70 bar steady 30.13 0mpn SSE dew-point 62 sunrise 6:16 sunset 8:17 Lughnasa
Full Corn Moon moonrise 2014 moonset 0554
“Mistakes are at the very base of human thought … feeding the structure like root nodules. If we were not provided with the knack of being wrong, we could never get anything useful done.” – Lewis Thomas
Had to call the generator guys yesterday. Our Kohler should exercise itself every two weeks, Tuesdays at 11:00 AM. It has not done that since installation. It works, we know that because it turned on during a power outage in June. The exercise cycle, however, is how we know it works in between storms. A fail safe. They had a reason this time, like they had the last time. This time use during an outage kicks it off the exercise cycle, “A problem Kohler refuses to recognize.” The first time it was air in the gas line. Maybe so both times, but I want it to do what we paid a hefty sum to do and that includes letting us know it works, all the time. Otherwise, come an outage we may have no power and an expensive lump of metal and wires to help us enjoy the darkness and the heat.
Today and tomorrow and Monday are prep days for the herds migration out to our place. Groceries. Garden spruce up. Hydroponics restart. Decluttering the living room and kitchen. That sort of thing.
Kate’s last two years of medicine are not the gentle glide down to a soft landing and out I wish they could be. Her style of practice and the newer, corporate style do not mesh; the gears grind and jump. It means she’s under pressure to see more patients, see more adults and smile doing it. She needs a union, at best she will get out with her dignity intact.
We have, however, set ourselves on a pleasant and substantial path here at home. We have expanded food production here this year and will expand again next year and possibly the year after that. There are energy capture projects I have in mind and much more to learn from the disciplines of permaculture and horticulture. She has her sewing and quilting; I have writing and politics. Together, too, we have the kids, the grandkids and the dogs. She will be here longer than she will be at work.
