Winter Waning Cold Moon Strange event today at Groveland. An old therapist of mine showed up to hear me preach. An ex-Roman Catholic priest, he came into my life while I was still reeling from a barrage of self-inflicted wounds. His therapeutic approach was problem-focused, that is, we always discussed what was the matter with […]
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The Archaeology of Snow
Winter Waning Cold Moon As the Cold Moon begins to wane, so will the bitterness of our winter, sliding toward warmer averages, probably more snow, certainly no green for another month plus anyhow. This winter, like winters of yore, we still have November snow Add Newlayered like archaeological remains below December and those below January. […]
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Winter Full Cold Moon Kate goes back to work on Monday, February 1st. Right now I believe she’ll do ok. Her hip injections–cortisone–have helped. Her neck has been fine during this period, but she will have to return to odd angles while looking into young eyes, ears and throats. The computer ergonomics in the office […]
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Winter Full Cold Moon In just two days those of us who follow the Celtic calendar will celebrate the coming of Imbolc. I’ll write more about it on Monday, but I wanted to note here the difference in timber and resonance between post-Epiphany January and the holiseason just ended. We move now into the ordinary […]
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Winter Full Cold Moon Tires for our 4WD Tundra, knobby tough guys, weigh a lot. Guiding them onto their small, threaded mounts required three tries and two different efforts with the jack. Finally, they were on. They have a nifty device to prevent rust, a washered nut with a stainless steel crown that projects out […]
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Winter Full Cold Moon Every once in a while, not often, say every two-three months I can’t get to sleep. I’ve not discerned any pattern in this over the years. I’m not ruminating. I’m not anxious. Sleep will not come. Last night was one of those nights. Around 2 am, I gave up, got up […]
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Winter Full Cold Moon The full cold moon now has -5 temps under its light. When there’s snow on the ground and a full moon in the sky, I always think of Twas’ The Night Before Christmas: And the moon on the new fallen snow gave a lustre of midday to objects below. Writing that […]
Read the rest of this entry »And yet more Latin
Winter Full Cold Moon First session with the Latin tutor this noon. Conjugations, translations, declensions all the stuff you remember from high school, or not. He thought my background showed, so we decided to move to two chapters a week, rather than one. That’s fine with me because the Wheelock book sets me up well […]
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Winter Waxing Cold Moon A productive day. Moved forward on the novel. Removed the tire, took it in to Carlson, discovered it would require a new tire. Over to the pharmacy to pick up meds. Pharmacist recommended 40 mg pills instead of 20’s. Cuts our co-pay in half for an expensive med. Lipitor. Good deal. […]
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Winter Waxing Cold Moon Hacking away at the keyboard. I’m up to 32,500 words and still chugging along, having fun. Good news! The truck jack we ordered came into Carlson Toyota. That means I get to go out in the garage, jack up the truck and remove its left front tire and take it over […]
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