enthusiasmic

I'LL DO IT
i'll do it lemme do it
i want to do it
i can do it

? can I do it ?

yes i can

so
Do it
Do it All Ways
Do it All All Ways

and sometimes never

meanwhile Full Tilt Lolly Gag continues to exert her charms

each day

each day

i feel older

and younger

too

let me entertain you

this is for loyal reader Kate
aint she great
she clamors for an update

smile

hope this entertains you, Katie, my friend

yesterday afternoon we had a LIbrary Parade here in beautiful downtown Moab

pushing shopping carts loaded with books and sporting balloons dedicated library patrons moved the old library to the new library a block and a half away

breezy and fun we were cheered on by our friends and neighbors

then we ate cookies

ah the simple pleasures of life in a remote desert town

get this : we are only 5,000 residents and we raised $2.2 million for a new library with stunning architecture that mirrors our canyons and red rock cliffs surrounded by xeriscape desert plantings

i am a happy girl

May I ?

!@#$%^&*()_+

yes, you may

May Day

from Wikipedia :

"Mayday is an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure communications, derived from the French m'aider. It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency by many groups, such as police forces, pilots, the fire brigade, and transportation organizations. The call given three times (mayday, mayday, mayday...) in a row indicates significant danger (for example, a threat to life)."

April Fool / update

thinking about doing ?

try doing without thinking

skaterina will catch up with herself any day now

smile

Kick Glide Smile

April Fool

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skaterina congratulations herself

whey to go

mmmmmmmmm

a family of mice moved into the stove

teeny disney mice

cavorting on the counters in the night

we caught five of them :

the son-out-law caught one but all he really did was hear the trap close / it was not a killer trap the mouse was released in the back yard

the grandson caught two mice with dish towel weaponry that gave colourful battle ground noises

they were released to the ball field across the street

see, i didnt want to kill them

the fourth mouse was trapped by a broom / by me / and i stood there holding him down to think what to do

oh ugh i stomped on the broom

the fifth mouse drowned in a pitcher of whey left from draining ricotta and saved for the rose bush

the rose bush likes the whey and appreciates the morsel of mouse

okay so we got busted by the Dog Catcher

first i fret

the morning walk on Mill Creek Parkway / the bike path parallels the creek / leads us to Rotary Park where of course dogs are not allowed but it is too early for anyone else but a few other walkers / and this is where we fetch up and turn around

the turning point is The Xylophones / outsized custom made each with two or more drummer sticks or whatever they are called / their tones are coordinated with each other / some of them are horizontal and some are vertical / they were built and given to the town by a former resident/musician

the walk first thing in the morning is the best thing i do for myself / the consistency since the days of anemia has really paid off / my legs feel strong / I am Strong !

i can .rink and .moke and eat ice cream but as long as i make the morning walk i am ship shape
and ready to carpe diem

i dont want to give this up for some leash law so what shall we do ? we could go by car up to the Slick Rock but not driving a car first thing in the morning has contributed greatly to lowered blood pressure

soooo / i rise to the challenge at 4:30 am leap out of bed / throw on clothes / have baby barley grass water and skip the coffee until we come back

we're out at five and back by six

i like it

so do Dought and Dot

nabbed

the Dog Catcher got us yesterday morning / i knew it was coming / as we walked up to 4 East from the bike path This Could Be The Day crossed my mind

the dogs have gotten to like coming homeward overstreet which now, with lighter, brighter mornings makes us vulnerable to being nabbed by the Dog Catcher

sure enough / the Animal Control truck pulled up alongside us as we ambled home / both dogs walking with me as if they were on invisible leashes

DC didnt buy the invisible leashes bit / smile

it was still before 7 am / who knew he got up so early ? i didnt / getting up at five for six o'clock departure time is to be out before the DC is out of bed / guess he fooled me

we are an affable town and so was the DC / i pointed out that Dought the white dog is young and tall and Dot the black scruffy mop is old and small / on leashes it is a ........ i demonstrated keeping stable between the two

i understand, he said, but Mayor Dave gets more complaints about dogs off leashes than any thing else

hmmm / how nice to live in a town where the most complaints are so essentially Not So / heh

Missing Entry #1

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mercury retrograde

e d a r g o r t e r

~~~YAW SIHT~~~~

slap dash and laissez faire

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yuup, that's me

skaterina is in a transition zone

shedding old skin and growing new tale

(sic)

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missing posts to follow

here's how to get your Vitamin D

DDDDDDDDD

sit in the sun for 5 to 15 minutes

with your face arms and hands exposed

that's it

your skin will make your Vitamin D which

as you know

is crucial for the absorption of calcium into the bones

teeth hair whatever all parts of the body need calcium

sooo / after a number of years staying Out of the Sun so as not to get skin cancer i am rediscovering the joys of sun bathing / lucky me i live in the high desert south west mountains where even today still a winter one by the calendar i can sit outside

reveling in the sun

feeling skin sizzle with D

DDDDDDDDZZZZZZZZZZ

Curiosity Furthers

hmmmmmmm

what if

I do what i think

instead of think what i do ?

ooooooooooooooooooooo

duly noted :

you dont need strength / you need

agility and balance / to live in harmony

0h is it february already ?

skaterina will be back real soon

tension holds me up

notes from the diary

of

a Hypertensive

or i would be a Puddle

anniversary

the other day was the first anniversary of my mother's death

years ago a friend told me that when her mother died she became young again / i thought a lot about what that might mean so when my mother died last year at the age of 94 i was able to rouse myself from a self-imposed curse that she would outlive me but i only saw myself as not becoming young but really really Being Old

well thats over

i dedicated a year of mourning to the acknowledgement of the loss of my mother and to allow myself to feel the loss and gradually the gain of the loss / the freedom from worry about her

a lifelong entanglement grounded in chronic illness and burdened by personality disorder

she is at peace at last and so am i

and, yeah, i am young again

kick glide smile

watch out for throw rugs

heh

that was the advice from the bone density doctor / dont get thrown by a rug / pick up your feet and watch your step

so i dont fall down and crack a bone

guess i wont mention ice skating

smile

the moon is full and i am on top of the world

the walk

walking
the face
of the
planet

this is all that matters

flurries

the apparent senseless flurries

are

conceptual illustrations of

control and choice