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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Midweek rambles

Here it is, half through another week. It will be springlike warm today, and the green mist advances in the tree tops. The big maple in front is already spreading its lush green across my view of the mountains. Between late spring hard frosts and summer hails the leaves have been less than spectacular since my first couple of years here. The past couple of years, early single-digit temps killed the leaves before they could go to the lovely golden yellow of previous years. I hope for gentler... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Today's images: Reflection

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmN7jFzT Reflections are another kind of magic, showing the world reversed, but also revealed and even, sometimes, haunted. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 11, 2020

Shadowplay

This is one of the collections I have been going through my whole Flickr photostream to make more or less complete. It started with a walk in Pacific NW woods on a sunny day, and has evolved from there. https://flic.kr/s/aHsktmxRZr Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 10, 2020

Spring sorting...

I spent several hours yesterday over in Flickr, sorting out my albums, especially since I realized that a lot of images that should be in albums, are not. I'm only about halfway through all of them, and some collections that you may have seen recently, like the Gardens and Flowers, keep growing like it's summertime! Others I have set up new, with particular friends in mind. This one is especially for TAPS: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmN7E2GF This one's for CCT, and very late in coming since the day I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 8, 2020

Oh, my back is gonna ACHE...!

I have mentioned the spring migration... It continued today with considerable lifting, shifting, and shoving, re-shaping of rooms... It's amazing how a change of just a few inches makes great openings for other things! Charlie will be over when he is ready to sort out why the tv won't go on now. I have checked connections, batteries in the remote, done the off/on thing, and nothing has worked so far. Then there will be some upstairs/downstairs shiftings to arrange reading-quality lighting for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Reply to Conspiracy

If you have seen the video "Plandemic" then you need to see this, too, answering with links to facts, her allegations. Kat Montgomery t i i M f n t c e a o y S 6 t c a r t p 2 t: o 1 l n 7 s n o r P g c l e M d **EDITED TO ADD: I wrote this post to help my friends sort through misinformation and did not expect it to go viral. Several commenters have asked me to cite so urces, and I agree that this is important to do. I still have a day job, but I have edited to include primary sources for all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Evening report

The wind is up tonight, and Embers is cuddling warm beside me. The parakeets have retired for the night, the fish tank babbles like the woodland brook. I cleaned the birdcage around 7am yesterday, and one of the 'keets got out. The cage has a couple of big doors, no other way to get into it, but usually they fluster over to the other side. I closed Embers into the bedroom and got out the bird net--much like a butterfly net--and looked around at all the high places... and nearly stepped on him,... Sign in to see full entry.

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It helps to ask...

This week a new thing happened. For me, that is... luckily it isn't the first time ever, or no one could have wised me up about it. As it turns out, my friend from high school who currently lives within a few miles of here--her grandmother had it, and she knew where to send me for information. This is what I've learned: It's called 'trigger finger.' It's a tendon thing affecting the long tendon that runs from arm to hand, down the ring finger. Sometimes it's the thumb, but most often the ring... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

A Mother's Day anthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdN1U9NvuIc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1Oa5olZdnYMchGmQNFG6g0ArZwFhp8NnpHdixJkeQYuy28K8UD1HP7fBk I am bones and I am skin I am home, where life begins I’ve started wars, I’ve given peace Across the ocean, I carry the seed I’m your lover I’m your mother I’m Your sister I’m your daughter When Kings fall to their knees They Sing a woman’s song When birds scream in the trees They Sing a woman’s song The sunrise in the east Sings a woman’s song Every Heart that beats... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Sometimes English is confusing.

Saturday again, already? This brings up an editorial question that always hits me like bottoming out on a smooth road that has a sudden rough spot. It is mostly about reading, but can also come up in speech, through tonality/emphasis shifts. Already, always, alright... 'Already' has not quite the same meaning or usage as 'all ready.' Both work in their proper places. Likewise, 'always' and 'all ways.' I have trouble with 'alright' which is used as 'ok' but never looks right to me, though the... Sign in to see full entry.

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