Category Archives: Life

Fifty-four

At last report, a trained weather-spotter in our town reported snowfall of 54 inches to one of the local news stations. This is what it looked like out my front door this morning: That was nearly twelve hours ago. It has been … Continue reading

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Ambient Noise!

Do you like using ambient sound generators at all? These have been around for years–I remember gizmos you could buy that made “running water” sounds that you could play softly overnight, and as these got more sophisticated you had choices: You … Continue reading

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The Hunter rises!

My favorite constellation has almost always been Orion the Hunter–and I only hedge on this just a bit, because maybe there was a point when I was in first grade and just starting to learn about constellations that I preferred … Continue reading

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The sky, over about an hour

I had to leave for work early today, and the stars were still visible through wisps of cloud. Then, once I got to work and we were starting on the project that required my presence a bit early, I noticed … Continue reading

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“Well, I’m back,” he said.

It’s Monday! And as promised, The Wife and I are back from our too-brief (aren’t they all?) weekend getaway. After the general shit-show that was Summer 2022 for us, we really needed a nice getaway. And that’s exactly what we had. … Continue reading

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This is my LAST POST.

For a few days, anyway! I’m on vacation and I’m taking a break. See you on Monday! Meanwhile, here’s a sleeping dog.    

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Fifty-One

I’m 51 today! Yay! This means that I have spent one year alive for every point scored by the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game following the 1990 season. (They beat the Raiders 51-3.) I have one year in … Continue reading

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We’re at a wedding tonight…

…so here’s a cat.

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A quote

“Why love, if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore: only the life I have lived…The pain now is part of the happiness then. That’s the deal.” –CS Lewis (Sir Anthony Hopkins), Shadowlands I’ve been thinking about that … Continue reading

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Our allotted summers….

My friend Jason Bennion, who really should be a writer (and whose edits always make my books better), offered this on Facebook the other day. (He lives in Salt Lake City, so his experience of summer is quite different from … Continue reading

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