Samhain Waxing Wolf Moon Well, Tiger Woods had a wreck. Why? What could have been going at 2:30 a.m. to cause him to drive into a fire hydrant near his home? Why would I care? Nobody but the insurance company cares when I have a wreck. Not saying I have had one, though, and, also […]
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Ordinary Time
Samhain Waxing Wolf Moon Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin to attend February Tea Party Convention. That should be fun. Seeing these two damsels of the right dancing to the tune of the real wierdos would be entertaining for anyone interested in politics. I’d watch a 2-minute video just to see them on stage together. They […]
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Samhain Waxing Wolf Moon Da Vikes! Again. 36-10 over da Bears. The game had little drama, but a good spread of offensive plays, defensive plays and solid special teams play. There was a series of downs in the red-zone where penalties created a one-step forward, two-step backward that didn’t look good. There was, too, a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Mary and Joseph (but, no Jesus)
Samhain Waxing Wolf Moon Thanksgiving Joseph and Mary are here. Mary came in to the train station in Anoka. It was a very East Coast scene with folks waiting for others in the parking lot, a mist shrouding the street lights. Joseph’s flight experienced a delay at Milwaukee and didn’t get in until 9:35 p.m. […]
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Samhain Waxing Wolf Moon Holiseason It’s easy to get stuck in the way we approach problems and problem solving. That famous box we all want to think outside of only illustrates the consensus that most of would not know the box we were in if we saw it. The web offers several different ways to […]
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Samhain Waxing Wolf Moon Let the scramble for the unfinished and the not yet purchased begin. Thanksgiving day is tomorrow. We decided to purchase a turkey from Williams-Sonoma since we didn’t see ourselves doing the whole meal. They gave us a call last night to tell us that the turkey will be delivered today. Reassuring. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Rigel and Vega. Persistence.
Samhain Waxing Wolf Moon Rigel and Vega have remained outside in the woods tonight. Kate and I got up with flashlights and went outside to find them. They were back in the southeastern corner worrying something, growling and running around, back and forth, a lot of vigor and intention, little focus. Vega came in for […]
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Samhain Waxing Wolf Moon Long day at the museum. Two tours, 2 hours apart. Just got home. Today was just ok. Nothing amazing, just solid trooping through the masterpieces and their attendant objects. It was good to see fellow docents, chat. Other docents are mentors, but not me. I imagine the museum did not want […]
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Samhain New (Wolf) Moon Woollies tonight at Scott’s. The usual delicious food by Yin and Moon in the Simpson Museum of Chinese and Buddhist antiquities complemented an evening spent in a decisive rejection of a non-judgmental life-style. While we appreciated the sense behind Scott’s exercise, the bulk of us (Tom, Frank, Mark, Bill and me) […]
Read the rest of this entry »Aspects of Our Lives
Samhain New (Wolf) Moon Kate and I had our business meeting. It involved the always fun annual chore of signing up for benefits with Allina. This is probably the last time we’ll need to do it. Even though it’s an overly complex task, it does have significant repercussions throughout the year, so it pays to […]
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