Good goat times today.
It got snowed.
Funny, January 4th last year I went out in the biggest snow storm we’d seen in decades.
It wasn’t quite as bad today. But it was coming down. It was kind of wet snow, might haven been freezing rain or ice coming down. Brrr.
I went out too early, probably wasn’t a good idea. When the winding paths I walk get covered in snow I just can’t see where there is path and where there is… the great wilderness, I assume. There was thankfully a set of footprints that I could mostly follow to stay on the path. I found my way and managed not to fall, so that was good.
All three goats inside when I got there. Sky managed to stay inside mostly, she did not want to get out in the icy rain / snow. A couple of times she had to dart out to avoid one of the bigger girls, but she quickly got inside again. And I got to spend a whole lot of time scratching and cuddling her, while Bella and Luna were eating hay or just hanging around. So that was pretty nice.
Other than that just a quiet day inside. Not a day for playing outside. A good day for soup, though. I need some of that. 6/1 2025
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Brrr. Well we did get a little goating in the snow. First I thought Bella had chased Sky out in the snow. But then they both stayed out for a bit, which surprised me. At this point the downpour had slowed to a trickle, still nto sure if it was snow or ice. But conditions were good enough for the goats to go out for a bit. Except for Luna who stayed inside and chewed her cud. 6/1 2025
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Cold and dark morning. 6/1 2025
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Still watching old episodes of Saturday Night Live, and today I got to the one where Chris Farley interviews Paul McCartney. A true classic. 6/1 2025
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Lots of Sky cuddles today. 6/1 2025
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Got an hour twenty on the bike today. Feels good to be back in the swing of things. With the wind howling outside. I wish it was oh I wish it was spring.
In other news, my brother had his surgery on Monday. Replaced the right side of his hip. It went well and he’s doing fine, should be coming home tomorrow. Hopefully this will help with his pain. Hooves crossed. 7/1 2025
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First verse: It’s too cold.
Second verse, same as the first. 7/1 2025
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Hey hey! Thank you so much CarolAnn Ellis and Debbie Bailey for the christmas cards! Just in time for orthodox christmas and snow. Thank you for thinking of me and giving me a smile! 7/1 2025
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Apparently fb is removing fact checking, so I’d just like to state for the record that I have a 20 inch dong and I shit gold bricks. If you have any questions direct them to my secretary, Kanye West. 7/1 2025
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SnowSky is pretty, no factchecking needed. 7/1 2025
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An American president who won’t rule out military coercion to take control of Danish territory.
No yeah ask me again why someone who isn’t American even cares about American politics. Tell me again to mind my own business. 7/1 2025
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goatlog
8/1 2025
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i dreamt that I was in a continuation of Twin Peaks. Now dreams being dreams I have pretty much forgotten it all. But it was pretty cool.
The souper must awaken. 8/1 2025
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I don’t know, this Tofu Soylent Green just isn’t the same. 8/1 2025
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Hope any friends affected by the fires are okay. That’s some scary stuff. From ice storms to wildfires. Nature can be almost as scary as humans. Hang in there. 8/1 2025
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Good goat times today. Freezing cold, but we got sunshine. That was really good.
And there was less water. The city council maintennance peoples had been by and sucked up water. Jeanette told me they removed 35.000 liters of water! Holy moly. That’s a lotta water. That’s like half a Water World, probably. Not just the bunny house that was flooded.
So that sure helped. Still wet ground in places, but not as bad anymore.
And we had lots of visitors today. The neighbouring school kids came back after the vacation. Lovely to see them all. A couple of the adults that I’ve gotten to somewhat know came and wished me happy new year. And the kids came to see the goats. The visually impaired girl Beren came in. She’s always so happy to pet the goats. Such a sweetheart. And there’s the boy Svend. He’s always sprouting facts. I think it may be some kind of ..mental tick. They are special needs kids. I could hear him telling others about different kinds of cars in the Disney movies Cars. And then he came up to me and told me about them too. I remember a previous day when he went around telling people about what the female versions of animals are called. Like a horse is a mare etc. He’s very nice, when he remembers to close the goat gate.
