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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Thursday begins...

Evening before last, I looked up in time to catch the last of another pretty sunset. https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C Last night, it was all about the wind. I left the glass door by my bed just a bit open, to listen to it while I was snuggled under the cozy blankets! I've begun to wonder if taking my meds before bedtime is part of what makes some nights very difficult to find sleep. So I will be taking them after breakfast now, and seeing how that works out. Anyone having experience with this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Uh...

Here it is, nearing bedtime on another one of those Mondays that never quite got going. I did get a couple of packages in the post, did a bit of cooking, even accomplished some excavation on my desk which has been under layers of this-and-that for quite some time. But no writing today, or not much. Nor reading. And now it's Tuesday. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 10, 2021

White sky, White ground

Sunday morning: chilly, 3-4 inches of snow on the ground... and in the trees, and on the porch railings... Temps today will maybe get above freezing. And tomorrow, in the 40s, by Wednesday, the 50s. It's yoyo weather season! I'm trying a new brew this morning. It's called 'brio' and is made not of coffee, but of cacao. It doesn't filter as cleanly as coffee, so I am guessing it supplies some amount of fiber per cup. It has a sharper flavor than cocoa, but I added some chocolate almond/cashew... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 9, 2021

Saturday snow!

No pretty clouds lit by morning sun... No mighty mountain outside the window... Just a bit of persistant snow. Prediction is for an inch, but I bet it will be more! I woke up this morning feeling pretty good! I had a good six hours of sleep uninterrupted, and was actually eager to get up and get some breakfast going--my favorite steel-cut oats with pecans and real maple syrup, and coffee with a dash of chocolate cashew/almond milk. While it cooked, I cleaned up the kitchen, scoured pots and pans... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 8, 2021

Another sun rises amid the clouds, a thin crescent moon high in the sky. Yesterday the Yule Forest dinos went into retirement, and all the little birds on the tree migrated to the woodsy panel behind my bed: I have my dining room... or dino-ing room table back again. This means some of the plants have also made their way back to where, in the mornings, they will enjoy real sunlight. No sooner did all this occur, than arrived at last my present from Charlie. He picked up on my hint some weeks ago... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 7, 2021

new photos!

This morning's sunrise: clouds in the east, Pike's Peak to the west... https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C Sign in to see full entry.

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New day: the project continues...

The sky was red and gold this morning, and there was I, scurrying from one sside of the house to the other with my little camera! Photos will be up later. Meanwhile, my St Patrick project advances... There needs to be blurb and a bit of bio material for the back cover. What do you think of it what I've come up with? A Fable of an Ireland that might have been, of beauty and kindness, of wisdom and grace-- and just a touch of the Old Magic! About the Author... Photographer, writer, poet of a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Exciting news!

You may recall, some while back I shared a little fable I'd written regarding how Saint Patrick got the last of the snakes out of Ireland. http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/927874 Well, now it is going to be a little book, illustrated by Olivia Wylie, a talented artist who excels at Celtic style design. She has some books of her own available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Olivia-Wylie/e/B07G67WZKC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share In particular, note her TRIADS OF IRELAND. She is a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 1, 2021

Turning a new page, opening a new book...

Wishing happiness to all my Blogit friends, and blessings and luck in the New Year! I am ready to turn that page, but at some moments, the exhaustions of the last months, years even, are still weighing me down. So today I will take it easy, and not require much of myself. I spent hours of this previous week putting my house in better order, and finished last night with a full cleaning of the cat box so Embers has something to be pleased about, too. The New Year's fireworks flying off the top of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 28, 2020

Snowday, so they say...

According to the weather forecast, there is 15% chance of no precipitation today. According to the weather map, it is already snowing right here in this neighborhood. But seems to me, the 15% is winning. Kind of the opposite of the guy who called his local weatherman to inform him, "I've just shoveled 18 inches of 'partly cloudy' off my driveway!" The kitchen clean-up came first thing this morning, because it is a small patch, the area where I make my coffee. It has a dubious electrical outlet,... 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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