Monday, April 6, 2020

Val, the Pale Recluse Hider

With my activities curtailed, I have no bait to lure you into my web. I'll just have to snag you as you wander by. Don't struggle! Skim through, and you're out. Don't want to end up like that Mary character, cocooned in the lair, in Aliens! The one who was still alive, and said,
"Kill meee..."

Now that we're on stay-at-home-down here in Backroads, I have only ventured out once since Thursday. That was to get the mail at the end of the gravel road. It's a mile, a dusty, uneven-footing mile, so I drove T-Hoe. Didn't see a soul. Not man nor beast.

After fetching my hard-of-hearing junk mail, I sat in T-Hoe with the windows down, listening to the babbling brook/cackling creek. Spring is in the air. It was a beautiful day to be out, though I couldn't be OUT, out. So I went back home, descended to my dark basement lair, and started working on my taxes. They're DONE!

Sure, I could go outside. We have 20 contiguous acres around our hillbilly mansion. However, if I'm not leaving the house every day for a trip to town, it doesn't enter my mind to go outside. The poor dogs have gone treatless, even though their tray of grease bread sits on the counter by the kitchen door. If the sun pops out, I'll try to get out on the porch, at least.

Not much to report about here, until I do my grocery shopping. I'd planned to go Monday, but yesterday's notice about Country Mart limiting the number of people in the store has me considering a reschedule for Thursday, when I get out to mail the boys' letters. Country Mart is never very busy, but this notice will probably make people flock there! I have no desire to wait in line to get inside.

I hope Hick does something interesting or irritating this week. For YOUR sake!

12 comments:

  1. I thought you country people spent hours outside, whittling on a porch rocker with a piece of straw in your mouth.

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    1. Heh, heh! We only use the straw until we're done whittlin' our corn cob pipe. With corn cobs in short supply lately, I've been staying inside.

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  2. Someone throw a country rock/cow chip at Joeh!

    Even tho we city folk don't have a rocker and straw, we are pretty leisure. If we were in the country, there would be places to wander.

    Should I mail some pennies to you?

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    1. The way my mail has been going lately, the pennies would be returned to you after six weeks, saying my address was unknown. But thanks for the offer, it's the thought that counts!

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  3. The dogs have gone treatless?? Oh such cruelty...

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    1. They got treated today! By HICK! Only because I TOLD him to. They were scattered in hiding while he was mowing. I told him that if they followed him to the porch after he put away the mower, to give them half of the grease bread on the counter. Some is missing. So either Hick followed directions, or he had a hankerin' for grease bread!

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  4. Friend ordered chicken on line, the store wanted to substitute turkey tails! I think we will eat cereal and when the milk drains dry, we will eat dry cereal.

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    1. I didn't know turkey tails were a thing! Around here, we've always eaten dry cereal. Now I want some Honey Nut Cheerios...

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    2. I did not accept any turkey tails!! We are cardiac patients, we are not allowed fat and skin! I saw they had turkey NECKS for $4 a pound. What the what, people!

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    3. I have adjusted the record to show that you REFUSED the turkey tails. That's kind of expensive, $4 for necks which are mostly BONES! I guess they could work in turkey-and-dumplings...

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