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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Getting about

It is predictable that this squally creature will sleep in the car... for the time being. We who have been parents of small babies know that this phase will not last long, and that it will become more and more challenging to go out with Baby. Today was a grocery shopping expedition with lunch, and tomorrow perhaps we will go to a castle called Skipton. We do go for a bit of road trip when the weather allows--not when there is likely to be ice or snow, naturally, but when roads are merely wet.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 14, 2017

being grandma

Infants cry a lot. Well, they squall and rage and twist their sweet little faces into gargoyle visages, having not yet learned what comes between serenity and protest. I remember how, as the mom, my tension over the noise of discomforts and outrages fed into the cycle, everyone's anxiety increasing as attempts to calm always seemed to fall short. I see this in my daughter's struggling with her baby's unhappy moments--some of which go on for a considerable time! A mother suffering from sleep... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

wifi

For the first time since I arrived here in England on Sunday, wifi is available at the old farmhouse on the hill above Whalley. They have not had broadband here for nearly 2 months, and we can only hope the problem is actually solved now, though it is still limited and very slow. This being my journal blog, I will write here about family matters, and use the Adventures travelblogue for sightseeing and travel experiences. I am sitting near a window on the upper floor of the old farmhouse now. It... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 6, 2017

Snow is not my friend today.

Before leaving tomorrow for three weeks, there are a few things I need to take care of, involving Willowstone/DressUp Box, the bank, the grocery store... In some parts of the world, 3 inches of snow are nothing, but here where roads are not cleared nor often sanded, and people tend to drive way too fast in all weathers, going out today may easily turn adventurous, and not in a good way. Where I'll be has been a wifi dead-zone for weeks now, so I probably won't get on here very much. If you miss... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Change of plans

The plan was to take the aforementioned chest to our storage space this morning, then take Rob, the muscles of the plan, to his job as a mark of appreciation. Looking out at the 3 inches of snow on the top of the truck (and the chest in its swathing of tarp) and sighed and got dressed. Rob would have to leave at 9 to catch his bus, walking a half mile or so in the snow, still snowing, and temps barely above 0 F, so I was still ready to carry out the plan, slowly and carefully in the heatless but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

I thought I'd seen the last of him...

...for a month, anyway. A couple of days ago, I left Charlie in Denver to participate for a week in Bill Pullman's THE WILD HUNT project, and realized as he got out of the truck that he will be done the Saturday evening, and I am heading out Saturday afternoon. So, here I am ready to get ready for my trip undistracted. Then yesterday evening, he called to ask if he should buy the large item he found at the thrift store up there. The real question was, will I come and pick it up? If I wouldn't,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Murray Ross 1942-2017

Not a name you've probably heard... Murray Ross and his wife Betty Ross founded Theaterworks in 1976 and he has been its Artistic Director ever since. He passed away this morning. Murray has been one of Charlie's greatest mentors and friends in theater at UCCS for the past ~7 years. Here is what Charlie wrote this afternoon: A luminary has passed from the world. So many owe so much to his teaching, his knowledge, his weirdness, his artistry and dedication to the uncounted worlds of the theatre.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 2, 2017

Perspective

Some days it's hard to find the urge to write. I check in here just about daily to read, but words just don't come to the tap, there is nothing flowing. Or maybe I am too deep in isolation-mode to reach out. There are those days. Some days, I just don't much want to write about what has grabbed my attention because I know some people really won't appreciate my thoughts on the matter. Here is one that came up today:... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

New Year's Eve 2016

The day dawns quietly, all rosy and gold across the landscape, and the air is still and cold. Baroque music plays gently on the radio, and there is the sound of moving water from the fish pond by the front door, the soft sound of the heating bringing the house up to warm enough. The radio is on Colorado Public Radio, one of the two classical stations here in the Springs. The signal gets a bit fuzzy sometimes, but that is better than Fred. The other station has way too much Fred. Fred is always... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 30, 2016

a little more sparkle for the season...

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