Contemplation From A Mountain Man  potato left    Living on our
little homestead on the side of a mountain is a great way to
live. There are abundant deer plus other wild animals. Yesterday
morning Carol had to make a grocery trip to town and as she was
leaving for town just down the road from our house a mountain
lion (very large mountain lion according to her) crossed the
road in front of her.  Where there are deer there are usually
mountain lions nearby and we have lots of deer.   Those are  the
really great things about living off by ourselves on the side of
our mountain.  There are downsides also.  One of which is that
last night a pack rat chewed the tops off my potato plants ‘on
our deck’ so that only the stems are left.  I will try to save
the tub of potatoes but I suspect he will return tonight and
finish the job.   The other draw back is that living so rural
where there are no close neighbors gives a mountain man time to
think more than would be available in different circumstances. 
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