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From the realm of make-believe…or…You simply cannot make things like this up!

Browsing the news Monday morning, I stumbled across a little blurb that mentioned “Weld County” and “secession” and “51st state” all in the same line. As Weld County was where I spent my formative years, this piqued my curiousity just … Continue reading

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A funny thing happened on the way to work last week…

Well…it was a week and a half ago, but who the heck is getting technical on a peaceful Sunday morning. Trying to talk the munchikin out of making breakfast over the campfire.  I just got the smoke out of my … Continue reading

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Camping…in the backyard…so redneckish…

Yep…we’ve been roughing it the last few days.  The sun finally came back Wednesday with just the barest of rain showers on Thursday afternoon, so the munchikin and I have been on a camping trip extraordinaire! And it’s quite a … Continue reading

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Letting go.

“Just let it go.” Don’t your toes just curl up and your innards shrink when some well-meaning person utters the above phrase to you? Sometimes I’ll admit that’s my first reaction.  I don’t like it when someone blithely quips…”oh, just … Continue reading

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“So honey…how was your day? Me? Well…I shot a bear.”

Yup. I shot a bear. Not sure if I hit him or not…but that’s not really the important part of the story.  You know what I mean? I mean…for anyone that knows me…truly knows me that is…just the fact that … Continue reading

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Insanity or eternal optimism?

insanity:  (noun?)  the act of repeating the same behavior expecting different results So…if one were to subscribe to the above “definition” of insanity, then yes, technically, I could be considered 1) insane, 2) acting insanely, 3) off my rocker or … Continue reading

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Just a quick thought this beautiful Saturday morning…

Do you think that with all of the energy/time/money/etc, etc, etc the Republicans have put into the supposed “scandals” about President Obama something productive might actually have happened in Washington, D. C.? Just a question… Inquiries into this, commissions into … Continue reading

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What an amazing few hours!!!!!!!!!!!

1.  The Supreme Court sort of makes up for its blunder yesterday by voting that DOMA is unconstitutional.  Beautiful.   (Though..in reference to yesterday’s ruling attacking the Voting Rights Act, one might wonder if the Court is slightly schizophrenic.  However, … Continue reading

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Other May visitors

Some of the other visitors here during the last several weeks…   Western Tanager   American Goldfinch Merlin (this one hit the window…and then had to take a few moments to collect herself…she finally flew off…I see her everyday swoop … Continue reading

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Visitor of the day

So this dude definitely gets his own post.  And rightly so, I think you’ll agree.   This was right outside the back door, to the south of the house (north side of the mountain, as you can see him heading … Continue reading

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