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Saturday, August 10, 2024

It's a roller-coaster!

So many ups and downs! Steps forwards seem so hopeful and relieving, and then they are snatched back, like the cartoon guy running through a doorway and getting his suspenders caught on the doorknob. Elation and tears and relief and anxieties rising to overwhelm everything... But I think... maybe... possibly... the solution is in hand! On Friday I made the appointment to speak with the passport agency in Denver, just have to bring in the pictures, the form... But the online form got stuck on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Confustications!

Thursday night falls with a distant rumble of thunder. It has been cool all day, raining some but not while I was out and about. It has been a problematic week, with the realization that there are documents I need to board the cruise on the 14th, and that I don't have them. I can't find the birth certificate and have not yet received the renewed passport, and my driver's license does not have the code, apparently that serves as a passport for Canada. I've been going through hoops and shenanigans... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 5, 2024

More about Dad

To clarify yesterday's post... My Dad was the way he was not because of a troubled childhood, though there were issues with his father who died early of an operable stomach cancer, being of a religion that left everything to God and so refused surgical intervention. I've heard that his pain made him impatient with things like his little son whaling away on a violin, and so he broke the instrument violently. I don't know any other stories of his father. His mother also died when he was still very... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 4, 2024

Revelation

My Dad gave me things educationally and experientially that I will always be deeply appreciative of, but I realized something about him recently. It's said that 'youth admires cleverness, age admires kindness.' Well, Dad never made that leap. My sister when I visited her a couple of weeks ago told me something about how he referred to his grandkids by my other sister, my biological sister, as his 'grandbastards.' In fact, they were none of them born out of wedlock, so there's that. But that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 3, 2024

They told us that it would be cooler this weekend. Got news, You Guys, still in the 90s does not count as cooler! I am again downstairs with a little fan which is only slightly less efficient since one of its little plastic blades broke off a couple of days ago. It still has 6 left, so that's enough to make a difference as I sit here, laptop on a pillow on my lap. Drove past a yard sale on the way to the workshop this morning where Charlie needed to pick up some boffers for an Amtgard tournament... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Cool!

It's below 60F this morning! Coolest morning in over a week, and the forecast for today's high is only in the low 90s, with thunderstorms possible, to bring that down, too. I spent most of yesterday and am this morning downstairs where it's 10-20 degrees cooler than upstairs. Laundry is churning outside the door, and when the time comes, I will not hesitate to set the drier on it's medium heat setting. Charlie and I have begun to plan our combined birthday partis. It is rumored to be an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

On the road again... soon!

Getting ready for another hot one today, temps in the high 90s. Could be cooler by Thursday, which I much look forward to. A few days ago I finally sent in the paperwork to renew my passport. No trips planned, but it will be good to have the option again. In two weeks I will be on my way, driving to Seattle to join family for the Inside Passage cruise to Alaska and back. I haven't decided which route to take, though unless wildfires create a problem, it's likely I'll drive north to I-90 and stay... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 26, 2024

Sitting here in a darkening afternoon, the temperature dropping as clouds gather and winds gust... a satisfying ending to a hot week! According to the weather map, rain is approaching, too. Yep... there's the first distant rumble! The past couple of days I've been rewatching LOST on netflix. It ran originally from 2004 to 2010 and has many familiar faces. The first time through, it was full of mysteries and unanswered questions leading to an ending many found unsatisfying. I remember that many... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 22, 2024

Sports Report

Well, here it is Monday after the Mile High Open, Jugger Nationals with 12 teams from around the US. It was held this year in a community park in Aurora, south of Denver, and despite forecasts of thunderstorms both Saturday and Sunday. It's a nice big park with paths and ponds which host a bazillion dragonflies! There was no rain on Saturday during the games, but all up and down the Front Range Saturday night was scattered deluges! Here in the Springs, just about 11pm as I was going to bed, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Humdingers and whambangers!

Overnight--in fact, just after I turned out the light to go to sleep, Mama Nature came galloping in with some big and close lightning, not the sort that in any way soothes one to sleep! And then came the downpour! Major drenching, blowing pounding male rain, as the Navajo name it, that went on for at least 30 minutes! No hail, which I was glad of as I do not want to have to replace another windshield, and it a little late to go out and lay a blanket over the glass as we sometimes have done. Hail... 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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