Wednesday, March 26, 2025
For the first time this year I woke to the morning orchestra of the birds! It's one of my favorite ways to start any day! This morning I had to be up early enough to take the truck in at 8 am to have the alternator checked out and repaired or replaced because my grandkid Vale who works at O'Reilly's said the tester said it was failing when he replaced the dead battery that was only a year or less old. In fact, Vale was interested in doing the job, a first for Vale, for the experience, and I... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Suddenly, it's Saturday!
Another chilly, sunny morning... The forecast suggests coming warmth but is not so unwary as to tell us that winter has finally blown it's last breath for the season. I started the day with sorting out tax year-end documents that I need to take over to the tax person last week. Well, next week will do. I had to fight my own antipathy for the project, always worried I won't be able to put together all the necessary papers, and won't know what's missing. Anyway, I'll get these in and see if the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Home with a sigh of relief
Charlie's cat, Sokka, had a urinary tract blockage and inflammation, so went in to the vet a couple of days ago. Tests and procedures were done over the course of the day. That vet calls itself a hospital but doesn't do overnights so Sokka had to be taken at close of business there over to the 24/7 emergency vet to be observed and cared for that night. Then, earliest in the morning that we could pick him up, Sokka went back to the day-vet. He spent the day there and then had to go back to the ER... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 17, 2025
What next?
Charlie's cats are at that age when they start making vet visits other than regular check-ups. His orange cat, Sokka, who kinda thinks he's a dog, is over at the vet now getting sedated and catheterized, and we'll go back over there in about half an hour to transport him to the 24/7 emergency vet where he'll be looked after for a couple of nights, and when he's ready for it, after initial meds and procedures, there will be surgery. Can you imagine the bill for all this? It's going to be several... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Getting on with getting on...
The sun is shining today, but not warmly much. The cross-country storm blew through here yesterday, only big winds though, nothing as bad as the West Coast rains or the massive wind and thunder storms bearing down on the East Coast. My caring and good thoughts are with all of you battening down today. I'd be camping out in the basement if I lived anywhere east of the Mississippi! Charlie is at a gaming convention today. It's very small, a one day affair out in Calhan, about 30 miles out onto the... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, March 7, 2025
Spring on the horizon
Sunny and cold to cool today... Winds have died down for now. When I first moved in here, I imagined growing runner beans on the deck to filter the westering sunlight through their scarlet blossoms. But those occasional yet inevitable high winds put paid to that idea! Meanwhile, there is another bud on the frail little morning glory vine in the bathroom garden, there are a few white/pink blossoms on the begonia, and buds have appeared on the orchid which I bought on sale and have never seen in... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Tuesday winter day
The wind is up! It started yesterday evening, and has blown between 20-30 mph all night, all morning so far, will go on all day, so They say. I'm not worried about trees coming down here, but of course it's always a possibility when there are big ones in the yards front and back. But high winds are not unusual here, so one figures the trees that are still here are pretty well-rooted. It's cold again, too, but I will be going out to the credit union, the UPS store, probably someplace for lunch,... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 3, 2025
Starting another week in What's Next Land
Looks like another yoyo weather week with sunny and warmish today and wetly coldish tomorrow, and so on through the week. First thing this Monday morning I paid up my local Express Toll account, paying ahead for the times I will (always!) choose to drive around Denver rather than through. And I made a payment on the 'electrocity' bill, so I am feeling very adulty this morning. And yesterday I started laundry... No, that was Saturday... but last night the clean stuff all got properly put away. I... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 28, 2025
Stopping Shopping
The sun is shining, the temperature is over 60F and I'm off Facebook. This is the day that's been set aside by a few million Americans, perhaps, to pull back our credit cards and our wallets and withhold our coin from the profit-driven commercial segment of America. One day, 24 hours... to deliver the message that the pyramid's top is supported by the foundation: Those with their heads up in the rarified airs of the apex stone need to be reminded who put them there, who keeps them there. That... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Letting the soul out
The Navajo rug makers always weave in a single bit of mismatched thread with the belief that the imperfection lets the maker's soul escape the work. This concept makes the perfect excuse to let an errant stitch several rows back stay where it is. And yet... I just tore out two long rows of the current crochet project to repair one dropped stitch. It got me thinking about those times when we write a piece here or there, and suddenly in the blink of a keystroke, it's gone. Not just frustrating,... Sign in to see full entry.