Life On The Hard

    • About Me
  • Starting a New Vegetable Garden

    To be clear, this garden is new to me. The previous owner was an avid gardener but he had to quit tending to it sometime during the summer. My girlfriend and I bought a new home in north, central North Carolina in early fall. Since there were many other pressing projects, I didn’t have time

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    January 3, 2026
  • Genealogy Record for ROLLINS Demetrius J

    I bought a couple of items at a military surplus store in middle Georgia. Inside one of the items, I found a couple of Vietnam era forms. They aren’t complete so I have no idea what may have happened to Private Rollins. For all I know, he may be alive. I’m posting a redacted copy

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    December 1, 2025
  • First Experience with the 2nd Gen Suvie Countertop Kitchen Robot

    tl/dr; Getting up and running with the Suvie was a C- experience overall with no show stoppers. Mostly I experienced annoyances that could be overcome after using the machine a few times preparing their smart meals and my own recipes. If you haven’t heard of the Suvie Kitchen Robot, you’ll find it’s a pretty cool

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    March 25, 2022
  • Withlacoochee River Park Red Trail

    Withlacoochee River Park Red Trail

    This was a 5-star hike but it didn’t start out that way. I was a bit concerned about the hike before I started because All Trails listed this hike as the Red Trail and identified it as a 4.9 mile hike. Looking at the map posted at the trailhead, there wasn’t much identified as part

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    March 15, 2022
  • Re-reboot

    This is the second time rebooting LOTH. Two posts in 2007. One post in 2012. Nothing in between. Fifteen years ago, I started in a pretty dark place but have traveled far since then. I used to think of Life On The Hard as a metaphor for being stuck out of my element and broken.

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    March 14, 2022

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