It's a sunny afternoon, mild and quiet. Charlie is somewhere between Nisswa, Minnesota and Denver, having had a satisfying weekend playing dress-up and Let's Pretend for adults. The great hot-air balloons downtown have been deflated and folded up and carried away in ground-bound vehicles. There's the latest crochet project beside me. Both Charlie and Vale looked at the yarn, a variegated blend of browns, reds, greys and blues, and described it as 'rustic,' neither committing to actually liking... Sign in to see full entry.
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Saturday, August 30, 2025
Time to fly...!
Back in a time of lower temps and lots of rain, sometimes with thunder! And humidity in the mid 90s! Wow, that's rare here in the high desert country! Not nearly as miserable as when it comes with tropical heat, but it is still nice to have a fan blowing on me! This Labor Day weekend is when the hot air balloons gather in a park here in the Springs. Weather/wind permitting, they'll rise over the city this morning some time and again tomorrow. There will be evening 'glows' on the ground, too. I... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 29, 2025
back to the present...
Yesterday Charlie headed out to a long weekend LARP in Nisswasa, Minnesota. But to do that, he had to be delivered to his friends with whom he is traveling. And that meant I had to get back on the Interstate to get up to Arvada, just northwest of Denver. I thought leaving at 6:30 we'd miss the morning traffic, but no, it was no longer 6:30 when we got into the Denver area, it was solidly morning rush hour. I'd hoped they'd agree to travel I-70 and we could meet in Limon. That way I could drive... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
A very long and complicated day
Driving through slow and heavy traffic from Denver last Friday I got rear-ended. Since then I have waded through the swamp of two car insurance companies which was somehow more complicated and exasperating than the experience when my previous car was totaled two months ago. It started with the report to my insurance company followed by reporting to the State Patrol since it occurred on the Interstate. I was assigned a damage claim adjuster who seemed confused as well as confusing and in the end,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
concluding the first entry of The Book of Life
Intent like light is bounced back the way it came: distorted messages come through strangely altered, oddly angled, and much in the service of letting Life believe in its own supremacy. It is persistent, that cannot be argued: " Life finds a way! " Life spreads and propagates vessels for spreading further still. Its entire purpose is to spread and fill, exalting in Itself, Its own Very Best Thing! Life is having fun! And it doesn't mean to stop! That's Life for you in a nutshell or a... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 24, 2025
continuing my 20 yr old Book of Life
So, what is this Wall that stops It dead in Its tracks? Well--That Which is Greater. A greater Intent... that Life is only a shade of, a shadow, so to say, upon a wall. And how much less are we, indeed, in the calculations, the meanings and purposes of that Intent? And even so, is our own small intent not linked to the greater? I believe it is. For Intent is a thing Itself, in large or small packaging, and through us It filters as through a fine sieve the holes of which are some clear and many... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Book of Life (cont)
Life like Nature, cares not the smallest fraction of a bit what becomes of those to whom it gives motive force and direction. There's as much Life in cancer as in Creation, and that, I believe, is a Truth. But where do we go with such a Truth? We go where we were going, we follow the lead of our own intention, our desire, our impulse until we come finally to the last wall: the barrier that we cannot breach. Against that wall we pound and Life pounds us, happy to spend each one of us that It must... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 22, 2025
from The Book of Life etc
There was a time I knew exactly who I was and where I had to go. But I am older now, and know that I know nothing of the sort, not who I am or who I'm meant to be, and most certainly do not know where I'm bound. It could be anywhere. It could be anywhen. I don't know. I don't know anything. Oh, I have my suspicions and plenty of intentions but if I know the least bit of Truth, it's that all such things go awry for that is the way of Life. [to be continued] Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 21, 2025
exploring the past
Charlie is busy sweeping out and hosing down the front of the garage, then things will go back in, the keepers and the decide-laters. The stack of laundry has decreased and increased again and might wait for processing until the weather cools down and the dryer can be run without warming the house. I'm staying out the way until decisions on what goes where are needed. Then a trip to the workshop for things going for use or storage there followed by the return home to fire up the barbecue grill.... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
It has been a day!
It's near bedtime now, after a busy day. We attacked the garage yesterday, spending less than an hour pulling old boxes out but making a dent. This morning we managed a couple of hours before the day's heat moved in, took some things to donate, started the laundry--things on their way to the thrift store, but I don't donate stuff that isn't clean. Along the way we picked up his cat's special medical food, had lunch at one of our favorite little cafes, did some minor thrifting... grocery shopped... Sign in to see full entry.