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Saturday, August 6, 2016

Back without disaster

But as usual after a day at the Ren fest, I am plumb wore out! I indulged in one thing and another, drank more diet cola than I have in the past year, spent a great deal of time at the Sky Chairs shop. That's the place where the swinging chair on my deck came from. Anyone is welcome at the shop to try the chairs... for as long and often as they like. By the end of the day, legs exhausted and low back arthritis, I hobbled in and relaxed in one of the chairs for about 40 minutes until my back... Sign in to see full entry.

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Ever have one of those days...?

Or moments, like right at the start of the day, that feels all... premonitiony? Blood sugar numbers are high... Internet won't connect and I am cut off from most of my social network... then, suddenly, the power goes out... And I am taking Charles up to the Ren Fest and staying all day, leaving in half an hour... no, 20 minutes... and I have yet to get out of my jammies... vaguely headachey... Things just feel a little off, even after the power comes back on. So it wasn't the EMP scenario.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

A job done, a project begun

I have just finished the first round of edits on Marika's 51 page dissertation. Glad to get it accomplished a day before she has to have it. There may not have to be another full round, just a final proofing for typos and suchlike. Meanwhile, the morning has been cool and windy with lots of clouds and little blue in the sky. Refreshing! Now I can get back to working on another project for the Compass Rose: a show of segments based on my Lays of Middle-earth for the celebration of the Birthdays... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 31, 2016

Quiet Sunday

Sunday started off too early, waking at 5am, having a bit of breakfast and laptop time, then being sleepy enough to go back to bed for a couple of hours. Embers now has a collar with a tiny bell that sounds a bit like cricket-song, and that is the only way I am aware that she is about to appear on the bed, about to walk over the hills and dales of myself with her pointy little feet... ow! She might settle on high ground for a while, or depart as almost-silently. When I wake, she is often curled... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 30, 2016

Mama-mia, that's a mighty hair-ball!'

I am wondering today, a couple of days since Embers ejected a huge long mass of what technically would be called a hair 'ball' whether such a thing can interfere with digestion. At least 5 inches of her digestive track was filled with groomed hair, and now, only two days later, the hollow bony space between her pelvic bones seems to be filling in already. There's no knowing how long it's been developing. As much hair as I brush out of her undercoat every time she lets me brush her, would not add... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 29, 2016

Friday Funday

So, right up the street today, about a mile from here, Donald Trump is about to rally his troops. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, much to the dismay and anger of many professors and students, has okayed his visit. I daresay there will be protestors as well as his benighted fans to make the occasion festive. I won't be going. Maybe instead I will drive up Pike's Peak to enjoy the Big Picture in which this lunatic is only just a very small bit, not even visible from there. UCCS... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

War of the Worlds, Charlie style

His new production, as I mentioned before, is a devised performance based on the panic that followed Orson Welles'/Mercury Theater's radio drama, WAR OF THE WORLDS in 1939. It was inspired by a story I passed along to him that was told to me by the mother of a college friend, who lived the experience when she was a young, new mother in Chicago. Her husband was out of town that night, so she was alone in their apartment with her infant when she heard just enough of the radio broadcast to believe... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Busy times!

Odd bits and pieces... A neighbor came by with a bin and asked, "Is this your chicken?" Seems their cat brought home a half-grown chick, still alive, and so... She was walking the neighborhood, but didn't find the owner. This morning, when we went out we saw signs up on the same posts I'd posted when Embers was lost, reading: LOST CHICKS. So, I called the number this afternoon and the woman was delighted that one had turned up, and she will call me when she gets off work. I went to the neighbor... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Embers is back!

Just picked her up from a house down the street--the owner there called me to say they'd seen our signs and that the cat has been hanging out in their back yard the past several days. She is home now, face down in the cat food bowl. yay! Sign in to see full entry.

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The bad news first...

I've been hesitating to share this news, as I know what big hearts you have, and how sad it will make you, too, but it is also What's Happening... Embers went outside a couple of nights ago when I was tired enough to fall asleep without making sure she was in, and closing the door to the back yard. She has not returned. We've put up posters with photos, and walked several blocks around the neighborhood, talked to people, but no one has seen her. She doesn't know what a 'stranger' is, is so very... Sign in to see full entry.

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