Daily Archives: February 23, 2015

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Adaptions

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Imbolc                                                     Black Mountain Moon

The dogs have each adapted to the mountain in their own way. Vega climbs the stairs up to the small porch off my loft and surveys her world. She used to do the same from the window seat in Andover. Rigel prefers to remain inside on cold, snowy days, lying on the tile beneath which runs the radiant heat. Gertie runs outside, rolls in the snow, burrows in it, then runs up the stairs and asks to come in up here. She lies down while I read or write. Kepler takes long, slow walks in the woods, apparently purposeful, though I cannot discern the purpose. He looks wonderful against the snow falling, his black coat flecked with white. A Japanese mountain dog in his element.

Art and Culture, Bees, Colorado, Garden, Jefferson County, Latin, Writing

Up Early

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Imbolc                                                  Black Mountain Moon

One of those nights. In spite of the warmth of my electric blanket I was awake at 3 a.m. For good. So I got up, let the dogs out, fed them, but didn’t go get the paper. (too early) It’s now 5:45 and I’m planning on working on Latin as soon as I finish this. Why waste the time?

There was more snow on the deck this morning. Not so much, maybe an inch. I’d say we got 10 inches over the weekend. Snow here is both more present-it snows more often-and less. It melts soon after coming. This week the weather will be cool enough to retain the snow on the grounds, but it should be sunny enough to melt the driveway.

I’m trying to increase my work. The long preparation for, then the execution of the move, distracted me at points, especially over the last couple of months. We needed our focus on the move and that’s where it was. Now though I want to write a new book, continue the work in Ovid and Caesar, dig into art scholarship, especially in aesthetics and Song Dynasty China, and get more deeply into my Reimagining Faith project by focusing on the concept of emergence.

We have a plan for a modest garden using raised beds designed around horse watering troughs. They have a root-centric bottom up watering system and come ready to use. All we’ll have to do is site them and fill them with soil. I purchased material for a Flow Hive set-up like the one posted below, but it won’t come until November, so I’ll give the bees a pass this year. In April I take the first of several classes in a Native Plant Master program.

Exercise is two-thirds of the way back to pre-move intensity and I’ve added three days.

All this happens wrapped in regular visitation with grandchildren, Jon and Jen, going to movies, reconnoitering Denver and our immediate area around home: Jefferson County, Park County, Evergreen.

Settling in. Becoming native to this place. A process.