Turned the Face Away

Winter                                                                          Cold Moon Business meeting this am.  Then more picture organizing.  Out to lunch at Osaka’s for the sashimi […]

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Out, Out Damned Football

Samhain                                                  Full Thanksgiving Moon Like quitting smoking, which I did cold turkey, I have quit watching football.  I don’t need the aggravation, especially with the Vikes and I don’t see the gain, if any, as worth it anymore.  Leaves me with Sunday to clear up piles, do Latin, that sort of thing.  On the other […]

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The Celtics

Beltane                                                Waning Planting Moon Just watched the Celtics beat the Lakers.  A good run in the fourth quarter by the Celtic bench, no, make that a great run, to take the Celtics from four points down to as much as 11 up.  I don’t watch much basketball anymore, my street cred as a Hoosier slipping […]

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Offensive Play

Winter                                               Waning Moon of Long Nights As my new novel has grown into its second chapter, my writing here has become more and more about the weather.  Not a light hearted topic in Minnesota, nor one lacking interest, at least for me, still it’s not the only thing going on here. There is, for example, […]

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The Vikings. Hmmm.

46  bar steady 30.11  0mph WNW dew-point   sunrise 6:45  set 7:36 First Quarter of the Harvest Moon  rise 4:06   set  none The Vikings.  Well.  Near the end they had a chance to win.  A good chance.  They stayed in it and did not give up.  Tavaris still looks a bit stunned, but his passing […]

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News and Commentary

Out of the INFERNO Daunte just never got it together.  Dennis Green might have been part of the problem.  Most of it, though, lay between Daunte’s ears.  Something never clicked. “MIAMI (AP) – Daunte Culpepper summed up his thoughts Thursday in two words, which ushered in the start of a new era for the former […]

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No Joy in Packerville

17  bar steep fall 30.04 3mph NNE  windchill 14     Waning Crescent of the Snow Moon Brett Favre Set to Retire After 17 Years No joy in Packerville tonight.  Favre has turned in a lunch bucket career, a monument to the always play ethos of the NFL which seem valorous and really hides a strange […]

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From Football Genius to Dastardly Spymaster

26  92%  28%  0mph WWN bar30.10 steep rise windchill26  Imbolc             Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon Today I reap the benefits of advanced preparation.  None of that running around trying to get stuff together at the last minute.  I always forget important things when I do that. Got another batch of ping backs today.  […]

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Giants Walk the Land Tonight

21  87%  26%  0mph EEN  bar30.00 steady windchill21  Imbolc                 Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon OK.  Here’s why I like football.  To the best of my knowledge it has no script.  That means from time to time unexpected and amazing things happen right before my eyes.  Like this Superbowl game.  Close down to the […]

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Fallen Oak Leaves in the Snow

26  71%  24%  1mph EES bar30.02 falls windchill25  Imbolc           Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon The Superbowl program started at 1pm.  1pm.  Kickoff isn’t until 5:17pm.  Geez. Spent late morning putting together my workshop/presentation for the Woolly Retreat.  I plan to read sections from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, talk about it a […]

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