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The New West

By Charles Posted in Colorado, Commentary on the news, Denver, Jefferson County, Mountains, Myth and Story, Our Land and Home, Park County, Politics, Shadow Mountain, The Move, The West, US History | No Comments »

Samain and the Moon of Thanksgiving Wednesday gratefuls: Mountain Waste. Doctors. The one here and the ones out there. Roads. The builders of Colorado Mountain roads. His Dark Materials. Phillip Pullman. Friends. Caregiving. Tsundoku. Collecting books you have not read. William Schmidt. Bill. As he goes through the next 14 days. Tom on December 1st. […]

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Bloody Sun

By Charles Posted in Colorado, Denver, Family, Great Wheel, Great Work, Jefferson County, Minnesota, Mountains, Our Land and Home, Park County, Plants, Shadow Mountain, The Move, US History, Weather +Climate | No Comments »

Lughnasa and the Labor Day Moon Tuesday and Wednesday gratefuls: Kate’s DEXA scan for bone density. Ruby’s a.c. for the drive. Euphoria on HBO. Ruth’s new favorite show. Rigel’s improving appetite. Amber. Mountain Waste. The blood red morning Sun. Teenagers. The complexity of their lives, made even more complex by Covid. The orange excrescence and […]

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#244

By Charles Posted in Anoka County, Colorado, Denver, Family, Friends, Holidays, Jefferson County, Memories, Minnesota, Mountains, Myth and Story, Our Land and Home, Park County, Politics, Shadow Mountain, The West, Third Phase, Travel, US History | No Comments »

Summer and the Moon of Justice Saturday gratefuls: This country. These purple mountain majesties. The lakes of Minnesota. Lake Superior. Evergreen. Conifer. Shadow Mountain. The great plains, rippling wheat. Corn fields of Iowa. Lady Liberty. New York City. San Francisco. Puget Sound. The Colorado River. The Mississippi. The South. New England. The first lighters up […]

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Deep Guidance

By Charles Posted in Beyond the Boundaries, Colorado, Garden, Great Wheel, Great Work, Jefferson County, Memories, Minnesota, Mountains, Myth and Story, Original Relation, Park County, permaculture, Plants, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant., Shadow Mountain, The West, Third Phase, US History, Weather +Climate | No Comments »

Imbolc and the Leap Year Moon Sunday gratefuls: An extra day in my birthday month. DogsonDeployment and the three folks who responded right away. Seoah’s careful scrutiny of the profiles. Kate’s help with Corrine, who called from DoD. Blue skies and warm temps. Atlas Obscura. The Rocky Mountain Land Library. Jon’s offer to stay with […]

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Downsize?

By Charles Posted in Aging, Anoka County, Art and Culture, Asia, Astrology, Bees, Cinema and Television, Colorado, Commentary on Religion, Cooking, Dogs, Dreams, Faith and Spirituality, Family, Feelings, Friends, Garden, GeekWorld, Great Wheel, Great Work, Health, Hebrew, Holidays, Humanities, Humor, Hydroponics, Judaism, Kabbalah, Latin, Letters, Literature, Media, Minnesota, MOOCS, Mountains, Music, Mussar, Myth and Story, News of the Strange, Our Land and Home, Painting, Park County, permaculture, Photography, Plants, Poetry, Politics, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant., Retirement, Science, Shadow Mountain, Sierra Club, Sport, Talmud, Tea, The West, Third Phase, Torah, Translating De Bello Gallico, Translating Metamorphoses, Travel, US History, Weather +Climate, World History, Writing | No Comments »

Winter and the Future Moon Monday gratefuls: Ruth and Jon skiing. Gabe peeling potatoes. Kate getting Murdoch upstairs. The picker at King Sooper. Having Sunday free of workout. Cleaning off my table. Organizing and preserving my paintings. Kate paying the bills. Ruth. Murdoch. My paintings. Whoa. Like my novels and my blog. I’ve done, I […]

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Stick to it

By Charles Posted in Aging, Anoka County, Art and Culture, Cinema and Television, Commentary on Religion, Dogs, Faith and Spirituality, Family, Feelings, Friends, Garden, GeekWorld, Great Wheel, Great Work, Health, Holidays, Jefferson County, Judaism, Latin, Literature, Media, Memories, Minnesota, MOOCS, Mountains, Myth and Story, Our Land and Home, Painting, Park County, permaculture, Plants, Politics, Shadow Mountain, The Move, The West, Third Phase, Translating Metamorphoses, US History, Woolly Mammoths, Writing | No Comments »

Winter and the Full Future Moon shining through the lodgepole pines in the west Friday gratefuls: for the Mussar group. for the Daf Yomi, now day seven. for the chance to do the Murdoch mitzvah. for the fresh new snow. for the 12 degree weather, what they call here, Stock Show weather. for Black Mountain […]

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Mountain Strong

By Charles Posted in Family, Great Wheel, Great Work, Health, Jefferson County, Mountains, Park County, Shadow Mountain, Third Phase, Weather +Climate | No Comments »

Winter and the Future Moon Wednesday gratefuls: For Paul’s idea of the 60 second hug and zero negativity. For Bill’s call yesterday. For Rabbi Jamie and Art Green, the class at Kabbalah Experience by Zoom. For Sandy, who cleans with energy and whose tumor has begun to shrink. For all the good dogs everywhere. All […]

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Platte Canyon Drive

By Charles Posted in Colorado, Cooking, Family, Jefferson County, Mountains, Park County, Third Phase, Travel | No Comments »

Samain and the Gratitude Moon Wednesday gratefuls: Seeing Kate cheered by her fellow Bailey Patchworkers at their holiday luncheon yesterday. A drive yesterday along the Platte River Canyon from Bailey to the Shaggy Sheep. The partly running, partly frozen North Fork of the South Platte River. The black squirrel that played along its banks. Finding […]

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See As Seen

By Charles Posted in Aging, Family, Friends, Memories, Minnesota, Mountains, Park County, Shadow Mountain, Third Phase, Woolly Mammoths | No Comments »

Lughnasa and the Harvest Moon 42 degrees this morning on Shadow Mountain. Orion standing guard over the Southern gate, the sky black. Walked out to the white Denver Post tube nailed next to our mailbox, picked up the paper, took it back inside. Put it at Kate’s place so she’ll have it when she gets […]

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Other Nations

By Charles Posted in Health, Mountains, Park County, Shadow Mountain, Third Phase | No Comments »

Lughnasa and the Moon of the First Harvest If you look at the post below, you’ll see a line about a minor fall and osteopenia. Fell this morning going downstairs. Landed, fortunately, on my right side, right hip hitting the ground. It was the left hip that had the softened femoral ball. Could have been, […]

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