Happy Grandpa

Winter                                             Waxing Moon of the ColdMonth When Kate and I arrived down south here in Denver, we got a 40 degree temperature swing.  At 8 am this morning, my weatherstation recorded -14.  When we got to Denver, it was 26.  If we’d left Minnesota at 50 degrees amd gotten a similar bump, it would be […]

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Hard Rock Mining and Minnesota

Lughnasa                            Waning Harvest Moon Up for a bit then out of the house to chase down the wandering puppies.  Again.  Sigh.  This is a problem still in search of a solution.  Harnesses help but the one who needs them most, Rigel, slips out of hers with the ease of a banana escaping its peel.  We […]

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Crash Under the Blood Moon

46 bar falls 30.22  6mph  ENE  windchill 43  Autumn Last Quarter of the Blood Moon It looks like the most violent moments of the credit crisis, stock market crash will have come under the aegis of the Blood Moon.  Coincidence?  I think so, but it’s still metaphorically powerful. All the trimmed hemerocallis in the back […]

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