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Sometimes, it’s all I have to work with! December 10th & 17th Farm Report (2025).

Do you trust your instincts? Unless I'm suffering from a particularly bad day of anti-anxiety or PTSD drug withdrawal, my gut feelings or instincts are the best tool I have with judging weird situations. If a group of people just feel wrong, if someone is giving me bad vibes, if something seems too good to … Continue reading Sometimes, it’s all I have to work with! December 10th & 17th Farm Report (2025).

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A question I react strongly to. And My October 17-24/25 Rock Report.

PN explains why ARE YOU BUSY is his most hated question. He summarizes the activities completed on the STUDIO to make it viable.

Are AI-Generated Images Fooling Us? July 19/25 update.

I want to remind my acquaintances about the risks of trusting news ads on social media. CBC posted the following tab on their home page: https://cbchelp.cbc.ca/hc/en-ca/articles/217731317-Is-this-CBC-story-or-ad-on-social-media-real My last blog post contained an AI-generated image of a black cat repairing a photovoltaic panel using some mysterious pipes and valves. The program DID capture the cat's fur... … Continue reading Are AI-Generated Images Fooling Us? July 19/25 update.

Meditation and rock farming! July 12-14/25 update.

PN shares the latest dramas happening at the off-grid rock farm on the North Bruce Peninsula. PN shares the strategies he uses to increase this quality-of-life.

North American Politics, Sunday Rock Report.

Do you need a break? From what? The idiotic news cycle. I’m off-grid, yet I still catch myself doom-scrolling the usual news outlets. I can't tell whether the United States is descending into civil war and/or enjoys making a fool of itself on the world stage, with a broken political system. Did the 2020 pandemic … Continue reading North American Politics, Sunday Rock Report.

September 25, 2026: PV (Photovoltaic) System update.

That featured image was AI developed. "a picture of a black cat wiring up a solar panel" Result: odd. Yep, a keeper.