Beltane Rushing Waters Moon Finished assembling Ruth’s reading chair here in the loft. Two footstools to go, one for her chair and […]
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Winter First Moon of the New Year Gabe, Jen, Kate and I settled into the Nissan rental for our trip to the zoo. We headed down the boulevarded Martin Luther King to Colorado, took a left, south, and followed the signs to the zoo, not far away, especially not far away compared to the zoo… […]
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Winter First Moon of the New Year Sunny and 54 here in Denver today. Heading out to the zoo with grandson Gabe and daughter-in-law Jen. Ruth and Jon drove into the mountains to A-basin at 5:30 this morning. Ruth has an all day ski lesson while Jon will try to find runs not crowded with […]
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Beltane Waxing Garlic Moon The dog delivered, I’m moving more slowly today. I’ve selected a route home, up I-29 to I-90, then to the Jeffer’s Petroglyphs. I’ll plan to stay around there tonight, then finish up the drive home tomorrow. Saw granddaughter Ruth’s new teeth. Little white spikes emerging between her baby teeth in the […]
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Beltane Waxing Garlic Moon Motel 6 with Sollie, Lincoln Nebraska At 8:35 am Sollie and I took off in the truck. We drove straight through to this little piece of heaven. Driving between Andover and Lincoln, a frequent trip, goes through some of the less visually interesting parts of the United States. Sollie is now […]
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Beltane Waxing Garlic Moon Tomorrow I leave for Lincoln, Nebraska. Sollie will head back to Denver with Jon. Our goal here is to calm the dog situation down by getting rid of the extra dog and getting to work integrating Gertie into our pack. She has a Jekyll and Dog personality; sweet and friendly, cuddly […]
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Spring Waning Bloodroot Moon My usual method of travel is mosey. I like slow travel, paying attention to the countryside and stopping when an interesting site shows up. I’ve never understood the folks who drive straight through, as if travel was only about making it to a destination, for me travel is the destination. Except […]
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Winter Waxing Moon of the Cold Month Kate sees this trip as vacation; I don’t. Family related travel, the bulk of what I do, has a different purpose and feel. It’s about relationships and the hard work necessary to maintain them. It has the flavor of duty, but duty in a positive, not an obligatory […]
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Winter Waxing Moon of the Cold Month Gabe and Ruth asked for us to come over tonight. We did. We went with Jon and Jen and Ruth and Gabe to an art teacher’s art show. It was in the ‘hood, just off west Colfax, the Latino part of that very long street, not too far […]
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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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