Moving forward by taking no action

Imbolc                                                                   Valentine Moon This last week was a bust as far as Latin or the book.  It was spent in the emotional […]

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That Old Achievement Bugaboo

Beltane                                                                Waxing Last Frost Moon Deciding to take a gamble on the weather, with the aid of the forecasters, Kate planted some frost sensitive plants today:  coleus, especially.  She also planted artemisia, Jacob’s Ladder, alyssum and purple wave petunias.  Mark weeded.  Meanwhile I was in St. Paul doing my next to last session with Leslie. […]

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Kids, Chinese Heritage and Sheepshead + Buddhism

Lughnasa                          Waxing Artemis Moon Whew.  Into the MIA for tours with kiddies from the Peace Games at the park across from the Museum.  I had two groups, one a group of girls mostly who were sensitive, responsive and imaginative.  A pleasure.  The second group was all tween boys who wandered, posed, paused and were harder […]

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A Year of Consolidation

Spring                                         Waxing Flower Moon Hmmm.   Wax.  Bees wax, or, propolis as it is properly called.  I just did a mid-April reversal of the top two hive boxes per the Minnesota bee-keeping method for a cold climate.  This involved taking out each frame, examining it–even though I’m still a bit uncertain about what I’m seeing–putting it […]

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Chinese Calligraphy

Spring              Waning Seed Moon Kate’s home for a four day weekend.  She needs the rest.  I hope she will take it easy, though she wants to do garage sale related things.  I’m not sure what that means and I worry about her taking care of herself. I have a tour of China for Chinese language […]

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A Honu for Dylan

30  bar steep fall 29.97  1mph W windchill 29        Waning Crescent of the Snow Moon Back to the MIA for the first time in almost a month.  Took Jennifer a Honu (green sea turtle) t-shirt for Dylan.  Talked to Jennifer and Paula, picked up my mail-box stuff and went over to Kristine Harley’s office […]

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Security as the Museum’s Id

25  66%  20%  0mph  SSW bar29.90  windchill24  Winter              Waning Gibbous Winter Moon At the MIA I picked up my old security badge with the grinning face and a patch of remnant frontal hair which looked like a soft, brown green at the 1st hole.  This earned me admission to the basement, the haunt of […]

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