It's fun to read about the misfortunes and aggravations that other people go through because we can congratulate ourselves that it's not our problem.

We are at long last opening up our rental cabins after the winter and starting up the water systems. And both of them have pipes that separated at joints. This is better than the pipes freezing and bursting because I didn't do a good job blowing out all the water with an air compressor last October, but it's just as difficult to fix when the break is not easily accessible.

Plus there is the worry that more joints are going to spontaneously break like this at any time. Nothing to do about it but fix what we can, and go forward with optimism and good cheer.

I haven't checked my tarot cards lately, and maybe I will right now in case they foretell any further problems. Generally, tarot decks have the wizard, death, the magician, and so on. I think someone should design a handyman version of tarot with The Plumber, The Electrician, The Tree Surgeon so we could deal the cards and have a warning about pipes that are going to break or electric outlets that will short out or trees that will die.