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Tuesday
September 2,
2025
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bill asked me to help him split logs, so i put some fresh picked tomatoes in a sack and walked up to his place, where barney greeted me with his usual assault bark and cannonball charge. we set the splitter up, ran out of gas, and since the battery in his grocery getter was dead, we postponed (tho i offered to fetch a can from home)... |
...but he did still need a hand moving this terminal slab, final remnant of a run of 18-foot 1x6s, which he pulled and stacked all by himself, a formidable feat at any age. he asked me to steady the ladder and, climbing to the cab, grumbled how he used to pride himself on being completely self-reliant. time comes for us all, i replied unhelpfully. as i hooked the strap on the shackle, i thought about all the dangerous jobs in the world and the people who face them on a daily basis. then i put my trust in bill's sure hands as he swung the bucket around... |
