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I hate to run in cold rainy weather, but I must. Need to get back to 10K again at least 3 times a week. 20 or 30 miles a week seems to be what I need to feel good, anything less creates guilt. We don't get much snow here in TN, but the cold damp rain is almost worse, yet not as bad as a...
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Need to get busy in the vineyard, lots of digging, weeding, and pruning to do. No rush I guess, have all winter. Fruit trees need to be pruned this Winter too, but not yet. I also need to learn the fine art of grafting, I have a derelict pear tree that needs some new genes. The ones it has are lazy and only produces every...
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Greeting the little creatures of the night, I will send them home with handfuls of sugar, food coloring and many unknown harmful additives. If I give them apples and oranges and Kiwis they will discover how peculiar I really am, must maintain the illusion of normality as boring as it is. I would prefer to give them a glass of Chardenay, maybe too dry for...
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Deathly quiet out there, where be all the real people?

Mo rain, hot cold hot cold, heat in the morning, AC in the afternoon, think I'll just sleep with the windows open. This strange weather makes the cats nervous too. Glad we have pet doors, 'cause a cat, according to T.S. Elliot, is always on the wrong side of the door. Don't know what they complained about before doors. We probably would be allot better...
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Cold, dark, damp, and miserable yesterday, today's lookin' allot better. Had to turn on the heat tho, Summer's over I fear.

The little Chardonnays, Merlots, and Pinots are all tucked in for the winter. Got the new roof on the barn and the lights inside. Maybe start shining on the old cars this Winter, my babies are getting dusty and rusty.

Need to mow my...
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Jumped back into the stock market, bought some Chinese natural gas stock. See if I can get some of our money back, apparently it's all over there, can't find out who has any here. I go for the under $5 stuff 'cause it changes quickly so you can get in let it zoom and bail before it falls again. It's all about %age, price doesn't...
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Gonna be a long wait for the stock market to revive. In the meantime I'm workin' hard in the vineyard. Lots of holes to dig for trellis', it'll be a few more months before the pruning starts. Next season I may start to see some grape production, a few of the Merlots look really good. Chardanays are a little slower tho, Pinot Gris slower yet....
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Just sittin', waitin' for the stock market to drop again so I can buy back in and become a millionaire. I was close once but Dubya fixed that. I think slick Willy helped too. Plenty of blame to go around, probably half my fault too, shoulda' worked 18/7 instead of just a mere 15/6.

Made a great stock market decision this morning, I got OUT.