Jeanette fired up the campfire. And made pancakes for them. And she came over to the fence and gave me half a pancake stuffed with strawberry jam. Oh lorde, I could eat a stack of those. So good.
But yes, a lovely day in the sun with goats and visitors. And then I got home and did an hour on the exercise bike. Have to pay for that half pancake!
And now, it’s about time for soup. 9/1 2025
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Oh look, Mis Fancypants got a new collar. Yes, Luna has been collarless for weeks. I still suspect she buried it somewhere.
I must admit, the old one was cuter. But this will serve its purpose. It’s velco so it’s easy to put on. And this one, I’m going to take home with me when I leave. The collar, not Luna. This collar will just be for when I’m there. Otherwise I’m sure she’d manage to ‘lose’ this one too. But this collar is just to help me basically, to tell them apart easier, and on photos and videos. She’s gotten so big now. And Bella has grown her beard. They look more and more alike. Although if you see them next to each other it’s still usually easy enough to tell them apart. But if I’m looking at just one of them, it can be hard.
I wonder if it glows in the dark.. 9/1 2025
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At breakfast. 9/1 2025
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For the premium subscribers, a blooper reel. 10/1 2025
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Sunshine on Luna. 10/1 2025
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Got an hour thirtyfive on the bike today. But who’s counting. Starting work on losing the weight I gained over the holidays. But the really serious effort won’t start until springtime. Just making sure everything’s under control until then.
I’ve been feeling quite depressed the last few days. The cold is getting to me. But I know I’m lucky compared to many people around the world. Danish weather may not be fun, but it’s rarely dangerous.
Not happy with recent events in the fb administration world. Seems like all the big social media platforms just get worse and worse. But I’m pretty dependent on my fb social system. That’s you guys, in case you were wondering. And of course the goat page. It means a lot to me to have this place. So here we are. 11/1 2025
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For the Kamel fans. She was such a sweetheart. I miss the old place. And the old goats. 11/1 2025
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I think Luna has taken up smoking. 11/1 2025
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I wasn’t planning on spending the night watching craigyferg, but here we are.
Gosh darnedit I miss this show.
Do we have a photo of Paul McCartney?
Balls.
12/1 2025
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🎶 🎵I am a visitor here. I am not permanent
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Sky with her twinbeard heart. 12/1 2025
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Ooh, my snl rewatch has reached the Matt Foley point.
It’s time to get IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER 12/1 2025
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That’s all for now.
I had planned to go see the goats today. But I am still so very tired. Feeling okay other than that, thank the spray. But just deadly tired. Might sleep the rest of the year away. Maybe sleep 2025 away too, why not.
Hopefully the goats are doing okay. I always worry most about them around new year’s. But in the 20 years (can you even believe it) that I have been goating, we’ve never had anything bad happen around new year’s. So hopefully that will ontinue to be the case. And Jeanette and I will be back and we can get back to the good goat routine and hopefully all be happy.
Now I’m going to get me some soup. Soup is better when you’ve been out in the cold, but soup is always good. Soup understands. Soup is the way. 30/12 2024
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Hey hey. Thank you so much Deborah Ladd for the lovely card! You always make such lovely ones. With goats and Jeanette, the good things in life. Happy seasonal time! 30/12 2024
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I have watched the second season of The Lord Of The Rings The Rings Of Power the last few days.
A lot of people talk trash about it but I quite like it. I think it helps that I haven’t actually read Tolkien since I was a kid, or t least young. If you’re Tolkien purist then you’re probably going to be upset at things they get wrong. But I mainly remember LOTR for the Peter Jackson movies now really. And even that is 20 years ago now. And people were upset at the things they got wrong too.
Anyway, The Rings Of Power. The writing isn’t always the best some things are kind of dumb. But it’s fun and cool and I enjoy a big budget Tolkien world.
All that being said, what I wanted to get to was Tom Bombadil. When I read, before the season, that they were going to do Tom Bombadil I thought to myself I thought “Wow, that’s a mistake. That’s going to be a disaster”. But, I think he worked fairly well. Not perfect Tolkien purists probably hate the portrayal. But he’s such a weird character and hard to include, which is why Peter Jackson didn’t have him in his movies.
