Category Archives: Thoughts

Stories ~~~ Solstice. Summer starts.Sunny skies. Sweaty showing.School starts. September. Shiny!

Awareness of the outside world. Space.com: See 1st photos of the moon’s south pole by India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, Pultarova, 23 Aug 2023. ~~~ It’s Hot Out ThereCentral AlabamaHeat advisoryAugust 2023 What I Learned How do you photograph heat? You can’t. You have to work indirectly. Effects. Boiling water. Panting dog. Person wiping sweat fromContinue reading “Hot Summer, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. CSU: Birch sugar is the same thing as xylitol and it’s toxic to dogs. 2021. ~~~ The dogs have established several routines concerning their water. Plentiful Jasmine doesn’t get around much. Therefore, she has one water dish near where she spends the day. Another near her night sleeping spot. AndContinue reading “Water Management, Dog Version”

Awareness of the outside world. None at the moment. After two weeks of over-reactive stressing, I spent last weekend in the lovely land of digestive upset. So, a cheerful one from the reserve pile until brain back online. If the chronology seems out of order, Monday’s post was scheduled on Friday. Guts were good then.Continue reading “In It For The Bling, Dog Show Ribbons”

Awareness of the Outside World. Asian American Journalists Association: ʻAhahui Haku Moʻolelo (Hawaiian Journalists Association) and AAJA-Hawaiʻi encourage sensitivity and precision in reporting on the devastating Lāhainā wildfire, by Yi-Shen Loo, August 14, 2023. Hat tip to G. Not my G. I mean G-who-is-a-linguist. ~~~ A while back, the feed store started closing in WednesdayContinue reading “I Remembered!”

Awareness of the outside world. “Each day the first day. Each day a life. Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back.” Dag Hammarskjöld. ~~~ The Great Wave off Kanagawa – Paint by Numbers Kit from Today Is Art Day. The idea of paint byContinue reading “Paint By Numbers, Art Adventure”

Got called sir again. Used to bother me. [Hello Sir] Doesn’t any more. What changed? First off, this is the first time it has happened in the summer. Usually I have on a bulky jacket. [Farm vs Outdoor] Apparel was a baseball cap with my hair tucked up, t-shirt, and shorts. Person in question wasContinue reading “Hello Sir, Again, Non-Fiction Pondering”