Inside The Perimeter

I am so bad at predicting on what day to buy gas. I could have bought gas on Wednesday for $3.89/gallon; yesterday when I arrived at Kroger it was $3.99/gallon. Also, gas is still around $4/gallon. #SoMuchWinning

I’m also losing things, of which weight is not one. Recently there have been three items that I have lost, nothing serious, but since I don’t have a history of losing/misplacing things it’s frustrating the hell out of me.

This weekend is Chattahooligans Training Camp in Thomson, GA — cycling, beer drinking, Blind Willie McTell Music Festival with Los Lobos headlining, many laughs — I am excited. I’m less excited to see that this weekend will probably be the first weekend in forever that we get consecutive days of rain.

Keeping an eye on the sky, and fingers off my keyboards. Have a pleasant weekend.

Wordle: three, my starter was USAGE

I need to put a PostIt note on the bathroom mirror that reads “Remember you are ate beets” so that I don’t freak out the next day after doing so.

I went out to see if I captured a bottle full of condensation at 7pm last night, I had not. What I discovered was how dry Wee Little Farm was and how some of the plants were near death. So, even though it’s supposed to rain this weekend I decided to set the sprinklers to run this morning.

I have a penchant to make my own sausages. I keep researching meat grinders, eschewing the notion to buy a meat grinder attachment for my fancy-pants KitchenAid mixer. I may have already purchased a meat grinder if I had stopped reading Amazon comments… And the I talked myself into buying a lesser-powered model from a manufacturer called LEM, but as I went to look at it online again the lesser-power model disappeared from Amazon. Weird. At 61 will I spend more on a grinder, and maybe even a sausage stuffer, than I will spend on sausages the rest of my life? Most likely, yes. Oh, and with a decent meat grinder I will also be able to bring my own beef for burgers, meatloaves, etc. #TradMan

Wordle: four, my starter was SWIPE

It’s amazing how only one metro-Atlanta Home Depot seems to sell Pro Mix soil, and not even the potting mix I was hoping to purchase. That Home Depot is on Lawrenceville Highway, which made my trek from it to Marietta that much more frustrating. But I managed.

I also managed to get haircut, shop at two Goodwills, shop at Nam Dae Mun (no, I will not call it “NDM Market”), meet ITP-Reader Sal at Schoolhouse, and make it back inside the perimeter before 3pm, where I promptly sacked out.

Apple is having their annual iPhone announcement event today at 1:00pm ET. Since I’m not in the market for anything I may not dedicate the time to watch it in real time…

Wordle: three, my starter was KLUTZ

Yesterday I pulled out a bag of coffee from my cupboard and saw something I hadn’t seen recently, a bag containing twelve ounces of coffee instead of eleven! Bought in Hendersonville, NC last Fall, this bag probably only cost me $8 as well. You remember those days, right? The days before Captain Tariff started shooting off his mouth again and enacting asinine trade laws with all the other countries around the world with swipes of his pen?

Today I will be at Schoolhouse Brewing at noon for BOGO beer and to claim my free four-pack, and I will not be denied!

Wordle: four, my starter was FELON

Here’s hoping that you do not have to labor this Labor Day. I will be laboring in Wee Little Farm, but that’s a hobby and not a job.

Yesterday I made a new-to-me jambalaya recipe, this one from the book “The Southern Pantry Cookbook”, which is was very different from the Emeril Lagasse version I’ve made many times previously. Was it better or worse? Neither, just different. One of the satisfying things about this recipe is that it called for tomato sauce, for which I used a jar of sauce I made a few weeks ago.

Wordle: two, my starter was DRUPE

Wordle: four, my starter was COUGH

Doing a double volunteer shift today: Trees Atlanta early morning, Concrete Jungle late afternoon.

Wordle: three, my starter was CLAIM

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Wordle: four, my starter was DAILY

Last night marked the return of Monday Night Dinner and a Movie. I made “Braised Chicken with Mushrooms and Grits” from the book “The Southern Pantry Cookbook” by Jennifer Chandler, and followed that with a viewing of “In Bruges”.

Wordle: four, my starter was URINE. Talked myself out of the correct solution.

Don’t look now, but after today eight months of 2026 are history; that’s two-thirds of the year.

I’m ready for the heat to go away. It’s so hot that I rarely go outside after noon.

I did force myself to walk to WLF@UFO yesterday afternoon in order to water. I was rewarded with two large, ripe tomatoes on my plants! I also picked up some wire shelving that was being thrown out by somebody and lugged it home. This shelving is useful as trellises in Wee Little Farm.

Wordle: FAIL, my starter was TIRED