Yesterday was a good time, Masami and I went to Sidney together and ate at Fish on 5th. Afterwards we looked around Sidney's waterfront and checked out the town together.

I had a day of rest and took it easy today. It's hard to imagine the future yet. I feel like there are some challenges ahead, but if I could overcome them, could open the door to a very positive future for my life. I realized that some of the dry maple I was selling was spalted! And too good to be firewood. I will be trying to sell turning blanks (12"x12"x6" pieces of the maple) to woodworkers. I realized I have some dry balsam fir that would make better firewood, and once I get it down and bucked up I will be selling firewood again but for now I took the ad down. I thought about making paddles and finishing the doors, but didn't get very far and instead I took Molson for a long walk to town and back, picking up some grapefruit juice for myself and beef hearts for Molson.

Saturday Morning 4am

I woke up and checked the time... 4am. I remembered that I went to bed early so I could get up early. And finish loading my truck with firewood for an 830am delivery. This will be the 10th load that Ive sold in the last 2 weeks. I am proud that I could generate some money, but really, my ambitions are much more expensive than I can afford with this method of income. I need a business which requires less physical input. I have something in mind- woodworking of some kind. I have full use of my great-grandfather's shop and could turn out some paddles and oars this winter, although I always found the process to be tedious. I was given the idea for using a solder-iron to burn text into the paddle, such as a name, and could offer this within the business. I will be joining a 7am discussion meeting with some fellow SGI Buddhist members after making my second coffee... Good morning. A A