Noow, I’m getting to the point. What I really appreciated about The Rings Of Power’s depiction of Tom Bombadil was… that he had sheep and goats! In fact his first line in the show is “I see you found the goat”. So, you know. I gotta love that.
It’s funny how my ears perk up whenever there’s goat bleating in a movie or tv show I’m watching. I hear the song of my people. Now why didn’t they make rings for the goats? Three rings for the elves, 7 for the dwarves, 9 for mortal men. YEAH WHAT ABOUT THE GOATS. The lord of the berries.
Okay that is all. 30/12 2024
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I’m thinking of a destination wedding.
The destination is eternal solitude and crushing loneliness. 30/12 2024
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Nothing like a good 13 hour sleep to get ready for a big party.
Pizza and youtube, then? Sounds right. 31/12 2024
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Well, it’s been a year. It certainly has.
Hope you all have a happy New Year’s Eve. Hope all the animals get through okay. I don’t like NYE, the constant explosions, the smell of gunpowder, the noise and ruckuss. It might be my least favourite day of the year. When I was a kid there was a thrill of doing fireowrks, of watching the traditional 90 Ã…rs Fødselsdag short on tv, watching the clock count down.
Now, I only register the midnight because the constant explosions increase to a thundering crescendo, just sitting here hoping nothing hits my apartment, worrying about the goats. I just want it over.
But I hoe you all have a good night.
It’s been a strange year for me in some ways. There are probably 3 major headlines for my year, three things that stand out.
First off, my weight loss. Losing 50 pounds. That was a journey. A fun journey. A satisfying jounrey. Getting down to weight that I have never been close to in my adult life before. From a life of being overweight to being.. close to normal weight. That’s a good feeling. Now I have definitely put on weight over the holidays. And probably more than i should. But so it goes, so it alwys goes. I don’t do new year resolutions, but it is definitely my ambition to first off get my eating back under control. Get back to the exercise scheudle. First the chest/lung thing had me slow down and now I’ve been sickish and lacking in motivation for a week’s time or so. So I need to get back to the proper living. My hope is to drop the weight I’ve put on and then to drop more and get even skinnier. Starting from a position that’s already lighter than i’ve been most of my adult life should make it possible to get even lower. I don’t want to obsess about it, but I’d like to add 10-15 pounds to the 50 lost last year. That’s the hope.
Second major thing of the year has been my father’s health decline. It has been hard to witness. Physiaclly he’s getting weaker and the alzheimer is getting worse. He’s still functioning, still coming over, getting out most days, keeping in good spirits. Accepting of the reality of the situation. But is difficult and draining, and the future is scary. Along with all the health problems of our family in general.
The third is the recent hierarchy change in the goat group. We had a lovely summer with lots of warm and sunny days and just hanging out together. But now things are a lot more complicated. I can’t just sit down with all three goats and relax, now it’s a constant struggle to make sure everyone is included and that Sky still gets her fair share of everything. She’s my special girl and all that I have left of the old days. So she’s my priority. And it just makes things harder. And I hate seeing her having to retreat. Being with the goats is al ot less carefree now, although it is still my source of happiness and wellbeing. Love the goats and so glad to have Jeanette there with us too.
And the world in general? Just continuing down the same path, a world I don’t really want to be a part of. War and fascism and unkindness and depravited. No real hope of any good change any time soon. The worst kinds of people are being empowered. But I won’t ramble on about all that now. You know how I feel.
I am still suffering from a lot of depression and pain. Don’t really want to be here, but here I am. Here we are.
Thank you all for the love and kindness and support, for being there and caring about me and the goats. You help make it bearable. I hope 2025 will bring you good things. Happy New Year. Skål. 31/12 2024
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Well, it’s 2025. So far not a lot to report.
My brother is going to have hip surgery on Monday, if all goes to plan. Hopefully that will go well, he’s been suffering from a lot of pain I know. Let’s hope 2025 will be the end of that.
So far I have spent most of the year napping and watching The Lord Of The Rings. The Fellowship Of The Ring. Watching The Rings Of Power got me in a tolkien mood. I never watched The Hobbit trilogy. So, i’m going to rewatch the Lord trilogy and then watch the Hobbit trilogy. Not in one go of course. I forgot the extended versions were 4 hours long. I don’t have the attention span for that these days! But that’s the nice thing about watching it on the computer. I can pause it and go and check bluesky an watch a dumb youtube video and then go back to the movie.
