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Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

Happily Drunk In A Fabric Cage: Part 4.5: Thoughts About GPS Receivers

If you’re going to follow a route someone else mapped (like an adventure touring route) you’ll be using navigation software and a GPS. Paper maps are fading. For better or worse, we’ve all been thrust into the e-world. I’m very … Continue reading

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Happily Drunk In A Fabric Cage: Part 4: Thoughts About The TWAT

I was happy. You might think this meant the conditions were great. Nope! They sucked. Happiness comes less from perfect weather than a mental framework of peace; at least that’s my theory. My gear helped. The new jacket kept me … Continue reading

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Happily Drunk In A Fabric Cage: Part 3: A New Voice

I’m not saying I woke with a hangover; but I was a bit fuzzy. No worries. It was a good morning to sit on my ass brewing coffee and being lavishly unproductive. The weather report wasn’t great, so my plans … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Camping: Happily Drunk In A Fabric Cage: Part 2.5: Shortwave Blues In The Dark

Having deployed a campsite that felt like a mansion it was time for the last lesson of the day. I don’t have to do Jack Shit if I don’t want to! Honey Badger, my dirtbike still perched on the trailer, … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Camping: Happily Drunk In A Fabric Cage: Part 2: Operation Old Guy

My good and loyal homebuilt sailboat got shafted. Tragic! By the time I was able to go camping I’d run out of time to get the boat ready. Also the winds were predicted to be too calm. It takes less … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Camping: Happily Drunk In A Fabric Cage: Part 1: Failure To Launch

My last camping trip ended with a wilted, singed, itchy Curmudgeon. I returned minimally hydrated and nursing a million mosquito bites. I also had a huge smile that lasted days. Why the smile? Because, nature is good for the soul; … Continue reading

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Project Daily Driver: Pre-Paid Emergency Room

Posts about ongoing “project daily driver” below: Project Daily Driver / Gift From Past Me Project Daily Driver: Coming Apart At The Seams Project Daily Driver: Who Are You Calling An Antique?!? Project Daily Driver: Strange Observations In The Hinterlands … Continue reading

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Butterfly Links

I’m not always organized about posts. If you’re looking for other mention of butterflies here’s a way to start: 2018: Phenology Report: Monarchs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 2020: The Cycle Of Life Births A Monarch. 2021 (reverse chronological order): Critters: Pics Or It Didn’t Happen, … Continue reading

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Planets, Butterflies, And Bullshit

A few years ago I started doing a childlike thing which is not childlike at all. Annually, I gather up a Monarch caterpillar (or several). I’ll keep the critter(s) in a jar (supplied with tasty milkweed of course) and watch … Continue reading

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The Eagle Flies Alone

357 Magnum linked to a song I hadn’t heard before. She even included a link to the lyrics (I am one of the people that can’t always sort lyrics from Death Metal). It’s pretty good. If you like metal and … Continue reading

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