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Monday, September 7, 2020

On the edge of challenges

Record-breaking heat today, followed by ~70 degree plunge overnight, winds up to 40mph and snow tomorrow and Wednesday... That's the weather here in Colorado Springs. Today I am bringing in the plants I can find room for, mulching the bigger and immovable planters with straw. The doves are back, they have been freshening their nest with new twigs. I put out water for them this morning. I should have thought to do this days ago, in this heat unrelieved by rain. They leave the nest at night, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 5, 2020

Early September with surprises and expecteds

Well, 90s again today, with snow forecast for next Tuesday. And doves today! Yep, the doves are back! They came by yesterday, and are back today making a few adjustments to the nest, so I'm thinking they will be around a month or so, new chicks ready to fly around my birthday. Maybe they know the cold is coming, though that snow won't last the day. I will have to bring in the plants by Monday night. That will include the pots of herbs and other back-porch items. The unmoveable planters will be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 3, 2020

Coming into autumn...

A breeze gently rattles the bamboo wind chimes at the end of the deck, and with the deck door open, I can see from where I sit and write an unbroken blue sky and the mountains. Air Quality Index is lower than I've seen it since beginning to look every day: 26! The smoke map shows most of Colorado in the clear, though fires still burn. I watched a new-ish version of MOBY DICK last night, one starring John Hurt as a kind of jovially mad Captain Ahab. I remember the first one I ever say--Gregory... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Charlie goes public!

As I have mentioned previously, Charlie has a new novella out: THE GUARDIAN OF TAIHAR Here is his actual post about it: Have you wanted to check out "The Guardian of Taihar", but don't have a lot of money to play with? Well I have two excellent new options for you! The Guardian of Taihar is now available in E-Book form! You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BDYHQL2 For only $3 to download or for free with Kindle Unlimited! Inexpensive and convenient! But wait, there's another... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 31, 2020

After the heat and the smoke

The past several days we've had winds and rain, and the air is clear again. Last night the temperature dropped below 50F for the first time in many weeks. Is it autumn coming? It's not quite September yet... August went by so fast! So maybe it is, maybe we are done with the summer heat. Looking at the weather page, September looks beautiful, but dry. According the the smoke map, we are still under considerable smoke, but maybe it is high in the atmosphere, because the Air Quality Index is 34... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 29, 2020

In respect of writers we know

And here we are at Saturday again! Packages came in the mail since I last wrote here: Books by our own Blogit neighbors, Kabu and Pat! I found them through Barnes & Noble. Kabu writes a sweet tale, and I'm delighted to have in my collection: Gifts The Legend of the Oak: Circle of Life Chumpet which is her edit of another of our Blogiteer's accumulated story telling. Her Tom Ugly I've had a while, another one also available through B&N, online. Pat's book is Bloody Hell and a Slice of Pie, which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

Beautiful day in the neighborhood...!

After rain showers overnight, and some good stiff breezes, the Springs is out from under the cowl of smoke--for a while! Air Quality Index is at 40, which is a good number, down from the highest I've seen here--154 a few days ago. Temps are cooler today, too, and that's also very welcome! This doesn't mean the fires are finished, or the fire-fighters out of work, out of danger. This is one of several 'fires' burning America right now, and we can afford to forget about none of them. And all the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Wednesday dawns with the lowest Air Quality Index numbers this week, and we can see the mountains, even with some detail. And we are promised rain later this afternoon. It's a good day! It will still be hot, in the 90s, but it will only be around 80 next to the a/c. This morning I read a play Charlie has been working at off and on for some years, called DAHAK. It is based on a mythic epic out of the Middle-east about a king corrupted by Evil... not just evil, but EVIL! He wants to organize a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

and now, this...

The Winston Featherbill War has gone international https://twitter.com/breakfastnews/status/1298050422377082880?s=21&fbclid=IwAR1sBNG74qpRHaUQ4JUnucDJwxXGpO8bhQQC82nUuQP8ME56anPLx10Lplw and this: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-25/npr-emu-story-prompts-pronunciation-debate/12592060?fbclid=IwAR1RfwdHpKNSSUPequVbHO6Rk8sBr_0QE_54zogzI9oYM5miixW7dUqCqaU Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 24, 2020

My family starts a war

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/22/905015278/maryland-community-rallies-to-find-escaped-emu?fbclid=IwAR05ljhdk3j0gQneWtOdupWPf5VeNH0Alh1It_L32iJwpdrcQvccHC6Fa1M So, what makes this especially entertaining is that Winston Charles Featherbill, the emu mentioned in the article, is a member of my niece's household. And then there's this... https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/08/emus-pronunciation-is-starting-a-new-emu-war/amp/?fbclid=IwAR3VgHu_O8G15VL13ikG8ZTIuLc4sYiKqiphn6Dt94KD00ojCPwE-bHMgDE 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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