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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading