Monthly Archives: August 2013
Sowing
As you sow, so shall ye reap. Well, not always. About 36 years ago — during the first rainy season after we bought the land — Andy decided to sow some clover to build up the soil on our clearing. … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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Leisure
Leisure, or free time, is time spent away from business, work, and domestic chores. It also excludes time spent on necessary activities such as sleeping and, where it is compulsory, education. —Wikipedia How much leisure do you have in your … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully
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A Political Ad Already?
The other night when Andy was waiting for the weather report on TV, he called, “Jean! Look at this.” It was a paid piece extolling the virtues of Tom Udall, our senior U.S. Senator. What? A political ad so soon? … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning
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There May Be Hope Yet?
This morning Andy and Orlando went up to assess what needs to be done on the roads — they figure the work will take two weekends. Roadwork is costing us a lot more than we anticipated this year, but we’re … Continue reading
Posted in Life As a Shared Adventure
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Ready for Fall
Summer isn’t over yet, but the college football season starts August 31st. The grandpups are all ready for it — Sammy’s T-shirt says Michigan Son, Montana’s says Michigan Daughter. Fall always reminds me of school starting when I was … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Humor
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Not Exactly a Lawn
Andy has sprinkled some grass seed around, and some of it is coming up after the recent rains. Grass will be struggling for a few years because the fire burned all the organic matter in what little soil we … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Living Fully
Tagged grass, humus, New Mexico, paitience, persistence, plants, rain, rainy season, regrowth, rocky soil, sowing
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iPads for Pets
The Wall Street Journal recently had an article about iPad apps for pets. Who would have guessed? One of the big problems — especially with cats — is they then think the iPad is theirs and it’s sometimes hard for … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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One Thing Leads to Another
As I’ve mentioned, this new theme started when I found I had to update my old one if I wanted to have threaded comments — to let people respond directly after the comment they’re answering. Years ago it took me … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Life As a Shared Adventure, Lifelong Learning
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Exploring Mazes
I’ve never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once. —Daniel Boone I spent hours and hours on the computer the past few days, experimenting with one of the sophisticated plugins of WordPress. As I expected, … Continue reading
Posted in Life As a Shared Adventure
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Moving to Cheerful Monk
Originally this blog and Cheerful Monk were going to be on different subjects, but that hasn’t been true for a long time. So starting today my Thursday posts will appear over there. I should have done this a long time … Continue reading
Posted in Change
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