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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Midweek morning with snow

There's snow on the ground, about 3 inches, sparkling in the morning sun. The doves come and go from their hideout in the corner of the deck ceiling, coo-coo-cooing from there or on the roof or in the trees from time to time. Little birds dash around the feeder. The cold water in the upstairs bathroom--farthest from the hot water heater--is unflowing this morning. My meds-in-the-afternoon strategy seems to be paying off: I am getting to sleep easier and sleeping with less interruption through... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 23, 2021

Impatient for spring...?

So, it seems, are the collared doves who have been turning up every morning lately in that corner of the deck ceiling they have made their own. They are huddled there, roughly coo-cooing their ode to warmer weather just about 8 AM several times a week. My bed is beside the glass door to the deck: They are an effective alarm clock! Pike's Peak is brilliant this morning, etched with white snow against grey rock above the tree-line. There's a neighbor out back who has just fired up his table saw. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 18, 2021

Focus on Monday

Monday... is it going to be another of those weekend-extensions focused on being slightly out of focus all day, or the Monday that gets the week started with focusing on accomplishment? So far, this chilly, unsparkling morning I slept in until just past 8, and there was not much one could honestly call focus of any kind. I just did some things. Like clean the downstairs bathtub with a thoroughness that included putting the safety mats and the clear plastic curtain liner in the actual wash, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 16, 2021

Saturday dawns unspectacularly.

Sunlight cuts across the center of the house this morning, and this may be all the bright sunbeam we get today. Embers is not even bothering to bask in it. The forecast is for a cloudy, chilly day without anything as exciting as snowfall to redeem it. Ah well, I have my oatmeal for breakfast and other tasty foods for later. I drove to the car repair place, but the replacement mirror was not quite the same as the old one. A search ensued, even going to ebay to find the right one, and lo, a set of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Well, that was unexpected...

Charlie and I decided to run out to the grocery store and get a few things, and lunch. Sitting in the truck waiting for the light to go green, suddenly there was a crashing impact, and my driver-side mirror was no more. It was another truck that passed just that much too close as it moved into the left-turning lane, and mashed his own passenger side mirror against my mirror. We had to wait for the light to change, then drove into a parking lot to decide what we'd do next. I suggested that I... Sign in to see full entry.

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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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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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