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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Fumbleday

It has taken four tries to get this post to this point, after hitting the post key by accident. Am I still sleepy, or just having a clumsy day? I also, making breakfast, fumbled one of my special--and expensive--eggs onto the floor, and muddled up pouring the water over the coffee in the drip filter so the filter folded, letting grounds get into the cup. For now, I shall just sit here, try not to drop my coffee or breakfast plate, and try to catch all the typos. The Misfits and Oddities event... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 10, 2019

31 countries!

Over on WordPress, my words have flown around the world! As of a couple of days ago, finally, South America has joined the list of 31 countries who've read me. The US, Canada, and India have read the most, all well over 100 visits; New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, Finland, Nepal, Quatar, and Argentina, once each. Most of the readers and 'likes' are for the poetry I've mined from my archives here and elsewhere, while very few seem interested in social/political commentary or journalling. I have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

It feels like just in time...

Looking out towards across the street, at the neighborhood and its trees blowing in a pretty stiff breeze, all the fall colors faded away to winter greys... It is cold out there, not just chilly. You know that feeling when you get home just before the rain or the snow and ice which you can see coming across the landscape...? That's how I am feeling, not the dread of cold dark days coming, but the gladness of having shelter and warmth, and my new bed. Ah yes, the new bed! I never thought about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 4, 2019

What time is it really?

Ah... yes... Home again. Technically, I was home all day yesterday, but between changing time zones and from Daylight Savings to Standard time, and having a very poor night's sleep--which involved getting up after a couple of hours of discomfort on the old dead futon, wrassling the folding cot and mattress out of the guest-room closet, and assembling them, and then sleeping poorly on an overly firm twin size bed--yesterday was not a day for deep thought or composing bloggery. And yet... things... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 2, 2019

Going home...

Flying out of Seattle to Denver to Colorado Springs today... I will be home there in time for dinner. All's well here, with Louisa having just surpassed her 5lb birth weight, after dropping to 4lbs something in the first week, as babies do. She eats with great gusto, burps and sleeps, this little gal who came into the world a month early. She sleeps fine in the cot, but better being held. We all wonder what will change when she actually reaches her original due date. In the meantime, holding her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Toddlers... !

My elder Bell grand-daughter is a roving weather system: sunshine with hugs and smiles mostly, and intermittent storms. Normal for the Twos, I know, and just maybe this little girl who will be 3 in mid-December has better manners than some adolescents I've known. She knows how to ask politely for what she wants, and says 'Thank you' without prompting. And then she forgets words, and grunts and whines and has hysterics for what she wants--all calculated, too, as it all depends on the audience... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Harking back...

I found this back among the posts of 2009 Got this email from my son in response to the query of what he plans to herd with the pair of 10-foot bullwhips he wants for Christmas. I guessed dinosaurs, and was on the money: It only works on certain dinosaurs of course. Maiosaurs, Edmontosaurs, Corythosauruses, and such. You would think Iguanadons, but they have these pretty nasty thumbspikes they are not afraid of using if they get pissed off or feel threatened. And you always have to watch out and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 26, 2019

The end of the month approaches.

This little family, now a little larger, has been together at home for a couple of days now. The first night was rough... the second, smoother. Tonight, it is likely that sleep will be had by all adults. By the time I leave next Saturday, they'll have it down. The expensive doula was not required, and would likely have made things actually more difficult as it would have been her setting the pace and priorities, etc. and this family is plenty capable of managing with their own systems. More and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Flying home Nov 2!

Now I have a definite date set for my return, my mind turns to thoughts of the Springs... Where it is currently cold and snowing, and Charlie tells me my now-indoor plants are blooming! Embers will be glad to have her Designated Warm Spot back, and will occupy it as much as she possibly can. I will have my own Niagara shower back, and that will be so refreshing! There are things to do, too--On the 3rd there is a theater party to attend, kicking off the annual sponsored giving-to-the-arts... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

photos up!

Got some photos up today, finally, to share with all y'all the Issaquah fall colors and all... https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/6n6p2H 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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