Pigsty
March 15th, 2026Good goat times today. A lovely day out. Morning fog slowly burned away by the sun. I do believe we got above 10C/50F. Not as beautiful a deep blue sky as last week, but the sunshine was great. I opened my coat! Sure, I had a sweater and a blouse underneath. But first time with open coat this year.
Jeanette had a trailer full of branches for the goats, so they were happy with that. They were also happy to go on a little ‘spring break’. They ran out of the gate while Jeanette was hauling branches into the pen. So the goats got a minute or two of running around in the free, before we got them rounded up and back in their pen.
Jeanette remarked that, as I have noticed too, Sky seems to be getting more confident. She’s butting heads with the big girls more and more. She will still eventually run away, and she’ll often leave when they get near. But it does feel like she is becoming more confident. I would love so much if she could just stand her ground and earn their respect and they could gel into one cohesive unit. I don’t know if that will happen, but it’s at least good to see her more confident and standing up for herself more.
We had a bunch of visitors too. Sweet kids in the pen, feeding and petting the goats. One boy was fascinated by the goats’ ears. Kept saying they had ears. And one of his adults said “yes, and you have lovely ears too”. And the boy came over to me and we were petting Sky and he was saying she had nice ears, and he told me that he had ears too. Haha. Sweet kid.
Lovely sunny goat times. And now it’s time for some soup. And let me just check, yes I have ears too!
9/3 2026
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A foggy morning, but the sun burned through.
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9/3 2026
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I carried 3 more shelves to the goats today. Probably not a smart thing to do, after hurting my back. But I did it anyway. The ones I took last time were the heaviest, these were a little lighter. And my back has gotten better the last few days. So I think I’ll be fine. Six down, three more to go. Then I can start to figure out where to put them.
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9/3 2026
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Spring break! The goats got out of the pen. Thankfully they didn’t hijack a van and head for the hills.
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9/3 2026
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I hope Luna didn’t leave any “presents” for visitors. Hey, it’s not often she gets a chance to dance on a table!’
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9/3 2026
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Hi Sky! ..and open coat!
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9/3 2026
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I am an AI art.
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10/3 2026
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Sigh. Got about an hour on the bike today.
The reason I am not sure is that I had a lackout. Damn. I was hoping that I wouldn’t get anymore of those. It’s been a month since the last one. I thought quitting that supplement that I was suspecting, thought that had stopped it.
So that’s not great. I had been on the bike for about 50 minutes, was going into the ten minute slowdown before getting into the hardest part of the exercise. And then I started getting that feeling that I get before blackouts. That weird light-headedness and feeling of deja vue, the youtube video sounds in my head. And then.. sometime later I am back in my head. I was still on the bike, at least I didn’t fall off. I wonder if I kept biking..
And that feeling of being lost, not knowing exactly when it is and what I was doing and what I’m supposed to be doing. Like being lost in a maze in your own head. And slowly finding your way back. Okay, it’s Tuesday. You were exercising. You saw the goats yesterday. You need to stretch. Take a shower.
It’s a scary feeling, because you can’t help worrying that you have lost your mind forever. But the pieces fall back together in place little by little.
I know I have to go to the doctor about this at some point. I just.. don’t want to. Sigh.
I don’t know what triggered it today. It’s never happened on the bike before. I did recently re-start taking a supplement that I had stopped taking in the past. But it’s just turmeric/curcumin. I can’t imagine that would cause this. But I’m going to stop taking it again. It’s the only thing I can think of that I have been doing differetly.
Measure my blood sugar and it was a little bit high, but nothing out of the ordinary.
I don’t know. This wasn’t what I was hoping for today.
10/3 2026
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If you want to see an arial view of my neighbourhood, here is a photo.
My building is the second from the left in the middle row of buildings, with the ‘golden gate’ in the building where the road runs through it.
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10/3 2026
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Through the darkness of future past, Lasse longs to see.
10/3 2026
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goatlog
11/3 2026
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Got an hour and a half on the bike today. Back on track. No incidents today. Just tired legs. Muscles. I need to be more diligent about stretching. I also feel a little.. off. In the head. Not quite myself yet after yesterday, I guess.
