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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Revisions and Updatings

Several years ago, I offered an Item for sale here: LAYS OF MIDDLE-EARTH--the first part of my collection of Middle-earth and Tolkien-inspired poems. Today I went over that Item, neatened it up and lowered the price by $2. I've posted individual poems from that collection from time to time, but had not looked at the Item for a while. This first part includes poems about the Creation and First Age of Middle-earth, the truly mythic part of Tolkien's grand project. None of this was spoken of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 11, 2016

Wildfire haze at sunset

https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/WXawKj Apparently, several fires are burning southwest of Colorado Springs, besides the Fort Carson fire. Setting sun filters through the haze and clouds for a few dramatic shots. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 10, 2016

Smoke in the skies of Colorado--again!

After hiding from the heat downstairs most of the afternoon, I glanced out a window and saw that peculiar orangey cast to the air and the afternoon light... There is a fire burning in the forest near Nederland, west of Boulder. But this is from a much less dangerous fire burning southeast of Colorado Springs, at Fort Carson. Apparently it was started by soldiers in training exercises, and is relatively small, already contained, and never threatened any structures. Sure does make a lot of smoke,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday morning cool and bright...

Fading fast, the chill of the night. Birds are chirping outside and in, The cars on the highway, a distant din... Charlie has a ride to the Ren Fest this morning, and a ride home again after, so I can sit here comfy in my jammies and think about what to put together for Second Breakfast. First Breakfast when I first get up is a low-carb snack to keep the blood sugar more or less stable. Second is the proper breakfast around 3-4 hours later, that sets me up for the day, and is when I take my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 9, 2016

For CCT

...who hung lanterns in a tree in today's poem, and reminded me of these lanterns in this other tree. The form is called a pantoum, by the way, and was originally designed to be sung by minstrels. This is one of two I wrote a few years back on the theme of Bilbo Baggins' eleventy-first birthday at the start of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. SHADOW OF THE FUTURE The lanterns they glow with a comforting light as they hang in the boughs gently swinging illuminating the gathering night and the company,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 8, 2016

Between storms and clouds...

I forgot to mention earlier, I saw a 'ratcoon' ambling through the neighborhood last night. I made that little trilly sound that they make, and it also made the sound though I can't swear it was an answer. I know my accent isn't quite right. And today on the net that holds the thistle-seed that the goldfinches like so much, there were three birds: two bright yellow and black and one slightly duller version: I think the season's kids are growing up! Today I finally made the red sugar syrup and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sitting out another tornado warning...

The radio makes an attention-getting noise and rasps out a warning regarding a storm cloud 'capable of spawning tornadoes' and golf-ball sized hail moving out of the north/northwest just up the road from Colorado Springs. I observed the very cloud from my deck, and it didn't look very threatening. It and the warning is moving south and east at about 20 mph, and now we are no longer in potential of tornado. Not from this one. Really, hail, especially big hail, is the real danger here. This time,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Of clouds and cameras

Another fantastic sky this evening, with storm gathering over Colorado Springs at sunset... My camera was in an odd mood, or mode, and it was with great relief that I found it had produced some images of how it really looked, at well as getting all artsy on me. https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/7wE7n6 Sign in to see full entry.

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Here's a thing...

My eldest, Anne, dances with the Silk Road Dance Company. https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/to-london-with-love-and-central-asian-dance Based in Washington DC, they have danced for museums, embassies and fairs, at the Kennedy Center, and at the White House. They have performed internationally, too. If you want to know more, and to see videos: http://www.silkroaddance.com/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Just for the fun of it,

and because it is a whole lot of class act! https://vimeo.com/163989303 This could be the theme piece of the Compass Rose Shakespeareoke... Sign in to see full entry.

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