Category Archives: Aging

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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Gosh

Ostara and the Ovid Moon of Metamorphoses Thursday gratefuls: Dr. Thompson. Salivary glands, even when swollen. Oxy. Yet more Snow. Ruby and her snowshoes (blizzaks). Snowplow drivers of Jefferson County. Sleep. Vaccines. Sparks of joy: Kate’s #1 shot on Saturday. … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Politics and Today’s

Imbolc and the quarter waning Megillah Moon Thursday gratefuls: Getting sleep back. Kate’s full bore on the feeding tube nutrition. Snow. Gray sky over Black Mountain. Flowers from Tom, especially the Star Gazer lilies. Flight. The Air Force. Major Joe. … Continue reading →

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100 Days

Imbolc and the waning Wolf Moon Thursday gratefuls: Wolves and their moon. Deb Brown and her workouts. The Monk Manual. A better afternoon and evening for Kate. Buddy Mark’s swallow test. A Fib and its treatments. Vaccines. Covid. The writers … Continue reading →

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Tex Mex, lobster rolls, and fry bread

Imbolc and the Wolf Moon Wednesday gratefuls: Mountain Waste. Colorado Gas. Intermountain Rural Electrical Association. Our well. Our Solar panels. Century link DSL. Verizon cell and internet. Hwy. 78, Shadow Mountain Drive-Black Mountain Drive-Brookforest Drive. Our home. Driveway. Fence. Garage. … Continue reading →

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A Mockery

Imbolc and the Wolf Moon Tuesday gratefuls: Good eyes. Glaucoma not advancing, good pressures. A life by the numbers. PSA, too. House cleaners, good ones. A bit more expensive. Kate’s better days. Rigel & Kep. Gertie. Ruth, award winning doggie … Continue reading →

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And they went and died about it

Winter (last day) and the Imbolc (Wolf) Moon Sunday gratefuls: Kate’s better couple of days. Rigel, who gets up between 6:30 and 7:00. I get up at 5:30 now, better rested. Resurfacing after 3 plus weeks of difficult days and … Continue reading →

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Bearing Down

Winter and the Imbolc (Wolf) Moon Friday gratefuls: Caring Bridge. Kate’s community of friends. Story. The Ancient One’s theme this Sunday. Workouts. Deb, a new workout next Thursday. The Wind, 20/25 mph this morning. Our hardly wind tight house. Covid. … Continue reading →

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DeTours

Winter and the Imbolc Moon (wolf moon) Thursday gratefuls: Mark, brother Mark. Diane’s gift. Kate, struggling. VRCC. The snow. Biden at work. Trump gone. Coffee. Easy Entrees. Safeway pickup. The full Imbolc Moon, especially yesterday evening when it hung so … Continue reading →

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Dry Well

Winter and the Imbolc Moon Tuesday gratefuls: Cold. Snow. Still falling. Coffee. -45 here in the good ol’ USA. But, +46, too. Rigel, recovering. Kep. Murdoch in Hawai’i. VRCC. Climate change. Action against emissions. Dr. Gustave, back to North Carolina. … Continue reading →

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AncienTrails

We all walk ancientrails. Welcome to the journey.