But good biking. Weight down to the lowest since last July, so it’s going quite well. I don’t like to say nice things about myself, but I do am able to work hard at this fitness thing when properly motivated. I put in time and energy and get some results. So I got that going for me.
Keep on plugging along. Plug in and drop out.
And so on and so forth.
11/3 2026
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Sky’s keeping an eye on the visitors, you never know if some of them might carry treats.
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11/3 2026
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🎶 I can show you the world. It’s over there in the toilet, because we’ve gone and spoiled it. We need a WHOLE NEW WORLD. A new fantastic place to live 🎵
11/3 2026
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go to your brother, kill him with your gun, leave him lying in his uniform, dying in the sun. War! Never been so much fun.
11/3 2026
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Good goat times today. A lovely day with a good deal of sunshine. Not the bluest of skies, but quite nice. For the first time this year I left my sweater at home. Still the coat and a blouse, but nearer my spring to thee.
I did some physical labour today. First I dragged the last 3 shelfboards up to the playground. All 9 done. And then I got to work making something.
I wanted to put something out in front of the hatch in the goat house. The little exit window. There’s often a lot of mud there, and though there were a couple of pavement tiles directly underneath the exit there, they would very often get covered in dirt and mud and hay that fell out from inside.
So I thought maybe it would be nice to have a little wooden platform to step out on there.
I don’t know if it was the best idea to start that on the same day that I carried boards. I may have wrecked my back further. Lots of standing in awkward positions, leaning down, digging. I dug up the two pavement tiles. I also had to tear up a pretty heft root in the ground. Dig some more space for the boards.
Anyway. I don’t know how well it will work. If it will stay put. If it will be nicer to step out on. Bella and Luna seemed to like it okay after I was done. Don’t know if it was the best use of boards, we’ll just have to see how it works out. Got 7 more boards to use for something else.
I’ll show you pictures in a bit.
Other than that, i got some nice relaxing in the sunshine. Handed out some snacks. We had a couple of visitors too who got to feed the goats. Our usual school crowd didn’t come today though. As Jeanette said, it would have been nice to know that before she started up the campfire! Oh well.
I got some real dirty fingers too, I was literally digging in the ground not just with a shovel, but also my hands. Trying to tuck mud in to get the boards to sit securely. Just call me Muddy Hands Henriksen. Actually, don’t.
Gonna get me shome shoup nowsh.
12/3 2026
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Here’s a look at what I did today. Nothing spectacular, don’t know how well it will last or if it will make any difference or if it was worth the back-breaking work I put into it, haha.
Top part is the before bit. Bella standing on the pavement tiles. They were good, but they were almost always covered in earth and hay. It has pretty much been a set routine for me when I get there to try and clear it from all the dirt.
Bottom part is the new thing. Maybe I should have used 3 of the same types of boards. The last one is a little different. But once it’s all weather worn it will probably all look the same. Kept one pavement tile on top, so they can step out on that and hopefully help grind their hooves down. Yeah yeah. Maybe this isn’t the best use for them, but I still have 6 boards to make something else with.
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12/3 2026
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Here’s Luna, giving the new exit platform a test run.
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Sky and Bella enjoying the sunshine.
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12/3 2026
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While I was working on the new stuff yesterday, the goats were enjoying the sunshine. You can see Luna on the side of the hill in her puppy pose. And I do believe it’s Sky sitting on top of the hill. And I do think you can spy Bella working on branches on the right side of the photo. Leaving me to do the hard work. It’s a goat’s life.
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13/3 2026
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I would like some marzipan pig bacon, please.
13/3 2026
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This is me when the pizza box is empty.
13/3 2026
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Huh. Judging by the two (2) comments so far on my pig post, the marzipan pig may actually just be a Danish thing?
I thought it was a thing everywhere.
the marcipan gris.
Or maybe it’s just oink.
13/3 2026
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” I believe we are in crisis. The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”
14/3 2026
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I was supposed to exercise today. But I do not. Am not. Will now. Hey, it’s my birthday weekend! Taking some time to relax. I have been working hard. I am going to order pizza today. Possibly, maybe, for the last time, before that portal shuts down? We’ll see. But I will enjoy myself some of that. Get back to work next week.
