remember, remember the 5th of November

Well, a few things in my rambling brain today:

today is the 5th of November, otherwise known as Guy Fawkes Day (commemorating the capture and execution of a revolutionary). We watched V for Vendetta on Saturday (again) and I'm feeling inspired to be more radical.

In other news...The Simpsons House of Horrors XVII had a bit about the golem of Prague, a Jewish legend. My in laws are still in town and they watched it with Michael and I. I was cracking up throughout the segment, and the rest of the good catholics were silent...not even a snicker. sigh.

6 eggs today. (and Andie you should tell Dan that they're CHICKEN eggs, not alpaca eggs!)

in laws

my in laws arrived today. michael is out of town until late tonight. I am working on doing a lot of meditation practice and tonglen for myself and for them. They are lovely people, really. They just drive me a little crazy sometimes.

But I have a few bright lights to keep me going...I had an awesome night with my cousin Paul yesterday. I miss seeing friends. I've been too much of a hermit lately, and sucky time for me to stop being a hermit, now that the in laws are in town for a week and a half. I also heard from my friend D that he won't be re-enlisting (or so he says now). I am so happy to hear this news because I worry about him a lot. He's scheduled to be on mission in the spring, and I just want him to get the heck out of harm's way. I appreciate so much the work he does to keep us safe, but want him safe too.

5 eggs today (and for Andie they are from the CHICKENS).

hooray for Ani

For those who haven't figured it out, I'm a huge Ani DiFranco fan. Well, I'm such an Ani nerd that on Oct 3 when I was home waiting for the vet for the new cria exam, I saw that the intern that runs her myspace site announced a contest requesting artwork. I freaked out and made a little photo collage and sent it off. I'm no artist, so I figured I wouldn't win, but thought I might be one of the first people to respond since I was actually home in the middle of the day.

I got an email today that I was one of the first 20 respondents, and I've won a free CD with Righteous Babe Artists...pretty cool, eh? Sometimes it pays to be a nerd. I guess it will give me something to switch out with my Reprieve CD in the car.

In other news, I have been so lucky this week. I am sitting in on a class at the university I work at, and the students all do 45 minute presentations on the major transitions in their lives. I got to witness the first two on Tuesday, and I'm so completely blown away by the beautiful, amazing people that I get to watch through their graduate school journey. I am really looking forward to the next few weeks when I'll get to see more of these presentations, and eventually present my own story. I'm sad that I will only be able to witness 6 of 18...and I once again get frustrated that I have to keep good boundaries with these people...the bulk of them are in my peer age group, but because I'm in a power/authority position and they are just in their first semester (of a 3-year program) I can't get too close.

sigh. time to change the laundry and get to sleep. 5 eggs today.

2:30 AM and 100th blog

According to my stats, this is my 100th blog. woo hoo. where are the balloons?

It is later than 2:30am, and I'm awake. Michael is out in the wilderness camping, and I'm awake. sucky home alone in the middle of nowhere.

I rented some flix tonight and finally got to see Transamerica. I highly recommend it.

i kept thinking I had so much to write about, but now that I'm here and it is nearly 3am, all those amazing thoughts seem to have evaporated into the ether. so I guess I'll try to go to bed.

hello Mr. Studly

The snow and cold yesterday was a true killing frost. The garden looks like a disaster, but we knew it was coming. Until yesterday, the grapevine was still green, the tomato plants still upright and producing, the pumpkin vines even had a little life in them still. Today...everything was brown and wilted and crunchy. The snow was pretty while it lasted, but it pretty much melted off. Ah, fall in Colorado

Today Pokie's new boyfriend came for a visit...I basically waited around all day for a booty call that wasn't for me. Since I had some time on my hands and I had a limited amount of work I could do from home (since I hadn't brought stuff home since I didn't know I'd be home) I baked bread. I've got a lovely loaf of cranberry nut bread now that I'll take to work tomorrow. yo ho! yo ho! a farmer's life for me...

First Snow and Practice Day

Today, October 17, 2006 we got the first snow! It's been snowing pretty steadily for the last several hours, but has only in the last half hour started to stick to the grass...no sticking to the other surfaces yet.

Today was also Fall Community Practice Day at Naropa (where I work). All classes were cancelled and offices closed. I took myself to breakfast in Boulder this morning and then sat (meditation) with the first year students from 9-10:30. I had to come home after that because Pokie's boyfriend was scheduled to come up for an afternoon visit, but because of the weather that got cancelled. I considered going back down to Boulder to do more sitting because I really wanted to, but I got stuck at the house...it is SO hard to leave a cozy home to drive 30+ minutes back to Boulder in crappy weather. This at least gave me the kick in the butt I needed to get myself on the cushion again.

I'd been pretty down on the coming winter, but seeing the snow...well, it is just so pretty :)

We picked another 2 cups of raspberries last night. The chickens have only been laying 3 eggs a day...this cold weather is hard on them!

First Snow and Practice Day

Today, October 17, 2006 we got the first snow! It's been snowing pretty steadily for the last several hours, but has only in the last half hour started to stick to the grass...no sticking to the other surfaces yet.

Today was also Fall Community Practice Day at Naropa (where I work). All classes were cancelled and offices closed. I took myself to breakfast in Boulder this morning and then sat (meditation) with the first year students from 9-10:30. I had to come home after that because Pokie's boyfriend was scheduled to come up for an afternoon visit, but because of the weather that got cancelled. I considered going back down to Boulder to do more sitting because I really wanted to, but I got stuck at the house...it is SO hard to leave a cozy home to drive 30+ minutes back to Boulder in crappy weather. This at least gave me the kick in the butt I needed to get myself on the cushion again.

I'd been pretty down on the coming winter, but seeing the snow...well, it is just so pretty :)

We picked another 2 cups of raspberries last night. The chickens have only been laying 3 eggs a day...this cold weather is hard on them!