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Monday, August 18, 2025

Monday... again...

So often Mondays are the last day of my weekend. But today I have to get to the DMV and register the plates from the old car to go on the new car, unless they make me buy new ones. The front plate got a little messed up in the crash but the back plate, the one that matters, looks fine, so probably it won't be an issue. Probably I won't have to buy new tabs as these were from April and so have 9 months value still in them. Well, I got plenty of sleep overnight, but this morning I'm having a big... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Certainty returns...

The day began brightly, hardly any smoke between here and the mountains. I was up early, still out of touch with Charlie, and trying to decide if I should just go early before they all left the campground since I still had no idea what time they'd call game and start heading home. There's always a site-cleanup before anyone leaves, and usually that starts around noon but it depends also on when the campground requires them to be gone. The other idea was that he'd get a lift as far as Denver and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 16, 2025

the day after and the day before

Yesterday was the long drive up into the mountains west of Boulder to the campground where Charlie's LARP meets. It involves a lot of highway and then curly wavy curvy mountain road driving, altogether around 125 miles. Dropped him off with his gear, visited with a few of his friends, then came back a different route. If you want to see on a map, the road north is I-25 to 470 west to Golden, then 72 up to where it joins with 119 into Nederland, then 72 again up to the campground another 30 or so... Sign in to see full entry.

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the day after and the day before

Yesterday was the long drive up into the mountains west of Boulder to the campground where Charlie's LARP meets. It involves a lot of highway and then curly wavy curvy mountain road driving, altogether around 125 miles. Dropped him off with his gear, visited with a few of his friends, then came back a different route. If you want to see on a map, the road north is I-25 to 470 west to Golden, then 72 up to where it joins with 119 into Nederland, then 72 again up to the campground another 30 or so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

And the heat is back...

90s, even 100s predicted across the state today, with only little possible relief from storm clouds. The morning sunlight is filtering through smokey air--Not very smokey here, but enough to make a difference. I have not been here much lately, I just don't seem to have much to say. Between political mayhem and enervating heat, apathy sets in. I'll spend some time in the car with its very nice a/c. Charlie will be at the workshop most of the day preparing for this coming weekend event. A little... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 9, 2025

Whew...!

Colorado Springs has made it through another heat wave, maybe the last of the season. Predicted high today is mid 80s after yesterday touched 100 They say, in some areas of the state this side of the Rockies. Tomorrow, low 70s and thunderstorms in the afternoon. A good rain is always welcome for the greenery and will wash some of the wildfire smoke out of the air. There are no fires nearby, but smoke blows in from every fire west of here. Some days the sun rises filtered and softened to a muted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Checking in...

Checking in... We are back to summer heat, temps in the 90s, maybe even over 100, all week, no relief until Sunday when the rain is expected back. I am looking forward to that! The past couple of days I've been sorting the yarn cache. Transparent bags are coming in handy. It's an 'object permanence' thing: if I don't see something, I forget I have it. Yarn, vegetables, clothes... That's about as productive as I've been this past week. Midsummer melancholy...? I watched a documentary on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

To Do Lists

Cool is returning to the Front Range of Colorado for the rest of the week, so They say... This week I'm feeling, so far, somewhat discombobulated... Not clear-headed nor bright-eyed, with a number of time sensitive things to accomplish, but a written list would be too easy. Miracles do happen... Farmers Insurance needs the title to the totaled Nissan, and after pawing through this and that, because my papers are but little organized, lo and behold, there was the very document staring at me from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 27, 2025

Sunday Excursions

On this bright and sunny and eventually hot day--90s!--Charlie is going one way and I'm headed off another He has another jugger practice day up in Littleton, northwest of here about an hour and a half, and particularly wants to be there to meet up with new players as they have been specifically invited. He also hopes to sell a few boffers, or 'pompfen' as juggerers call them... Rent is due on the workshop next week! I am taking the truck up to Aurora, northeast of here about an hour, having... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

What, Thursday evening already?

One side of the sky is dark and ominous, the other is cloudy but lit by the setting sunlight. It has been a couple of nice cool days! I did a little shopping today... Ordered more of the Icelandic unspun yarn, and a new phone. The old phone, 3 years old I guess, finally joined the club of dropped/cracked face phones. It fell out of my purse onto the driveway, only a drop of a foot or so, but that was enough. I put a bandaid over the worse-cracked corner, but I also need a new camera. So I've... 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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