Nice Quiet Sunday In NoCo
Yesterday, my body was in no shape for any further outdoor chores. But I still needed to do my prep work for the week, so that meant a early trip north to the Loveland Walmart to buy the fruits and veggies (and avoid the higher Boulder County taxes that you get hit with at the […]
Shoveling It
Now, being Irish, shit shoveling comes natural to me. I come from a long line of shit shovelers. My paternal grandfather, Spaghetti, shoveled shit on a farm in Northern Ireland well over a century ago. He saw a lot of bad shit in his other reincarnations “back home.” He shoveled a lot of other people’s […]
Small Towns Rock – Thank You Larry
Yesterday my Toyota (yes the one in The Claire Saga) was scheduled for its regular maintenance. How do I know that? Well this sign pops up on my important dashboard screen that prevents me from seeing anything else except a notice that my car is due for maintenance. This sign has been sitting there for […]
Thank You, Maxine – TWA Hits 6300 on Leap Day
Yesterday was a magical day in its own right. I talked about it ad nauseum in yesterday’s blog. But on top of everything else, Leap Day 2024 had made February one day longer. Turns out I needed every extra hour. A few days back, as TWA was crossing the 6290 mark, I had expressed my […]
Happy Sadie Hawkins Day – Leap Year 2024
2024 is a bissextile year. Now before you get too excited, that means that it is the year (one of every 4) in which an extra day is added to the Julian and Gregorian calendars to correct the aggregating six-hour difference in chronological length between the common 365-day calendar year and the actual length of […]
Keeping The Peace At Casa Claire
I really try not to interfere with Mother Nature. Feral animals will prey upon each other. I don’t like or condone it, but I have to accept it. There will be acts of dominance. Submission. Life and death. What I try to do as caretaker of Casa Claire to prevent that from happening on my […]
Magikal Claire The Mule
The Claire Saga does not do the real Claire the Mule justice. She is far more magikal than I can ever hope to translate to the page. I often mention how no matter where Claire may be on Casa Claire, if I stare out the window looking for her, she senses my gaze from whatever […]
NoCo Wind – Chimes & Gnomes
Now, if you have read The Wise Ass you will know that the wind in Northern Colorado is Mother Nature’s most effective weapon. When she starts blowing – Wait, I can’t say that here. Let me try again. When the wind starts to pick up around here you really need to batten down the hatches. […]
Mani-Pedi Day At Casa Claire – Early Spring?
This latest full moon has brought Spring back early along with it. The sky has been clear and beautiful. And while I did leave Claire and Honey’s coats on Friday night. By yesterday morning I knew I had to get those coats off the ladies and let their fur breath a little. So when I […]
Jeffrey David Young
I did not know this young man personally, beyond a few exchanges on Nextdoor where I complimented his posts of all genres of music that he played each day from his room on his violin. Occasionally you would see his dog in the videos, so I could tell he was a good person. He had […]