Category: daily drivel
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peek-a-boo
I go on walks daily through our neighborhood, usually in a wide circle around our house, or down to the road that runs along the lake shore. Toward the end of winter, I keep an eye peeled for the first sign of spring, the sign that gives me the greatest hope that winter is finally… Read.
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no plan
I was working in an open-plan office: Lots of people milling around lots of desks in a big open room. My boss called me into his office. He said I was going to be reassigned to another department. Didn’t say which department or what I’d be doing, but said my new boss would talk to… Read.
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a puzzle to pass the time
The cold spell broke last weekend. It broke so hard that temperatures climbed into the 60s on Monday. Insane. To take advantage of the balmy weather, I’ve been tromping around anywhere the ground is solid enough to walk on. There’s not a lot of that right now. But for four weeks, it rarely got warmer… Read.
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deep freeze
Before the weather changed to plunge us into a subzero deep freeze overnight, I had the opportunity to tramp around in the UW-Madison arboretum yesterday while temps were still in the high teens. NOAA said it was 14 deg F but my dashboard thermometer said it was 18 deg F, which somehow seemed, I dunno,… Read.
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under pressure
For the first time in ages, I gave blood once again today. According to my donation history, which I can review online — because doing anything these days requires an app or an online account — the last time I gave whole blood was on July 25th, 2024. I donated platelets on August 7th, 2024,… Read.
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two cats
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burn baby burn
I spent a big chunk of the day today burning piles of buckthorn and honeysuckle, both invasive species, which volunteers had been cut out of the wooded areas alongside the University Ridge segment of the Ice Age Trail about a year ago. These areas were so overgrown with buckthorn and honeysuckle that it was impossible… Read.
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panic at school
I was having that dream where I’m back at school except that I was at one of the many technical schools I attended when I was in the military. It was the first day of school and according to the calendar I was expected to show up in my dress blue uniform, but all I… Read.
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it had to happen
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a couple of farts
While cleaning up a mess in the basement recently, I found a box of photos I had lost track of for quite a while. I was even a little afraid the photos may have been accidentally tosses with the trash a while back, but no! They were not! And I am so happy about that.… Read.
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