we will be starting in Lincoln county.   So that is one thing we have been doing lately. Only weather permitting of course.  One other thing is we have celebrated our granddaughters first birthday.  They made her, her own smash cake. She got a bath right away after that. Other wise the rest of my days have been the same old same old boring days. Except this week I had to d

I know you were expecting me to post on the first. Well, the only excuse I can give you is....I was not in the mood. I think my posts here are going to be a lot more random. I will say within a couple of months I will be done with the letters on Dear Howard, A Fading History.  I might start spending more time here pondering things. Time will tell. As for other things going on in my life. I have not been able to start my hiking adventure yet this year. The husband is still not able to. And he doesn't want me out in the woods by myself. I'm still hoping maybe next weekend we might be able to give a short hike a try or at least take walks down the road. I've tried to tell him he could drop me off at one spot and pick me up at the other end but he is not going for it. He enjoys these hikes to and wants to see what I see at the same time.  Well enough about hiking. I do have a couple of pondering things to bring up. One question I've been asking people late

Greeting all! This is what you get from Mother Nature when Easter falls on the 1st of April. MERRY EASTER! This is what April 1st looked like back in 2015. I didn't take a picture for the last couple of years but they did look similar to to this one. With all that snow on the ground my hiking season will be delayed. Well that and the husband just had surgery on his foot. So no hiking for him for a while. He wants to once the cast is off but I'm not sure if he will be able to as soon as he thinks he can. So I'm trying to line up a few partners to join me from time to time. I really didn't get much else done this month. I didn't work on any projects. I have been working some Saturdays so my weekends are shorter then I like them to be. For this time of year my work place has been busier then usual. I just hope it will settle down soon and I can go back to my regular 5 days a week.  With the husband home now 24/7 I have to help ta

Well, that was an interesting month. Most of the month I was kind of battling with a cold. It is finally letting me go from it's grasp of coughing and sniffling and blowing the nose. I hope this next month will be a healthier one. I hope everyone else is not having to deal with this cold or even flu. February for me was an uneventful one in other areas of my life. It can be good but then it can be very boring.  Work is a little busier then I like. There are hints that it is only going to be busier. I'm not looking forward to over time. I would say where I work but I won't. I will say it is a cheesy one. There is one customer that is wanting a lot from us and our company has, in my opinion, has over committed us for the workers we have. They try to hire more people through temp agencies but most of them never stick around very long.  I just hope someone in charge soon really sees the problem and solves it so the workers have more to their lives then work and very

How was your first month of 2018? Mine, had it's moments. Lets see if I can remember. Well, lets start by showing you some of the projects I've finished. There was one more that looked like a gingerbread house but I gave to someone for Christmas. These things took a while to do. The last two things I did do in January. So I've been a little busy. As for the rest of things going on well, the husband is still dealing with a broken foot that is not healing like it should because he does not sit still very well. It might get to the point very soon that he will end up with a cast on his foot. I'll try to keep you posted if I remember. The weather is typical Wisconsin weather. Right now, cold. below zero with wind chills maybe 20 below. There is snow. I'm not going to take a picture of the swing anymore. It doesn't pay. Last week or so I've been dealing with a cold. The cough is still lingering a little bit but it is getting bet

It's hard to believe that another year has gone by.  It was definitely one for the record books.  But I guess you can say that about every year. But this one made my head spin. All the bad politics.  President Dweeb is quickly breaking down the core of America. All he has done is insult everyone that has a real brain. The difference between him and other political people is, they are always being bought by others( Not to say that is a good thing). While he is doing the buying. And if he can't buy you, he calls you names and demonizes you.  In my eyes, he is still the spoiled brat that had never heard NO while he was growing up. He didn't listen to others then and he will not listen to anyone now. He is the number one BULLY in my book. He is close minded and will never change. He is the main thing left over from 2017 that will make 2018 feel so much worse then we can imagine. The weather was another thing that made it a stand out year.  Like my da