Category Archives: Dogs

The Great Wheel turns for us all

Winter and my 76th Valentine Moon Saturday gratefuls: Alan. The Campfire. Snow. Dribs and drabs keeping the Mountains white. Going out today. Adventure! Watching women’s soccer on HBO. Motorsports Magazine. Road and Track. Bomani Jones. Going to Savannah and Charleston … Continue reading →

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Stolen Work, Stolen Land

Winter and the Wolf Moon Thursday gratefuls: Kate Strickland and Michael Banker. Seeing them on Sunday. Dushanbe Tea House in Boulder. Diane this morning. Tom tomorrow. Tom Tomorrow! Alan on Saturday. Mussar today. Fresh white Snow. Kep, the sleeper. His … Continue reading →

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Larger than Chixulub

Winter and the Wolf Moon Wednesday gratefuls: Mark, my Postman. Whose father was a bush pilot in Alaska. Snow. Plenty. The Forest in white. All those wild Neighbors snugged in for the day. Kep, who wisely did not stray far … Continue reading →

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Ready for the great push forward

Winter and the Wolf Moon Tuesday gratefuls: MLK. The South. Seekers of racial justice. Those who oppose it. Snow on its way. Kep, the nudger. Christmas lights still up at the neighbors. Pruning. Still. But not always. Mary in Kobe … Continue reading →

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Dutiful

Winter and the Wolf Moon Sunday gratefuls: Breakfast with Jen, Ruth, Gabe, Barb. Driving back up the hill. F1. The MIA. The Walker. The docent program. My many years there with good friends and art. Acting class. Creativity class. Origins … Continue reading →

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A Satisfied Mind

Winter and the Wolf Moon Saturday gratefuls: Seeing Ruth and Gabe for breakfast today. Slope=rise/run. Remembering algebra. Korean chops increasing. Slowly. Duolingo. Sleep. McCarthy. Derek Hamlin and the power of compassion. Ukraine. Mary Oliver. Ancient Brothers. Tom. Ellory. Amber. Joe … Continue reading →

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Like a book end

Winter and the Wolf Moon Wednesday gratefuls: Earth trivia. Perihelion today.* Also, happy birthday Isaac Newton! Who discovered calculus and wrote the Principia Mathematica. An alchemist, too. Kristen Gonzalez. My favorite doctor ever. Aside, of course, from Kate. Evergreen, my … Continue reading →

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Ruth comes home

Winter and the Wolf Moon Tuesday gratefuls: Memories with Tom and the dogs. 8 years ago. 12 degrees. Dusting of Snow. Rabbit tracks on the driveway. Kep in the Snow. Ruth came home. 15 years of Solstice entries. (lost 3 … Continue reading →

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When I’m an adult, I’m going to live up here

Winter and the Wolf Moon Friday gratefuls: Gabe. Shoveling. His comment about the Mountains. Driving into Denver. Freddie’s Steakburgers. Cheap down the hill gas. A waning 2022. Alan. 14 inches of Snow plowed. The Mountains in their Snowiness. Jeffco road … Continue reading →

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Snow

Winter and the Wolf Moon Thursday gratefuls: Snow. A lot of it. Maybe 10 inches? (measured with a broom stick and a tape measure: 14 inches) Snowed hard from about 3:30 yesterday well into the night. Fire in the fireplace … Continue reading →

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AncienTrails

We all walk ancientrails. Welcome to the journey.