Inside The Perimeter

As we are now in May, European soccer leagues are concluding. Everyone’s “favorite” Welsh team, Wrexham, collapsed at the end and finished one place lower than promotion possibility; their run of consecutive seasons getting promoted has come to an end. My favorite German team, Werder Bremen, needs at least a tie in one of their final two games to stay above the relegation places in the top-flight Bundesliga. Unless I find a bargain price, this will be my last year of paying to watch Bundesliga, even if Werder Bremen remains in the top league.

Wee Little Farm has already had some success and failure this year. I’ve successfully eaten a lot of lettuce, and some blackberries. However, my leeks never grew large and have already bolted. My potato plants look good, so I am anticipating eating boiled potatoes later this year.

Wordle: five, my starter was ANISE. I’ve gotten to the point with Wordle that I’m disappointed with anything over a three, and I have been disappointed a lot recently.

Wee Little Farm has the cutest little bunny rabbit, who I’d like to evict as soon as possible. As I am not into killing, I will try to fend it off and dissuade it from making WLF its personal buffet.

While I don’t think that I will be selected, I have put my name on the waitlist for a growing plot at Red’s Farm. I would love to have another growing space, even though it’s one which admittedly bring a new set of challenges with it.

Wordle: four, my starter was OPIUM

Unfortunately I think the time has come for me to start shopping for a new television. Time was I used to love to shop for new toys, now I don’t. Maybe if I didn’t spend a fortune on a new roof this year I’d feel differently. The reason I may be back in the TV market is that the tv on which I watch nearly all of my content is starting to display a darkened splotch across the middle of its screen. This is one of those issues that once you see, is nearly impossible to unsee. The good news, if there is good news, is that a TV comparable to the one that I currently own, only costs about the same amount of money as one night’s stay in Greenville. I don’t see myself buying a new TV prior to BRAG, so I will either have to “suffer”, or, read more?

Wordle: four, my starter was SPADE

It’s Cinco de Mayo and I believe that I will be breaking with tradition by going to the Tuesday Night (née Meltons) ride instead of an Irish pub. BRAG starts in a little more than three weeks, and I need the saddle time.

This morning I’m going to CHaRM in order to rid my house and carport of some cardboard, glass, and styrofoam. It’s far from enough, but I am finally starting to chip away.

As of now my 2026 calendar is starting to fill up fast. It appears as if I will be “vacationing” in Greenville, SC in November. I will be attending a wedding, and between travel, food, drink, hotel room, and gift, I will be spending at least $1000 for the weekend. Hotel rooms in downtown Greenville are probably as cheap/expensive as any city, but it’s more than I’d ordinarily spend for a place to sleep.

Wordle: five, my starter was HABIT

What do I do when Life hands me leftover gochujang chicken thighs? Make a bastardized jambalaya using them! I had all of the other ingredients necessary to make jambalaya, so it was just a matter of adjusting the cooking time to account for fully-cooked chicken instead of raw chicken. And you know what? It worked! (I’m also missing a chunk of my thumb due to poor knife skills. This is your reminder to be better than me.)

And then yesterday morning, after putting the corned beef into the crockpot, I made chicken and waffles using the last of my gochujang chicken thighs and some bacon I cooked earlier.

I would have ridden a bicycle to the mushroom market at Wild Heaven west side yesterday, but the goddamn Beltline is still closed west of Boulevard. I might start calling it the Beltlie from here on out. After meeting some friends at Holy Taco for brunch I decided not to drive to Wild Heaven either since I didn’t want to spend any more money.

My corned beef and cabbage dinner last night was great. I used WLF onions in the crockpot, and then on a whim I baked rolls to go with the beef, onions, carrots, cabbage, and potatoes.

Wordle: five, my starter was STAGE. I think my Wordle play is getting worse!

It’s May Day, so I will do my traditional listening to Jonathan Colton’s “First of May”. If you partake, recall that it is far from “safe for work”.

Instead of walking up to East Atlanta Village for the weekly farmers market I stayed at home and cooked dinner. I had some cheesy grits, so I made some gochujang fried chicken thighs in the air fryer. The marinade in which I marinated the chicken turned out to be very salty (from the soy sauce, I presume) so the blandness of the grits was a welcome companion.

A busy weekend is ahead for me. Today im driving to Marietta to buy alcohol and exchange that for my BRAG-ready bicycle. I’m volunteering with Concrete Jungle tomorrow, and then going to a mushroom market at Wild Heaven Brewery west side on Sunday.

Wordle: four, my starter was SOUPY

It’s the final day of April? Blimey!

All I seemed to accomplish yesterday was come to the conclusion that none of my pepper seedlings are ready to replace the dead pepper plants I transplanted last week. Dangen! I noticed that we will be getting a few chilly mornings (below 50°F) next week, so it may not be that big of a deal?

I had considered getting out on my bar bike for a spin yesterday, but the day got away from me. Were I not delivering something to Trees Atlanta this morning I may have considered riding a bike to my volunteer shift at 9am.

Wordle: five, my starter was SLIDE

Rain, rain, what few crops are in Wee Little Farm at the moment will survive! I am also trying to capture some in order to pour it into my now-empty rain barrels.

Yesterday I did something I thought I’d never do. After dropping my bike off at ITP-Reader Barb’s, I drove to Schoolhouse Brewing to pick up my four pack and left without drinking a beer. Hangovers are ruthless!

Wordle: three*, my starter was MARSH
(I accidentally didn’t play in Hard Mode)

Wee Little Farm is off to a struggling start. For some reason four of the six pepper plants I put out last week he died. That’s annoying, especially since these were plants I purchased at Lowe’s, which means that they cost me more money than the priced of a seed and compost. Hopefully the seeds I planted a few weeks ago will continue to grow, and all won’t be lost.

I wish I could understand why certain critters do the damage they do. I went out to Wee Little Farm the other morning to find all of the little tree seedlings in one of my pots either eaten away, or pulled from the soil.

Wordle: four, my starter was MARSH

Because I’ve been receiving mysterious password reset emails for this blog I’ve had to add another layer of “security” by enabling two factor authentication for my accounts. If in the future no updates occur, or if you get automatically get taken to some betting/porn website, you know I’ve been hacked and my efforts have been for naught.

I think that I am late, but over the weekend I planted the pecans I was keeping in the refrigerator to pots. Though I doubt that I will be planting any more trees at the ITP Estate, I am hoping someone will want the trees I have been growing from seed this year.

On Saturday I attended the GA Tech baseball game and witnessed the team’s greatest comeback. When the rain started in the second inning, causing a delay, GA Tech was down 10-0; they wound up winning the game 14-11.

Wordle: three, my starter was SLIDE