HeyJaredA Good Spot
A documentation of what will surely be a long process of building an animal sanctuary. From dreaming through all the uncertainties to, hopefully, the creation of a good spot where animals and humans can find a bit of peace.
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A Learning Bench (opens the original)
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It feels so good to do even the smallest action that means one step closer to the goal.This is the third post in a three-post series. Here are the first and second ones, you know, ICYMI:Building my building skillsSince visiting the new physical manifestation of A Good Spot a couple weeks ago, I have planning, scheming, and working. And I made a thing!!The goal is to get the yurt up next spring/summer. The yurt needs a platform, essentially a round deck, to stand
Animals (opens the original)
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This is the second post in a three-post series. Here’s the first:As Molly the Aussie wandered, but not too far, into A Good Spot, H listed the wild animals in the area he had direct knowledge of: coyotes, deer, and bear were to be expected but the sightings of moose, mountain lions, and wolves (or their prints and/or scat) were a surprise to me. I don’t know why, because I should have expected them, but I guess hearing that they are leaving their leavings within yards of my ersatz driveway made
A Physical Beginning for A Good Spot (opens the original)
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Dreams are weird. They transform themselves and they transform the dreamer. Mine is going through a major transformation right now.A Good Spot has turned a corner from fantasy to physical: three acres in the Upper Peninsula, not far from Little Girl’s Point (a county park on Lake Superior), on a paved road (don’t laugh, pavement is never a given), of undeveloped land has been acquired by yours truly. When it appeared on Zillow at the beginning of July, I drove up, met an awesome real estate agen
Uša (opens the original)
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This is a brief encomium to my dog, Uša.As I write these words, he is under my desk, lying on his bed, with one paw on my foot. He just finished chewing on a bone and now is going to take a little snooze. He does this every day as I work at my desk.<img
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