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Saturday, June 20, 2026

Long day, busy day!

It's evening, a couple of hours until sunset, still 87 F outside. I've been up and down the stairs so many times today, I'm really tired and got pretty dehydrated, but have fixed that for now, showering the dust away and drinking down a good 32 oz iced drink. I've been drinking Izze which is soda and fruit juice. I recommend the blackberry particularly! A lot has gotten done to clear my bed upstairs after I had to use the guest bed last night. I really like my own bed and am determined to sleep... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Cooler than yesterday

Officially the temperature reached 99 in the Springs yesterday while a few miles south, Pueblo had 105! Thankfully, I have my half-underground downstairs so when it was near 90 upstairs, it was 78 in my new home theater room! At 9pm it was 85 upstairs, way too hot to sleep, so I delayed bedtime for an hour, running the big fan from the deck into the bedroom. In summer I usually run the fan across the bed all night for the sake of cool and white noise. Last night it called for using the sleeping... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

It's a hotty!

So nice this morning, sitting downstairs where the thermometer says 72F. Upstairs it's getting warm and outside is forecast to reach 100 today! Knowing this was coming, with Charlie's assistance (and muscles) the tv has moved to the back room downstairs. I now have a comfortable private theater in my house! Who cares if the rest of the house is a shambles? Now I have to decide how to reorganize the living room to make it a welcoming, comfortable space. This is something I've been wanting to do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 15, 2026

The Day After

After a long thorough sleep overnight, I woke up to a pleasant day and in the mirror, a lot of pink across my face! The weather was warm yesterday in the sun and cool in the shake, and there was plenty of both! The rays that burn could care less about cloud cover, and there was a lot of pink skin everywhere! The Skull Raptors had a good time! As expected, no games were won but points were made in most of their games, and that's encouragement! The second day they showed how much they'd benefitted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Juggery Day!

Soon I will be getting together my kit for spending a day watching Charlie and all the other juggerers at play. It's the Mile High Open, and I thought it was just Colorado teams but apparently there are some from further afield. Yesterday his new batch, the Skull Raptors, scored a point against a really good team from California. They were very pleased with that moment of glory, being quite aware that as a fledgeling team they are unlikely to actually win any contests. His Henry V speech to them... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 11, 2026

Another busy day!

Beautiful cool, bright day! And so much done even before 1:30 pm: Haircut, food shopping, blood draw and pharmacy pick-up, banking, more food shopping--and home again! Amy dropped off the manuscript today. There are a couple of issues with it, but it's cool to see it on paper, even in a looseleaf notebook. Colorado primary election ballots arrived today. As an Independent, I am sent both Democrat and Republican ballots, to fill out the one of my choice and discard the other. I've known my choice... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Hot and Windy Wednesday!

Another hot day before some proper springtime cool blows in tomorrow. Friday will be hot again, though. I rarely open the back door these days as there is a particular Cat determined to Go Outside. That's why it took a while to note that among the very thick foliage of the wisteria there are pretty purple blossoms! Sitting in the happy haze of accomplishment, I opened the last printed out version of the Lays last night and realized--Amy and I never discussed adding a contents page! So now we... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

On the verge of Huzzah!

Still in the cool of the morning now, at ~7AM and I've not yet buttoned up the house in expectation of 90s today. I love the sweetness of the early airs moving through the house at this time of day! Yesterday a milestone came into sight: My friend and professional manuscript formatter, over lunch, came to a final work-up of the collection of Tolkien tribute poems, Lays of Middle-earth. It has been in her hands now for several months as she has set up the order of the poems and a few bits of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Still Summer

Expecting 90 today... And we got it. Down to 76 now, which suggests a good night. Two weeks from now the summer officially is on, and days will begin to shorten. I like the long evenings, but as the heat comes on, nighttime cool will be welcome. Sometime around late August I'll begin to feel autumn lurking even before leaves begin to lose their green. I love the onset of every season. 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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