Fall Waxing Dark Moon The last night of fall, tomorrow morning will be Samhain. In my personal sacred calendar Samhain marks not only the end of summer, but the first day of Holiseason which runs until Epiphany, January 6th. There are so many holidays, family times, solitary days and days of spiritual pilgrimage in Holiseason […]
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Mammals Here Nap
Fall Waxing Dark Moon It has been a strange fall for leaf change and leaf shedding. Our trees were green until just a week or so ago, then the trees with golden fall colors like the birch and the poplars changed. A few of the red changed, but the large numbers of oak and ash […]
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Fall Waxing Dark Moon A word about litter mates. Kate and I buy litter mates when we get puppies. Once in a while we’ve gotten adult dogs given to us by a breeder and we did buy one solitary wolfhound, but otherwise litter mates. Of our current pack all of the dogs were litter mates. […]
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Fall Waxing Dark Moon Dan the fence guy came and measured the fenceline for our garden. He hopes to finish by tomorrow and I hope he does. Rigel will then be relegated to digging holes in the woods and the backyard rather than the garden and the orchard. This home’s most expensive dog greeted Dan […]
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Fall Waxing Dark Moon Kate and I had our business meeting today. I mailed a check to Allianz for Long Term Care Insurance. Having Kate home right now is like a trial run for her retirement. The big difference will be that she will be able to add her energetic presence, too. She folded the […]
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Fall Waxing Dark Moon The Vikings took the pressure off themselves today by losing to Pittsburgh. A lot of things could be said about the game, but in the end they lost. It was a great game, one I enjoyed watching anyhow. OK, I will say one thing. That tripping penalty that called the touchdown […]
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Fall Waxing Dark Moon Be aware of your body. Be aware of your perceptions. Keep in mind that not every physical sensation is a symptom of a terminal illness. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Forget this and attaining enlightenment will be the least of your problems.
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Fall Waxing DArk Moon Kate said this morning, “I have the zombie walk down.” She referred to her walker and its clump, clump rhythm. I suggested we have her greet trick or treaters. We could hang a sign on the walker that said, “Caution: Old Person!” Talk about scary. (pic: Halloween 2008, Leadville, Co.) Yesterday […]
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Fall Waxing Dark Moon Electile dysfunction (hanging Chads?). Dam Yangtzes (Will they make the World Series?). Random thoughts generated by recent news pieces. A tour with business students from the Metropolitan Community and Technical College. This was a group of engaged and well-spoken young adults, roughly 24-28. Their questions and observations brought out the grace […]
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Fall Waxing Dark Moon Hospitals are not homes. Neither are they more than medically outfitted hotels. Abbott-Northwestern is a good hospital, but the gap between a good hospital and a healing environment is vast. Kate is now home, a healing place where her body will continue the work assisted by the surgeon. She’s tired, but […]
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