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Saturday, August 15, 2020

Smoke gets in your eyes... and up your nose...

The sun is coming up this morning like a great hot peach, and the light all around is filtered to that dull orange you get when it's coming through smoke. According to this morning's smoke map, the Springs is in the smoke plumes of at least four fires. Sensitive noses will likely be smelling smoke in the air. Still, it isn't like Seattle a few years ago, when ash was falling like a light grey snow. https://fire.airnow.gov/?lat=38.84592810412549&lng=-104.83012868939343&zoom=10# Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Another home Thursday

Another hot day shut outside. The morning started with cooking. At Trader Joe's, I bought a piece of pre-cooked pork belly, and decided to try it, which meant crisping up the outside of it. Most of it is fat, after all. I ended up cutting it into smaller pieces so more of the fat was rendered. In the end, it was basically Super Bacon. At the same time, I put artichokes in the oven. I cut them in half and wrap them in foil, then bake for a while, until a leaf pulls away easily. On this keto diet,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Going down...!

I've been eating keto-style for 4 days now... and down about 4 lbs from where the diet began. Okay. It's a start. Considering how long I was on the 180s plateau, this is encouraging, to be down to 176 lbs. Really, I'm not so much over-weight, as under-tall. Heat has returned to the days here, topping out in the 90s, and with no refreshing storms. There is not so much cloud-cover as smoke from a big wildfire on the other side of Colorado. This one has closed I-70 indefinitely near Glenwood... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 9, 2020

Sunday at home, traveling

Hot, hot, hot! And no rain in the forecast for the rest of the week. One of my favorite things is the way I feel after a shower on a hot afternoon, feeling refreshed all over, and especially while my head is wet. The weather has dried up the nasturtiums that looked so promising up to this last week. Sunflowers are blooming, and so are some of the lettuce plants. One has a strange stalk with a flower that looks like chickory. The morning glories are blooming, all so far the beautiful purple ones.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 7, 2020

Changing plans

The truck a/c now blows at the levels it's meant to, and my so-kind mechanic also filled the shpritzer reservoir, and cleaned the inside of the windshield, which my relatively short arms find very difficult to do. However, Charlie was stuffed up and sneezy yesterday when we'd planned to go get some errands done, and while he was pretty certain it was allergies acting up, we decided to postpone. So, today's the day. But not until after noon, most likely. He went to bed around 4 am--he gets much... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Midweekly on-goings

While the truck is in the shop--a/c problems being fixed this time, hopefully--and the lightweight stick-vacuum I ordered a couple of weeks ago arrived yesterday, Wednesday begins with getting some cleaning up done at home. The little vac is indeed very lightweight, and it will be easier to clean the stairs below the bird cage of scattered seed and husks. But it isn't very good at snatching up bits of down that cling to carpets. Okay, I have wide grey tape for that. The worries of the times are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 1, 2020

What, Saturday already...?

And here it is, Saturday again, and I have read but not written here for a week! All days are pretty much the same, so it seems, and a kind if comfy-chair/laptop/tv inertia sets in. Now, one of our own has had to be tested along with her family for Covid 19. Suddenly, it goes from numbers to specific people, and some we hold dear, at that. It is now a different kind of anxiety, and fear for someone in my own heart. I know that this is how it is for the dear ones of all the numbers, but this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Sleepy Thursday

Ever have a day when you never quite wake up? I've been yawning and brain-fogged all day. The coffee never kicked in. I just want to have a nap--but someone is coming over to do some business with Charlie, and I have some things to show him, also. He's the potter I have collected quite a lot from, Peri Charlifu, and he has made some tea cups for Charlie's Patreon people for his upcoming book launch party-favors. Peri has been talking about raku pottery lately, and I have some pieces to show him.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Another beautiful morning...

Cool now, easy to get some gardening done. I've pulled up a couple more beets, and there is a batch of things in the freeze-dryer to pull out, package and label this evening. It is all so quiet here in this neighborhood, even while we are all daily bombarded by the madness in cities all around the country. I don't expect it will last, but hunkerin' down is the plan for now. This doesn't mean I am not resisting the jaw-dropping outlawry of this mad administration. I do what I am able: I write, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Future-pacing the larder

If this post brings on a bit of deja vu, it could be because I accidentally posted it already in someone else's comments. Comes of getting set to write an actual comment, getting distracted, coming back to an open writing space... We went out comet-spotting at 4:30 this morning, during "nautical twilight." We drove out eastward to where we had a fairly clear view of the eastern horizon. But we didn't see anything dramatic but a wonderfully brilliant Venus and a ruddy Mars. At least we got to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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