Category Archives: The West

Considerations

Ostara and the Ovid Moon of Metamorphoses Saturday gratefuls: Tough towels. Morning lucidity. Vaccines. Kate’s appointment today. Georgia GOP. No doubt now about their racist, oligarchic ideology. The Voting Law. Ditching the filibuster. Sparks of Joy: Vaccine #2 on April … Continue reading →

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There Ain’t No Grave

Imbolc and the Ovid Moon of Metamorphoses Thursday gratefuls: Corn beef and cabbage from Easy Entrees. Thanks to Diane and Mary. Cribbage. Quest Labs. Poetry. Southern Gospel Revival. There Ain’t No Grave. Those Golden Bells. Will the Circle Be Unbroken. … Continue reading →

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Water, Covid, Quarries, Holidays

Imbolc and the Ovid Moon of Metamorphoses Tuesday gratefuls: Mary, Diane. Kate, a bit better this am. Rigel and Kep, slogging doggedly through the Snow. Ted of All Trades who plowed us last night. Chex mix. Oranges. Rubbermaid storage containers. … Continue reading →

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Post Interrupted

Imbolc and the Megillah Moon Saturday gratefuls: Kate. Her doggedness. Rigel’s, too. That stimulus bill. Biden at work. Spring and Winter playing with each other. Now it’s my turn! Spring this weekend. Winter next week. Writing poetry again. Going with … Continue reading →

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Rough Seas Ahead

Imbolc and the Megillah Moon Sunday gratefuls: -19. Here! Valentine’s Day. 74 round trips, ticket punched. Easy Entree’s. Gifts and good eating. Rigel, who woke me up with a birthday kiss this morning. Kate’s somewhat better day. Snow. We need … Continue reading →

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Evergreen, Pine, and Conifer

Winter and the Moon of the New Year Christmastide, Day 9: Evergreen Day Sunday gratefuls: Coffee. Cold coffee. The Denver Post. All print newspapers still at it. An informed citizenry. Trump, for exposing our weakness. 17 days. Buh, bye orange … Continue reading →

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Let It Snow

Winter and the Moon of the New Year Christmastide Day 8: Snow Day Saturday gratefuls: Rigel’s sleeping habits. Keps. Mine. Kate’s. All different. Dogs to feed. Humans to feed. The night Sky. The International Space Station speeding past Ursa Major … Continue reading →

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Holiday Hump Day

Winter and the Moon of the New Year Wednesday gratefuls: Trash pickup. Cold and Snow. Kate. Always Kate. 28 days! Two fortnights. And, you’re outta there. Vaccines. Covid. Kep and Dr. Bachtel. VRCC. Sano. Christmas. Christmas eve. Christmastide. (which ancientrails … Continue reading →

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Be You. Home.

Samain and the Full Thanksgiving Moon Sunday gratefuls: The Full Thanksgiving Moon, which traveled west over the course of the night. Mary’s calendar of Joe and Seoah’s time in Singapore. Her seeing them off at Changi on their way to … Continue reading →

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The Mind of God

Samain and the Moon of Thanksgiving Friday gratefuls: Full bellies. Hungry bellies. All alive now as we hurtle towards a New Year, a planet infected with infected people. Perhaps the end of Black Friday. Jon’s good day skiing. Ruth’s … Continue reading →

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AncienTrails

We all walk ancientrails. Welcome to the journey.