Spinning Wheels

I am trying to do too many things this morning, and getting pretty much nowhere with any of it — and it’s all depressing me. And I’ve barely made it out of bed — what does this portend for the rest of the day? Maybe the Boomtown Rats were right when they sang “I Don’t […]

Road Trip

Having my sister closer to hand may be more work than I was expecting. Tia, you may recall, has taken a job as the business manager for the Gunnison school district, but her family is not moving to Gunnison until after her son graduates high school, just about a year from now. So she is […]

Keep on Truckin’

So I decided, a few months ago, that I needed a truck back in my life, but I wasn’t doing a whole lot about it. There were plenty of other decisions to occupy my mind, and plenty of other purchases to occupy my wallet. Then I went reading the Gunnison Country Shopper, looking for something […]

Back Among the Dinosaurs

Fresh on the heels of the highly disturbing United Nations report that humans are predicted to cause the extinction of one million species, plant and animal, in the not-so-distant future that could possibly bring about our own demise, I have a confession that doesn’t help the cause: I bought a truck. Yes, I am once […]

Intrusion

As I go through my days, numerous blog topics often spring to mind, and sometimes I even remember to write them down. (I finally remembered what I couldn’t the other day, when I was once again lamenting the weather — I was going to note that Microsoft was taunting me by flinging beach pictures up […]

Gilly to the Rescue

Let me just say, everyone should have a Gilly in their life. She certainly smoothed out an otherwise rough day for me yesterday. Gilly is one of my co-workers (I’ve mentioned her before), and she’s one of those people who radiates such pleasantness that she’s always a joy to be around. It never feels quite […]

Cinco de Mayo

Mexico seems to have about 100 Independence Days every year, as it celebrates throwing off yokes of oppression from the Spanish, the French, the Mexicans themselves and I’m not sure who all else. I’m going to guess that most of us — or maybe I’m just speaking for myself here — are not that familiar […]

Can’t Live With It . . .

Here is how my morning has gone, in plastic: I checked Na Ki’o’s blood sugar with a meter encased in plastic, then gave him an injection of insulin with a plastic syringe. I medicated both him and Oz out of plastic pill bottles, and covered the food they got for snacks with plastic lids. For […]

Toe Tappin’

I went to a tap class last night that wasn’t really, and I’m conflicted as to how I should feel about it. Instead of tapping, we spent an hour sitting in the dark watching other people tap on YouTube videos. I stayed awake, which is always iffy in a situation like that, so that’s good, […]

Our Winter of Discontent

So now it is snowing. It has been snowing all around us for at least two days, and now the white stuff has come down enough in elevation to reach the valley floor. I believe my weather called for a “squall” around 9; it’s an hour premature. However, my weather goes on to promise clear […]