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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

And the heat is back...

90s, even 100s predicted across the state today, with only little possible relief from storm clouds. The morning sunlight is filtering through smokey air--Not very smokey here, but enough to make a difference. I have not been here much lately, I just don't seem to have much to say. Between political mayhem and enervating heat, apathy sets in. I'll spend some time in the car with its very nice a/c. Charlie will be at the workshop most of the day preparing for this coming weekend event. A little... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 9, 2025

Whew...!

Colorado Springs has made it through another heat wave, maybe the last of the season. Predicted high today is mid 80s after yesterday touched 100 They say, in some areas of the state this side of the Rockies. Tomorrow, low 70s and thunderstorms in the afternoon. A good rain is always welcome for the greenery and will wash some of the wildfire smoke out of the air. There are no fires nearby, but smoke blows in from every fire west of here. Some days the sun rises filtered and softened to a muted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Checking in...

Checking in... We are back to summer heat, temps in the 90s, maybe even over 100, all week, no relief until Sunday when the rain is expected back. I am looking forward to that! The past couple of days I've been sorting the yarn cache. Transparent bags are coming in handy. It's an 'object permanence' thing: if I don't see something, I forget I have it. Yarn, vegetables, clothes... That's about as productive as I've been this past week. Midsummer melancholy...? I watched a documentary on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

To Do Lists

Cool is returning to the Front Range of Colorado for the rest of the week, so They say... This week I'm feeling, so far, somewhat discombobulated... Not clear-headed nor bright-eyed, with a number of time sensitive things to accomplish, but a written list would be too easy. Miracles do happen... Farmers Insurance needs the title to the totaled Nissan, and after pawing through this and that, because my papers are but little organized, lo and behold, there was the very document staring at me from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 27, 2025

Sunday Excursions

On this bright and sunny and eventually hot day--90s!--Charlie is going one way and I'm headed off another He has another jugger practice day up in Littleton, northwest of here about an hour and a half, and particularly wants to be there to meet up with new players as they have been specifically invited. He also hopes to sell a few boffers, or 'pompfen' as juggerers call them... Rent is due on the workshop next week! I am taking the truck up to Aurora, northeast of here about an hour, having... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

What, Thursday evening already?

One side of the sky is dark and ominous, the other is cloudy but lit by the setting sunlight. It has been a couple of nice cool days! I did a little shopping today... Ordered more of the Icelandic unspun yarn, and a new phone. The old phone, 3 years old I guess, finally joined the club of dropped/cracked face phones. It fell out of my purse onto the driveway, only a drop of a foot or so, but that was enough. I put a bandaid over the worse-cracked corner, but I also need a new camera. So I've... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Juggery Pokery all weekend!

It's Mile High Open this weekend! Nationals for US Jugger, 16 or 17 teams will be at Clement Park in Littleton CO for two days of walloping, hooting, running, and scoring! So we are both up early, intending to start out around 7 to be there by 9. Charlie has already loaded his inventory of boffers on offer and will benefit from national players seeing his skills and products, maybe even buy some, which would be great for his upcoming rent payment. I was at the workshop the other day with my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Retreat from the heat

It's grey out there with fog today and thunderstorms are predicted in the afternoon and evening. The humidity is high for here, and the high temps today will be mid 70s! So, a lovely day here! My grandperson Vale is taking me out for lunch today. This is a thing we trade off fairly often as we both like eating out and with more variety than Charlie goes for. After that I'll join Charlie at the workshop where he's making stacks of boffers to take this weekend to the jugger Mile High Open... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Fires sweeping the landscape

The morning sunlight is coming in filtered this morning, I suspect it's wildfire smoke noticeably impacting the air here for the first time this summer. So many fires! And all the inundating rains happening in other places instead of where they could do so much good. I watched a documentary series about The Great London Fire of 1666. I can't recommend it for the writing, so cliche-ridden, so larded with tabloidesque expositions, delivered with such earnestness by a team of narrators who can't be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

This looks to be our hot day this week, with low 90s this afternoon and not any clouds or rain to cool the air. We'll see! Most exciting things happening this week so far: my new vacuum cleaner--cordless, lightweight Electrolux showed up yesterday. It took a week to get here so a good thing I opted for 2-day delivery instead of 5-6 days or whatever the other choice was. Reminds me of when one of my daughters did business with Three Day Blinds. The first day was the day she ordered, the second... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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