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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

When open space matters more than Stuff...

Autumn's coming in with cooler nights, and the trees have begun to notice. After thinking about it for several months, trying to time it with Charlie's availability and my own motivation levels, the upstairs--living room/dining room area--is getting a make-over. It's hard on the back because I just won't wait on help if I can manage to shift something myself, but that's why there's Tylenol. For years it has been two spaces divided by a 6 panel folding screen, but that's taken down now. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 5, 2026

VICTORY!

Just a quick note before going out and about town: Jugger League finals yesterday, 7 teams from around Colorado competing. Charlie's team, the Marauders had 3 matches against the Mountain Goats, the only other team that could have won the trophy. Marauders lost the first two, but when the last match of the day was played, the Goats and Marauders timed out at 5-5 and so went to a sudden-death round, and after long play and mighty scrambles the Marauders won the last point! No matter who won the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 2, 2026

Friday finished

After days of skies filled with clouds and rains off and on, today we had a brilliant blue sky and temps in the high 60s. The sunlight glared off the snows on Pike's Peak. It was a good day to run errands: got my rent sent and also a birthday card for one of the grandgals over in England now. They are getting settled into their new house there. The house is on a piece of land that has historic significance which you can tell by its name: Todefright. It goes back to before spelling, and to a time... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Well, I'm back...

Things have been happening all September, too much to put in one post, and aSeptembert the same time, not much of that irresistible urge to wrap words around every little thing. I hardly know where to begin...! September has been dedicated by someone somewhere who decides such things, to the awareness and understanding of Complex PTSD. Not surprisingly, because there are so many connections, autism and ADHD have been getting a lot of attention, too, and something being called AuDHD. I've had a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 6, 2026

Birthday Boy!

Our young Charles is 41 today! I am giving him a bag of half a dozen corn on the cobs in order to give him the real present, ideal for a lad of his age: dinosaur corn-holders! And a 'perpetual pencil' with a graphene point instead of graphite. And a couple of shirts ordered online--whenever they finally arrive. We're having crepes for breakfast, and dinner will be with friends at a place called CHEDDARS that he and his housemate discovered on a recent road trip. Meanwhile, hot air balloons will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 5, 2026

One more day accomplished

Not surprisingly, I have more energy in the morning before the heat outside gets over mid-80s, and start feeling a bit wobbly around noon and later. So this morning we got out by 11 and I got to the credit union and got my rent paid. Near those places there's a Safeway which last time had a good sale on soups, and Charlie needed groceries so we rambled around there for a while. But the soups were no longer on sale and there were few other things I wanted there. So off to the Kroger store we... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 3, 2026

Aftermath...

It's good to be home again, but it was good to have that one day in hospital where there was so much support and people who knew what had to happen next and could feed me meds on time, in proper order. Now I'm home with a long list of things to attend to and feeling overwhelmed with all the stuff! We went out for lunch today. One of our favorite places is closing next week and we wanted to make sure to give them our business one more time. Then I wanted to stop at Costco for a fairly silly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 24, 2026

Off and running!

It's raining with some flashes and booms this afternoon. We got home from a grocery run with light rain in this neighborhood, enough that only the freezer stuff and the sushi snack came into the house. Cans of soup--finally a good sale on the Campbell's Chunky!--and a few other odds and ends bound for the pantry can wait for the weather to clear. We went to a movie today: The End of Oak Street. It's a bit of silly action/horror and was fun enough and not to be taken too seriously. Imagine a nice... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Out and About

I had one errand to do--pick up a book that they've been holding for over a week at bookstore while I've been not ready for driving out and about. Charlie came along and it turned into lunch at Burger King, then after the bookshop a stop for groceries he needed. As I had parked in a handicapped-reserved spot, legally I had to get out--says it on the hang-tag (We call it Jean-Luc Placard)--so I look ed at the plants on offer outside the sto re. As it happened they had a couple of 10-inch pots of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 9, 2026

Dry, dry heat

It's just after 5 in the morning. I woke at 4 in the lovely cool before dawn and I was thinking of the birds and bees and butterflies, all thirsty in this heat and drought. Yesterday we saw several ravens on the ground, beaks a-gape, and though we stopped and put out some water for them, they flew off. We left the water cups tucked into the roots of a tree so they or someone else could drink after we left. This morning I put out several flattish bowls with water on the back porch. There is an... Sign in to see full entry.

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