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So-long, bye-bye
Yesterday was my last day on the job. I’m retired. Again. Read.
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paperwork
I turned in my retirement paperwork today. It’s a little scary that in the near future I won’t have a job, but it’s mostly a huge relief because, honestly, I’m sick and tired of working for a paycheck. I’m relieved to be done with it. When I tell people I’m going to retire, they ask… Read.
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One Ring
I just finished my twice-in-a-lifetime re-read of The Lord of The Rings yesterday evening. Twice in a lifetime seems like enough. First time was in high school, so that was, what, about forty years ago? And so I didn’t remember many of the details. I remembered the names of the principle characters, and there was… Read.
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chilling
We’re in the middle of a three-day heat wave When the air conditioning kicked in yesterday at about twelve-thirty, I noticed it sounded different, like it was straining. I went downstairs to see if the problem was on that end of the unit. It wasn’t making a different noise down there but the copper pipe… Read.
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Isle Royale National Park 05-30-2025
Put the picnic table in the marshiest part of the camp site. We’ll just dump some gravel in the mud underneath the table. It’ll be fine. The only time I got rained on while I was visiting Isle Royale was on Friday morning. Once, well before sunrise while it was still pretty dark, I heard… Read.
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morning walk 04-13-2025
I haven’t gone on a walk longer than 5 miles in over two weeks, so this morning I headed over to the arboretum to wander the trails for as long as it took for me to become trail-weary. I was hoping I might find many many signs of spring along the trail, and in fact… Read.
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morning walk 04-05-2025
The children who visit the Aldo Leopold Nature Center build elaborate huts from fallen tree limbs. The huts get knocked down and rebuilt almost daily, so I’m always looking forward to what they build next. Read.
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sleepy boi
Working from home today, I’d been in my office for about an hour and a half when I looked around and saw Sparky snoozing on a chair just behind me. He usually disappears to his basement lair after he’s had his breakfast and a morning scritch behind the ears, but this morning he must have… Read.
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spring
spring omnipotent goddess thou dostinveigle into crossing sidewalks theunwary june-bug and the frivolous anglewormthou dost persuade to serenade hislady the musical tom-cat,thou stuffestthe parks with overgrown pimplycavaliers and gumchewing gigglygirls and not contentSpring,with thisthou hangest canary-birds in parlor windows spring slattern of seasons youhave dirty legs and a muddypetticoat,drowsy is yourmouth your eyes are stickywith… Read.
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evening walk 3/31/2025
Bit of a mishap on my evening walk. I set out up the road to Woodland Park, continued on through the Aldo Leopold Nature Center and into the Edna Taylor Conservation Park, with the though of tramping around as many of the trails in Edna Taylor as I could. Got about halfway through the park… Read.
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