Category Archives: Miscellaneous musings
Wait and see
The world can get to feeling pretty darn dark these days. The stupidity and vitriol of politicians is truly alarming; crime abounds: a 23-year-old woman, a volleyball player from a local university, was shot dead at 2:30 in the afternoon … Continue reading
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Well. Nothing to do but get used to it, I guess, this 100+ degree weather. The forecast shows 100+ degrees every day for another week at least, up through next weekend. On a purely selfish level this annoys me, because … Continue reading
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Telegraph Pride
This morning there is a piece of paper slipped under my hotel room door telling me that the Pride Parade is today, starting just one block from here, and that all hotel entrances will be locked! Coincidentally, a friend and … Continue reading
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Wren relief
Last night, after a too-long working and networking day at a local workshop, I came home and went straight to bed to finish reading an article about William Morgan, an American who joined the Cuban revolution that put Castro in … Continue reading
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There must be a metaphor-
Ahhh- this morning I opened the window and in came COOL air! And better yet it’s supposed to rain today. My husband told me that yesterday 2 men came to the door and told him that ANTS had been reported … Continue reading
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Munchkins
There are munchkins outside my window at work while I’m in the midst of trying to tie together concepts from about 5 different disciplines, alas. They peer at me through the glass, make hand motions, jump up and down, yell, … Continue reading
Boulder
Driving into Boulder- This is the family peony, the same plant that came through the Cumberland Gap in the 1800s. Several of us have pieces of it around the country now. … Continue reading
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Spring?
This warm Feb. 2nd morning I sat with the window open at 4:30 and heard the robins making their sweet morning springtime sounds- Spring already? The salt-and-pepper will be coming up and blooming under the leaves in the woods. And … Continue reading
Telephone memorabilia
It seems no one talks on the phone anymore unless they’re doing something else at the same time- driving, checking email, reading something on an ipad. I sometimes miss the days when the telephone was on the wall next to … Continue reading
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Tagged data, memorabilia, pause, telephone
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Head noises etc.
I read this morning, in a book written by St. Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle, her complaints of the noises in her head. She gives a very charming description of them (the noises in my own head are not always … Continue reading
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Pinguid 