Moose and Ink

So for obvious reasons, I didn’t really follow up on the last post so I’m doing that now. Mom passed away in the early hours of October 30th. I’m guessing this was revenge for all us kids being born in the wee hours of the morning so well played, well…

Mom passed away this morning at 12:18am. She had cancer. We knew it was coming. We were prepared. And it still sucks. Not a whole lot else to say right now.

Don’t mind the dust. Trying out a few new themes and such to make the blog look more updated and stuff. Y’know, for those four people who actually read this thing.

First moon shot through my 8 inch dobsonian telescope. I recently bought a mount for my iPhone to connect to the eye piece and hold it steady. We finally had clear skies so I got to try it out last night before the cold drove me inside. I need to…

Our little town has some nice views this time of year.

I just paid the bill on the website for another year so I figure I should post at least something to mark that.

I think it goes without saying that I have struggled mightily as of late to write. It’s not that I don’t have ideas. It’s just that when I sit down, the blank page is intimidating. Classic problem amongst writers and you’d think for as long as I’ve been doing this…

Been a while, hasn’t it? *checks notes* Time to share with you all the excitement and the great adventures we’ve had since I last posted! We got a new furnace. That was exciting. And a new dishwasher. That was less exciting. Um … we built a garden shed behind the…

Yup – we’ve been shot. Twice actually. A month ago Steph was able to secure us some shots in a rural town about 30 minutes south of us. Decorah wasn’t getting much in the way of shots but apparently the rural parts of Iowa were seeing an excess. Not sure…