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Friday, April 18, 2025

Here we go again...

Snow is in today's forecast, temps never to reach as high as 40F. And Charlie has a LARPing event up in Woodland Park this weekend where it is likely going to be ever so much more so. Since having my attention drawn to several of my life-long tendencies and habits as symptoms of autism, each time I hear of a new one I can just about always recognize a moment in my life when it was exemplified. Most recently, the tendency to freeze under pressure. It's why I'd do very badly on Jeopardy, despite... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 12, 2025

It's been a while

Alexa told me the high today would be 89F! Weather Underground said 84. Charlie's source said 82, so we went with that one. We spent the morning at his workshop which was wonderfully cool! The view from my window has suddenly changed. No, they didn't shift Pike's Peak, but across the street two tall blue spruce trees were cut down today. They needed to go: tussock moths have been chewing on them for a few years now, and they were dead on top. I looked at some of the cut wood and could see masses... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Feeling better tonight

Here we are with another touch of winter for the next couple of days. Snow was on the ground this morning, gone by afternoon, and we expect there to be more tomorrow and Friday. I'm breathing better and expect to get through the night without the miseries of waking with a dry mouth or congested chest during the night. Crochet is a great way to stay productive when the brain is taking a break. There are two new scarves this week, and I'm well into a blanket of light to dark blues and purple... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Tuesday...

On this grey and chilly day I had in mind staying in bed, blowing my nose a lot, sleeping... But it is not to be. I am drinking a cup of coffee instead of napping in the hope it will perk me up enough to get in the car and drive our ballots for a local election down to the ballot drop-off box a couple of miles away. It has to be done, and I will do it. Shortest ballot ever: choose one from a field of 4 for a city council seat. I already knew who I was voting for, so it was done in a moment.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 31, 2025

The day after the adventure

It was a good weekend for both Charlie and me: We both made enough to pay for the booth, and we met some cool people and met up with some old friends--so in all, a good time! But today, the cold I fought off all weekend descended and I've been feeling poorly all day. Despite that, I had to be out driving. Charlie's cat, Sokka, needed to check in at the vet and we both needed groceries. But I will be glad to simply stay home tomorrow, possibly tucked up in bed. I hope you're having a healthy... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 30, 2025

One day more...

Rain came in last night with lightnings and thunders, and I went to bed to the determined pitterpat of a proper downpour. Good stuff, the land needs it! Temps dropped to the 30s, but not low enough here for snow, so today's drive to Pueblo will be wet but not icy. So, it's as if winter got together with summer just to tease spring. Meanwhile, the leaves are coming out on the lilac bushes outside my window, and in many of the trees through the area. Yesterday went well. I had six clients and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 28, 2025

On the road again... almost!

We have a couple more days of spring before winter comes snarling back for a moment. We are in the process of packing up the goods and gear for another show. This one is in Pueblo, about a 40 minute drive south if the traffic is good. It's the Curiosities, Mystical, and Steampunk Soiree! He'll be bringing his Wasteland Bears, his boffers and bappers, his various games and wands and whatever he can fill his half of the 10x20 space we've paid for. I am, for the first time in many years, setting up... Sign in to see full entry.

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What you see is what you get.

Perceptual filters... the template of personal beliefs & understandings through which each of us experiences the world, shapes our opinions & judgements, our decisions & actions. Though many people sharing common filters may believe them to be absolute truths, they are not. They are thought-forms, seeming but not actual realities. When someone recognizes what filters they've been perceiving the world through and sets them aside, that's when they can begin to see a more real world. It might be a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

For the first time...

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.

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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.

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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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