No plans for the big day tomorrow. My parents invited me to cake and hot chocolate, but that would conflict with my diet and.. social gatherings just aren’t my thing. I feel comfortable enough around my family, but a social gathering, especially with me as the cause of it, that is still awkward. So I’m going to sit home alone, that’s more my style.
Still not feeling quite myself, in my head. But. Who are ourselves anyway? Maybe we were different people all along. You never know how many personalities are hanging out back there behind the frontal lobe. Or the back lobe. Or one of the side lobes. How many lobes do we have? What even is a lobe? Is it or is it not like a lobster and why am I still writing?
Okay, so that’s what that is. A couple of relaxing days and spoiling myself a little. The next couple of weeks I have someone coming over to check my heater (maybe I can finally start see how much heating I’m using) and a doctor’s visit and another museum visit with Helle. So there’s stuff to do. Hope you’re all enjoying your weekend.
14/3 2026
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Trying to keep a straight face, with Bella.
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14/3 2026
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I think I dozed off in a little pizza coma. Or a nap, as you may call it if you’re less dramatically inclined.
14/3 2026
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Watched another Bowie documentary. “Finding Fame”. This really dove into some of the stuff I talked about the other day, Bowie as a kid, the upbringing, early music career, people in his life. Very interesting to me. What he was like before becoming the global icon. That stuff is fascinating to me. I wonder how many little Bowies are walking aroud now and never finding the random chance, the proper path to fulfilling their potential. Were we all little potential Bowies, do these icons have something special or do we all have something special that just doesn’t come to fruition, and how many of us are secretly (maybe even to ourselves) aliens or cyborgs, YOU TELL ME.
Sorry, may still be on a pizza nap high.
14/3 2026
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Forty Eight. 48. Have to check every year, am I really that old? 78 to 26, yes it adds up to 48. Do I still have a babyface? If I have the filterglasses and cap on I probably still do? And I still barely feel like an adult. Certainly not a capable and responsible adult. But hey, here I am. Two years away from 50. Of course with all the wars and the impending arrival of interdimensional beings, who knows if the world will still stand in two years.
Anyway, I may order pizza again. Once I let go, I fall hard. But next week I’ll get back to hard work. Today I’ll relax and try to enjoy the day. Just a quiet reflection on the duality of man and the adverserial prospects of modern life version classic values. Sorry, I just farted.
Love you all, thank you so much for being with me, if you are. Here and beyond, I love you all. Whether I’m myself or someone else. If these thoughts are my own or they are other people’s thoughts like worms digging in through my ears. Whoever I am, I’m someone. We all are, until we’re not. And we’ll all be the same in the end.
Now someone shut me up!
15/3 2026
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As many times before, I have to say a big thank you to Helle. Look, I got presents! A plant. This may sound crazy, but I don’t think I have ever owned a plant before. How much gruel do I have to feed it every day?!
I hope I can keep it alive haha.
And a pig! I have to admit, I laughed out loud when I unpacked it. Inspired by my marzipan pig post. Thankfully I didn’t try to take a bite out of it, because it is a concrete pig. Fits in well in our concrete buildings! Also a lovely card and a nice piece of bread. So lovely and thoughtful.
And I am just touched that she is so mindful of my quirks and deficiencies. She put them outside my door and sent me a message that they were there. I really appreciate that. I don’t like people unexpectedly ringing my doorbell. I don’t like unannounced visitors. I barely like announced visitors! Of course if it was Helle I would not be mad. But I really appreciate that she is so thoughtful. I’ll be seeing her soon because she’s taking me to see the new(ish) exhibit at the museum. Yeah getting to know Helle was one of the best things that happened to me over the last year of my life, it sure helped me through a lot.
Thank you, Helle! And to everyone else who is making me feel so loved today.
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15/3 2026
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Getting ready to shut it down for today.
Thank you everyone for making it a special day. I feel all the love. One ysr older and deeper in debt to you all. I have tried to reply to every birthday message, you never know with fb’s algorithm. Hopefully I’ll catch any that I missed later.
It was a complicated year in my life, hopefully this next one will be simpler. We’ll see.
Thank you for thinking of me. I always default to hinking that no one cares about me, and you always prove me wrong. I appreciate it.
Love you alls!
15/3 2026
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That’s all for now.