I’m sure Tolkien purists can find a lot of flaws in the Jackson movies, but I sure do love them. I remember buying the special editions on DVD and drowning in the extra material, loving it all. The music is so wonderful, it looks so wonderful. The cast is wonderful. Ian McKellen’s Gandalf makes me happy. And there are goats in the Shire! Of ourse there would be. It’s funny, The Fellowship Of The Ring came out in 2001. That means the first time I watched it, hearing goats would have meant nothing to me really. In 2001 I didn’t know goats would be the defining thing about the coming decades for me. Back then goats were just another thing. Like fiyr hydrants and apples and people wearing hats and the tingling in your nose before a sneeze. Just another thing that means nothing special unless you’re interacting with it in the particular moment. Now goats are my everything in my thoughts every day. Everything else is unreal and unimportant. I can’t even remember the last time I saw a fire hydrant. Do they still exist at all? Is it all digital now? I don’t know. Pretty sure apples are real. Cos I feed them to goats.
Anyway, I think most people are in 2025 by now? Or just abouts. Hope you’ve all had a safe night. And that the year will bring you good things. May the road take you to good places. 1/1 2025
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Fucks sake.
It didn’t take long for 2025 to do its thing. New year, same shit. So sad for the people in New Orleans. For everyone.
An attack with vehicle and guns. I would not be surprised if they banned cars before guns. In some states it’s probably harder to get a driving license than a gun license.
But on the bright side, it’s not like this will be the last one. Odds are it won’t be the deadliest one.
Not enough informtion out to really say much yet, but that’s not going to stop people politicizing it of course.
Fucking humanity.
Don’t worry, you’ll be safe and have cheap grtoceries soon. As Jesus said, let the worl burn as long as I’m safe.
And so on and so forth.
Ugh. I can’t stand this world. I’ll be in the Shire if you need me. 1/1 2025
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Haven’t been feeling good today.
My sleep rhythm is all whacked out.
And then starting the day with the horribleness in New Orleans.
And I have been in pain since yesterday. My back. It’s different than my usual back pain. Normally that goes away when I sit down or do certain things. But this thing has been persistant. Lower in the back than usual too.
I finally just took some painkillers about an hour ago, and thanfully they helped. After 30 minutes or so I could feel the pain melt away. Such a relief. But hopefully this isn’t a new permanent development. I did a new variant of core exercise before I got up yesterday, it’s the only thing I can think of that might have caused this. Hopefully it will go back to ‘just the regular pain’ soon.
I have also had stomach problems, probably because I’ve been snacking pretty badly yesterday. Oh let’s just celebrate New Year’s with bad food, what could go wrong.
Anyway. I am still lucky compared to many people. Hopefully I will feel okay to go goating soon, i need to see the goats.
Hope you’re all doing okay out there, that you got into the new year safely. Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy new year. As always I’m thankful to have the fb community to keep me, relatively, sane. 1/1 2025
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Good goat times today. I managed to get out. So good to see the goats again. They got over New Year’s just fine, thankfully. And good to see Jeanette back from vacation. She had lots to do today. We’ve had a ton of rain and the bunny house was flooded. There was a big pond in front of the gate to the goat pen too, and in other places. And ice too. It was freezing. Little spots of snow here and there. Brr.
I had to watch out for the ice on my walk there and back. Had a couple of “slipnslide and flail arms to regain balance” moments. And one moment when I slid on some ice and I didn’t realie that the ice kept going, so I skated forward and didn’t know when I’d stop. Thankfully I stayed on my feet.
And other than that not too much going on, just hanging out with the goats and trying to get back into the rhythm of things. Back on track hopefully.
And the track includes soup, so I’m going to slide into a pot of that. 2/1 2025
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It’s getting cold out here. 2/1 2025
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Nice to see the sun coming up. Sorry bout the misty lens. That’s what happens when it’s freezing. 2/1 2025
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Sky watching Jeanette at work. 2/1 2025
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goatlog
3/1 2025
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Did you know that in Danish the book “Dune” is called “Klit”?
