Breathe out...

 

There are no words to adequately describe 

these bittersweet hours...

I am just glad to be here, 

celebrating life and re-telling stories.

My Grandma is amazing.

Breathe in...

Lights and a gift for a friend will brighten my library space
until she comes to collect them...

(in the meantime, I have "A Christmas Carrel")

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Mustachios:

My new favorite snack

(and way to be silly)

:-)

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*
Sleeping under the stars is good for my soul.
Laughing with family and friends is even better...

* My friend Sarah assisted me in capturing
one of my backcountry oddities in photo - -
eating the whole apple. Bottoms up!

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Hand-knit socks & another 14er (albeit a short one)...
I'm feeling accomplished. :-)

Breathe in...

Lunch under a clear Colorado sky
during a long bike ride,
mountains in view from afar...
yeah, that's definitely one of my "happy places."
:-)

More to come later from this year's Colorado BikeMS ride.

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Today feels like it should be Friday...

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Apparently the birds of Englewood awake
to sing in the day at approximately
... 4:37am.

Oh, the unexpected things one learns
while sipping coffee and writing papers.

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I've been spending far too much time in the library lately,
but it's tolerable when I can peer around the corner
and catch a glimpse of my hard-working husband.
:-)

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A third attempt at sock-knitting
in the generally grad-school-induced
wreckage of my humble abode

All you knitters out there, wish me luck...

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A library desk, a view of the foothills,
Sigur Ros & Album Leaf,
& a frustrating paper that the Spirit of God
is using to bring me to my knees...

not what i planned, but so much better.

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Same desk as earlier. New view.
Just for clarification - the snow is blowing sideways.
Oh, and it's accumulating on the side of the classroom building.
And I can't see the campus apartments from here.
I should probably go home...

Breathe out...

Beautiful & crisp morning - perfect for a ride* -
but you can just see the clouds rolling in...

*Alas, no ride for me. Couldn't get my stuff together in enough time this morning AND (as a friend put it yesterday) I really must get some traction on all these papers today... Boo library but at the same time yay library. I am more than blessed to be where I am and to be what I'm doing at this point in my life & story. :-) You know, I'll happily settle for that mug o' tea & some good tunes.

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An amusing pairing...

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Movement can be rest too...

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postcard from the Moores
& my favorite furry friend -
silly snow-loving critter, so excited!
i miss her.

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Favorite pen, favorite place.
Tattered Cover Colfax
Denver, CO

Good place for a 200th post, don't you think?

Breathe in...

Glad for a little congruence...
it's been snowing in my soul for days.

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Fake fire, real coffee, real questions.
I can deal with 2 out of 3...

Breathe in...

Looks like both vehicles need a bath now...