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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

a golden Tuesday

The night was interrupted by waking up around 3, and the mind starting in chewing over things I can't seem to just let be. So I was up a while, continuing yesterday's progress at clearing up the messy, messy desk. I was hungry, too--another thing that wakes me up--so ate some soup and bread. I am pushing my supper time later these days, so as to eat enough before going to bed to keep me through the night. Should have done that last night, but ate too early. So, back to bed around 5... reading... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 25, 2021

Golden afternoon

After getting out to run errands and enjoy the fall colors around town, I sat much the rest of the afternoon looking out at the great golden-yellow maple tree. It's leaves have not yet begun to fall--just a couple I saw fluttering off like butterflies today though we had some pretty strong breeziness going on. Recent years I have missed this lovely show. Two years ago, I was in Seattle watching the colors there, while waiting for the birth of Louisa Corinne Bell, getting back here the beginning... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 24, 2021

Sunday soundtrack

Today, the musical accompanyment has been flashmobs on youtube gathering in good accoustical public places, a few musicians at a time, playing Ode to Joy and Ravel's Bolero, the 1812 Overture... Then a few pieces by the HU, a Mongolian band with an amazing dynamic sound! I woke this morning to the sounds of distant thunder storm. Well, "Distant Thunder Storm" which is one of the nature sounds Alexa plays on request. Sometimes, its "Frogs and Crickets" or maybe sounds of rain. Even when the door... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Saturday early

It's a cool morning again, but we expect to reach 70F today, so with the clear air and the blue sky, the moon not quite setting yet, it's likely to be one of the nice fall days. The big maple is a rich golden yellow mostly now, with still a few bits of green. Last year we had no bright colors, as the early hard freezes just turned all the leaves to brown. I just saw a blue jay--the kind with white and blue and a bit of black, not our sooty-grey and blue Stellar's jays. It landed in the big blue... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 22, 2021

Friday soundtracks

I woke after a good night's rest around 7 this morning, feeling energetic and ready to get some things done! This is a change after a low-energy week, when I wasn't out and about. It is really about about feeling chronically overwhelmed. As time resolves dated commitments, the pressure lifts and that feeling of being swamped gives over to I can do this, even if it's only one step at a time... Canned goods got put away, from yesterday's food shopping, coffee got made, dishwasher unloaded, all to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

back from the show

Well. We walked into a dark anteroom and people with flashlights directed us onward through a heavy curtain and into a very large space we could hardly make out in the dark. Then things began to happen... We caught the last 10 minutes of the 35 minute program, then sat through the whole thing twice more! There are two huge rooms with high walls and amazing mirror installations. One is a forest of upright rectangular shapes, then there is an arch of many different angles. In the second room, one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Immersion Day

Today we--Charlie and my elder sister, Julie--are going to meet up in Denver to attend the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit. I hope it is all it's been cracked up to be! I appreciate Van Gogh, know a little about the man and his life. Did you know he never actually sold any of his paintings? I guess he was too avant-garde for his times. Now he is the world's most popular artist. If you're a DOCTOR WHO fan, you might have seen the episode in which the Doctor brings Vincent to modern times to a big... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 16, 2021

Getting into character

It's been years! Charlie is LARPing again this weekend. He met some folks at WhimsyCon who run a Live Action Role Play game about 30 miles from here, and got excited about it again. He is there this time not to play his own character, but to serve the plot team as whatever NPCs they need him to be. Non-Player Character: in a video game, this is the person with the gold ring overhead, with the same patter when speaking to any actual player who encounters them. In LARP, it is a little more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

Inspired by the view outside my window

Against the backdrop of lowering clouds and not-so-distant rain, tossed about by chilly moving airs off the coming storm, leaves are bright green still and limned with golden light from the sun not yet obscured... The storm and winter, they will come across the landscape relentless as time itself: Today, this hour, enjoy the gift of autumn. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Starting Wednesday early...

Up at 5, this morning, after going to bed around 10 last night. That's a good enough night's sleep, though there is likely to be an urge to go back to bed around 8 or 9 this morning. The sky was that lovely clear bright blue that comes before the sun bleaches it out to that soft creamy rose-petal shade, and before the morning Golden Hour. The temps dropped into the 30s overnight, and looking at the forecast for the rest of the month, it looks like this is going to be the norm for the next couple... 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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