They more you now. 3/1 2025
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Bella and two butts. 3/1 2025
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Got an hour on the bike today. Good to get back on that. After a few stops and starts. Had the lung thing, then it was holidays, then I was sick. Always lots of excuses! I’ll do my best to keep a steady routine now. Back to regularly scheduled goat and exercise routine. Back on track, hopefully.
And also soup. Let there be soup. 4/1 2025
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I haven’t mentioned it, but the platform inside fell further down. Something must have given way. Well, I tried raising it back up. You can see on the right I got some pavement tiles stacked. It kinda works. Nice to have the platform a little higher again. I think Jeanette may want to use the blocks for something else though, so I’m not sure if this will be permanent. Bella was checking it out in the top pic. And the bottom one shows how it didn’t take Luna long to use the newly raised platform to get back to standing in the trough along the wall. She loved stepping onto there, but she couldn’t do it when the platform was so low to the ground. 4/1 2025
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Well, I have some really sad news that I have to share. I actually found out before christmas, but I didn’t feel like really dealing with the thoughts over the holidays, and to be honest there was a part of me that wondered if maybe I just shouldn’t tell you. But I know those who care about the goats would want hear the good as well as the bad.
Unfortunately the sweet girl Lily has passed away. Those of you who have been following us since the old place will remember her. She was the mother of Nuller. When we had to leave the old playground, those two and Sassy moved to a new home, to stay with the neighbours of Jeanette. And Jeanette told me the sad news.
They don’t know what the cause was. Sassy and Nuller also got sick or were doing poorly. And the vet couldn’t figure out what was wrong with them. So the new owners eventually packed up the goats and drove to Copenhagen to a specialist place. I appreciate that they did that. We are on the mainland, Jutland, and Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand. The transport there would not be cheap and easy really, it’s not something you’d do if you didn’t really care about their wellbeing. So I’m glad they did that for Sassy and Nuller. Both of them are doing much better now. Nuller apparently had some kind of infection. I am not completely sure of the timeline and details, if Lily passed away and Sassy maybe got depressed over that? I think Sassy was Lily’s mother, but I am not completely sure about that. Anyway, I am not sure if their problems were all connected or if it were individual problems or what. But what I know is that Sassy and Nuller are back at their new home and doing well. And that Lily is unfortunately passed.
It’s so sad. She was a really sweet girl. A great mother to Nuller and always loving. I am not sure how old she was when they came to stay with us in 2019, but I would guess a couple of years. So she would have been around 6 or 7 years old probably when she passed. Much too soon.
I hope she had a good life. I tried my best to give her one while we were together. I still feel awful and selfish for letting the three of them go, but I know that it was not my choice. It was not up to me. It’s just painful to have to say goodbye. And I feel so bad for getting them used to having a crazy human friend showering them with attention and treats, and then taking it away. I believe their new home is a good one where they’re loved and cared for, but I am sure it’s not the same. As with Milo. I hope he is doing well and happy. But I’m sure it’s not the same. And it physically pains me to let that thought in my head. I can’t help but feel I let them down.
I hope the good I do for them makes somewhat up for the things that are out of my control. Many goats, and animals in general, have much worse lives. I just wish I could have them all close for all time, my own sanctuary or whatever. I wish I could keep them safe and happy.
That’s not how the world works, though. Sometimes you’re forced to let go, even if you don’t want to.
Rest in peace, Lily. Thank you for the sweet times you gave me. And for the life you gave to Nuller. See you again some day, I hope. 4/1 2025
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Thank you everyone. 5/1 2025
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I am not sure why people are getting my 2024 photo album served to them apparently? Or the photo from last year’s big snow storm. Don’t feel like you have to look at all that old stuff. I am not sure why fb is pushing it to people. Algorithm may be brunk.
Thank you all for looking at my stuff over the years. I appreciate being able to share some cute stuff. A whole album of 445 pics is a little much though. 5/1 2025
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Sunshine on Sky. Hope we’ll get more sun soon, though the forecast does not look promising. But when you consider that one year ago I was trekking through a huge snowstorm, I guess I shouldn’t complain. 5/1 2025
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That’s all for now.
