I need a task at sugar cube corner my blind protagonist can do besides washing dishes. I have a few ideas, but I wanna throw this question out to those that have stuck around this long.

After two months I finally got things moving. I'll be taking amtrak down to florida to get away from my father who's being an ocean of negativity, and my sister who's not exactly the most pleasant of people. I'll be headed toward a trailer my family owns, where I'll have internet, food, and peace and quiet.

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For those not in the know, (and even I didn't know until a few days after it happened) a train carrying 100,000 gallons of Vinyl Chloride, Phosgene gas, and other chemicals derailed in East Palastine, Ohio. The EPA and other services are trying to clean up the mess, but the volatile nature of Vinyl Chloride required them to burn the chemicals in a dug out trench. The ohio news chose to bury the story for a few days, and have been giving conflicting information. Fish and animals have been dying,

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Things are finally settling down.

I FINALLY got the money out of paypal despite their numerous attempts to stonewall me. I have my new computer, and work on Lord Barleycorn has begun in earnest again. Best of all, the christmas season is far behind us and my family's put the drama back in the box for next year's holiday season.

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Yes, I live.

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So just got back from my buddy who knows computers. We both thought it was a hard drive issue but it turned out to be the motherboard. Because it just started blue screening, restarting, bluescreen, reset, and got into a loop like that. My buddy's helping to search for a refurbished computer that's within my price range.

good news is that I keep my chapters on a google drive so the glacial progress I've made hasn't been lost.

I got the next chapter of lord barleycorn finished at last. Despite a lot of turmoil this spring with my uncle dying and other IRL stuff I finally got this next chapter slotted for proof reading. A few days and it should be ready for uploading.

My uncle passed the other day, early in the morning. But I didn't find out until after working on our tractor and my brother in law showed up. my dad was one of the first told, but he'd forgotten to even mention it to me despite living with him. This afternoon he picked out a new place for our vegetable garden and used gasoline and diesel fuel to kill the grass so I got a 60x20 section that's doing to be a dead, muddy mess for a decade. He's forgetting things, he gets distracted easily... he

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He's on his last leg.

For the past two years he's been in and out of the hospital, his blood sugar spiking up and down, his heart is failing and now the doctors don't think they can restart his heart if he flatlines again.

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Another bleak year comes and goes, but we're gonna make it through it.

Thanks for sticking with me all these years. I wish everyone who follows me a merry Christmas, and a happy new year.