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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Ah, Nature!

In the nature documentaries it's always a clean, quick, quiet kill... Sunday morning up in the mountains, it was not. I heard an owl hoot twice, really near and loud, and then a scream... and that screaming--a rabbit, I think--went on for long seconds moving very fast across the lake before all went silent. I also never heard of an owl announcing its pounce, if that was indeed what was happening. I'm imagining Darth Vader gloating, " I have you now! " Clearly, The Force was not with the rabbit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Further Adventures of the Weekend

Besides the skies, there are the trees. Over in Facebook I've been posting a lot of images in the Unique Trees group for a while and that's made me more than ever aware everywhere I go of how beautiful trees are! Up high in the mountains, here on the verge of winter, all the aspens have dropped their colors and stand like pale ghosts in their clusters among the dark evergreens. It doesn't take much sunlight to make them glow! We drove up through Nederland (you might have heard of a terrible... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 20, 2025

What an adventure!

This past weekend was the final LARP weekend of the year at Lake Tumbleson, a YMCA campground near Ward, Colorado. It's a little over 9000 ft elevation so about 3000 ft higher than what we're used to but not enough of a difference to notice much. And it's an 80 mile drive each way. We were supposed to head up there on Friday--Charlie, Vale, and I--and got as far as Castlerock when suddenly a warning light--something about transmission temperature--flashed on. Not good. Vale works at O'Reilly's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

A special moment!

Today we stopped at our favorite middle-eastern restaurant, and it happened that the owner was there for whatever reason. The server said something about some kind of crisis they'd had but didn't say what. Anyway, I had the chance to tell him how much we like the food, I especially like their baba ghanouj, and we're always bringing someone to try it or recommending it. After all, how often do you get the opportunity to talk to the owner? I figured he can always enjoy hearing good things about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Looking Up

So many clouds in the sky today! So many kinds, so many forecasts of changing weathers on the way! It started with a mighty shelf cloud stretching from north to south, filling the eastern sky! I dropped Charlie off for jugger practice--every Sunday, 10-noon--and drove up to the highest land in the area, short of driving up Pike's Peak, and even so there was no view that would even begin to fit in my camera's lens. So I headed towards home... and got distracted... I've been posting in a Facebook... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 9, 2025

Busy days!

Well, I laid out the whole weekend of busyness in several paragraphs and then hit the wrong key... Suffice it to say, my doctor would be pleased with how much walking I've been doing since Friday! Birthday shenanigans, final jugger league day of the year, random runnings-around, yesterday's teachers' rally... I'm glad for a quiet day until I go pick up Charlie around 3 after he spent an overnight at the workshop. Fall is glowing and blowing--Many leaves have yet to turn, but every wind carries... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 3, 2025

Birthday!

Here it is again, just like every year... This morning we drove up to Green Mountain Falls to see an art installation I've been hearing about all summer. It ends Oct 19, and it's not that far away, so a perfect outing on a lovely fall day. Pictures...? Of course! I put a few up over on Fbook, but more of them on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2rxarHm Enjoy! Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 2, 2025

I almost gave up...

Every month I put in my $20, pleased that half of that will turn into pennies on each of the accounts I read. Then I don't write enough to earn anywhere near that amount back. So I have not focused on that so much as watching my pennies creep up... A couple of days ago, Sept 29, I switched the payment method to collect what's in there now--things have been a little dry here of late as some old bills come due. But I don't actually want to increase my taxable income for this year... So on the 30th... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Jane Goodall has left us

A light has gone out... Whenever I've heard anyone moaning about how awful human being are, it was Jane at the top of the list, David Attenborough right beside her, that I have held up to demonstrate just how remarkable we have the potential to be. Over the past several years, many renowned have died whom I didn't actually know, but who were meaningful in my life, and I have been saddened with each passing, but this is the first time I've cried. Jane will be remembered as one of the best of us,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 22, 2025

Marauders!

Yesterday was the final League Day for Colorado Jugger League, 5 teams competing in, for once, a local park! It was cool, a nice day and the only rain--a brief downpour--was while most of us were at lunch. The final match was the best kind: long play, unexpected twists and turns, and finally coming to a tie, 6 to 6. That triggers a last match, next point wins--And in a wild run, the Marauders took the win! The two teams were well-matched, and both teams come to the game with good attitudes. In... Sign in to see full entry.

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