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Thursday, October 2, 2025

I almost gave up...

Every month I put in my $20, pleased that half of that will turn into pennies on each of the accounts I read. Then I don't write enough to earn anywhere near that amount back. So I have not focused on that so much as watching my pennies creep up... A couple of days ago, Sept 29, I switched the payment method to collect what's in there now--things have been a little dry here of late as some old bills come due. But I don't actually want to increase my taxable income for this year... So on the 30th... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Jane Goodall has left us

A light has gone out... Whenever I've heard anyone moaning about how awful human being are, it was Jane at the top of the list, David Attenborough right beside her, that I have held up to demonstrate just how remarkable we have the potential to be. Over the past several years, many renowned have died whom I didn't actually know, but who were meaningful in my life, and I have been saddened with each passing, but this is the first time I've cried. Jane will be remembered as one of the best of us,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 22, 2025

Marauders!

Yesterday was the final League Day for Colorado Jugger League, 5 teams competing in, for once, a local park! It was cool, a nice day and the only rain--a brief downpour--was while most of us were at lunch. The final match was the best kind: long play, unexpected twists and turns, and finally coming to a tie, 6 to 6. That triggers a last match, next point wins--And in a wild run, the Marauders took the win! The two teams were well-matched, and both teams come to the game with good attitudes. In... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 19, 2025

Nice!

It has been a really nice couple of days here, with sunny skies, temperatures in the 70s through the day. There's a freshness to the air with middling humidity. And I got my car back yesterday, all fixed and they detailed the interior besides! This Sunday is the next Big Day: the Colorado Jugger League Finals! And for some reason, it is happening not miles away but right here in town not 2 miles from the house where the local teams generally practice on Sunday mornings. Convenient, if anything... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Middles and Beginnings

It's the middle of the week, the ending of summer, and the beginning of my week without the Forester as it sits in the shop awaiting bumper replacement. The overnight temps were in the 40s, second time this month, and the sun rises more towards its winter path across the sky: more southerly than its summer path. Some unusual bird songs this morning... I need to get the app on my phone that my daughter Marika has that identifies birds when you hold the phone up towards the sound. It's called... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 13, 2025

A quiet day

Alexa said clouds and thunderstorms today... Well, we have sunshine with fleecy clouds and no storms yet. Nice. It's cool and pleasant and I don't have to drive anywhere. Lots of driving this week... Long drive to the Denver airport to pick up Marika, and bring her here, then lots of driving hither and thither for the day and a half she was here before driving her up to meet her friend in Aurora... Then yesterday It was a 6 hour drive into the mountains and back, dropping him off for his LARP... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

The Mountain is Out!

We used to say that any time Mt Rainier was visible from around the Puget Sound region. Today, it's Pike's Peak, so clear you can see the details of rock formations above tree line! Today, no smoke like that which has obscured the Front Range and Pike's Peak these last several days. This is especially nice because today I am driving up the the airport outside Denver to pick up my Seattle daughter who has been lagging behind her family in the move to the UK because of visa delays. After it didn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 8, 2025

Sundown

The sun goes down like a peach in this smokey air... No fires in our immediate vicinity but the rest of the west, US and Canada, shares. My daughter Marika has been waiting in Seattle for her UK visa to come through, while her husband took the kids and critters over there last week. It's late... So yesterday she booked a flight here to visit us and a friend for a couple of days: I'll pick her up at the airport in Denver on Wednesday, bring her here for a day and night, then Thursday I'll take... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 6, 2025

Cool!

It was actually chilly overnight, temps in the 40s! I left the sliding door open, but turned off the fan... Today, so far, it's grey and there is light rain in the forecast off and on all day. And this day is the 40th anniversary of the advent of Our Charles into the world of air and society! We will celebrate this morning with his kind of French Toast, which is on sourdough bread, and mine which is liberally drizzled with real maple syrup! Then it's trips to the Saturday sales at the thrift... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Adventure Day!

Evening is fading here, the sunset very soft with all the smoke in the air today. No rain, They say, until the weekend to clear it out. Also hotter than I like but not actually HOT! The Denver Museum of Nature and Science will be closing down an exhibit after 6 months: The Jurassic Seas! So today Charlie and I went to see it. It's a very pretty exhibit offered in English side by side with Spanish on all the signs; uses videos and wall-art and a lot of bones nicely displayed! I took pictures with... 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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