#Today 14

Good day!

It seems crazy, but as winter is about to end, this the most winter-like weather we’ve had, even if yesterday’s snow swiftly turned to rain.

Our temps are supposed to soar, soon. I’d normally cheer that, but I somehow feel cheated out of a real winter.

Be everwell.

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#Today 13

Good day!

For the first time, I cooked spinach from the produce aisle. I haven’t been able to get it frozen for six months.

Why?

Over 90% of spinach is grown in China.

The spinach I had last night was excellent, locally grown, and cost me 5x as much.

Be everwell.

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#Today 12

Good day!

We’re in what could be our last sorta winter storm: cold, but not cold enough for snow, at least not in the valley.

I’ll make a quick trip to the grocery store early this morning before sunrise, then walk and edit (less than 20 chapters remain).

Be everwell.

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A short November trip—to a well-known hiking spot—somewhere between downtown Phoenix and the desert.

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#Today 11

Good day!

Some pictures I distinctly remember taking. This is one of them.

Given the weather, I was worried there’d be few views (I was right).

First opportunity, I crawled beneath a branch to photograph a mountain and this branch frame appeared. It wasn’t planned.

Be everwell.

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#Today 10

Good day!

It’s actually cold. That’s saying a lot this winter.

Evie Cat was racing around like it’s spring. Now, though, she’s gone back to bed. She does that.

While I have my morning coffee, she sleeps. I’ve never had a cat that snuggles at night like Evie Cat.

Be everwell.

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Writing many worlds - each book a fragment of thought, emotion, and imagination.

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#Today 09

Good day!

One berry in the snow.

So, last Saturday I submitted my taxes, so that’s done. Finishing that eased my stress levels.

Meanwhile, the days are mostly cloudy with periods of drizzle like we’d normally have in late April.

For me, it’s good writing weather.

Be everwell.

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Mill Ave on a weekend—chaos at 1/1000th of a second. Drunk students spill, Nissans swerve, cotton candy smoke curls through the crowd.

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#Today 08

Good day!

I took this from the saddle below Mt. Sentinel. That’s University Peak on the left.

The dramatic drop to my immediate left into Hellgate Canyon was unnerving.

Be everwell.

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#Today 07

Good day!

We turn clocks ahead in the US tonight. I hope we don’t lose anyone. Time travel can get messy, especially when politicians are telling you how to do it.

I always wonder if there’s anyone who actually climbs out of bed at the designated hour to change them?

Be everwell.

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#Today 06

Good day!

Well, I’m not crazy. Not entirely. I am a writer, after all.

To this point, we’ve officially had the warmest winter on record for this region, which is the northern Rockies.

No subzero days, and few that failed to climb over freezing.

Be everwell.

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#Today 05

Good day!

What do I dislike about my iPhone’s weather app, to which they’ve added AI?

Rather than nuance, it’s absolutely certain in its wrongness.

Yesterday: ZERO chance of moisture until evening. It rained all day. Too, forecasts swing wildly every 15 minutes.

Be everwell.

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#Today 04

Good day!

Another night of dreaming about frustration. More spring weather in winter.

Meanwhile, I’m procrastinating on my taxes because doing it online makes my anxiety soar, and using a new service will compound that.

Good gosh, I’m a mess. Except for editing.

Be everwell.

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Your world has a place alive with magic. People flock there to experience it. The inhabitants are very annoyed.

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#Today 03

Good day!

I had one of THOSE days yesterday. You know the kind.

There should be a name for them since they’ve become so common.

A day when all the pointless strife overwhelms because you had a moment when you let your guard down.

It’s like living with an abuser.

Be everwell.

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#Today 02

Good day!

Mother Nature doing contrast, and the lichens are liking it.

Just as likely, the lichens were celebrating moisture. I know I did.

Meanwhile, I’m trying to write this post and Evie Cat is having a freak-out. As a Thai cat, she likes warmer temperatures.

Be everwell.

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#Today

Good day!

Winter has a sound,
as does snow,
and sometimes they sound like
peace,
an echo we know
that’s difficult to hold.

Be everwell.

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Nobody really pays attention to that old door or the building behind it. For some reason, your character leans against it, and it opens, dumping them inside.

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#Today 28

Good day!

Once you see it you can’t unsee it…

I was terrorized by this band of snow ghouls, misshapen monsters who move in tight clusters.

See it now?

It’s about perspective, of course, and about the fact that my imagination is always turned on.

So, snow ghouls.

Be everwell.

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Your character can go through so much in a single moment. How do you pick the one thing to tell your readers? Or do you use the power of writing to dive into that moment in detail?

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#Today 26

*While resting:

“Hi, Christina.”

“Hi, Sasquatch, how’s it going?”

“Well, I’m a little worried about being deported, but they have to find me first.”

“That’s true.”

“How’s your hike going?”

“Great. I might try to reach the summit. Have you been there?”

“Not yeti.”

Be everwell.

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#Today 25

Good day!

Yesterday morning, it was sleeting in the city, the mountains masked, so I headed up the canyon.

We’re supposed to warm to spring temps again, but not yet.

My longed for hike in the snow? I climbed Mt. Sentinel in a snowstorm! It was hard, but wondrous.

Be everwell.

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Welcome to #AI #Genai #LLM #books #novels - quantity over quality. Everything is comfort food all the time.

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At least somewhere reading is growing in popularity 😀

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#Today 19

Good day!

I went for a hike. Was there snow? Just a few flakes in the air, and what was hiding higher on the mountain.

It was plenty cold, though, the ground frozen.

If I want snow, I’m going to have to go where it’s hiding in gulches and on northward facing slopes.

Be everwell.

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#Today 18

Good day!

So, here’s my real issue.

Look at the width of your thumb. After four days, that’s how much moisture we got.

The west may burn this summer.

There’s snow higher, but not what’s needed. We’ve had less than half of our normal moisture—for years now.

Be everwell.

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#Today 17

Good day!

Day four of the great winter storm that was forecasted begins. It’s been shocking, beginning with almost enough snow to cover the grass.

It melted an hour later.

Then came the torrential drizzle. Well, sometimes.

I feel fortunate to have survived.

Be everwell.

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#Today 16

Good day!

February in the Rocky Mountains, hours south of the Canadian border.

Where’s the snow?

Yes, I want to hike in it, but over 50% of the way through winter and the landscape looks like this?

Can you say “wildfires?”

My damaged lungs don’t want to say it.

Be everwell.

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#Today

Good day!

I walked in the woods looking and discovered that the forest speaks in silence, so I listened.

Be everwell.

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#Today 14

Good day!

We’re starting a period of unstable weather where, according to my weather app, something could happen.

The forecast swings wildly by the hour, so it’s best to largely ignore it.

Smart technology is telling me we’ll get something, or nothing. Impressive. 🙄

Be everwell.

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#Today 13

Good day!

The fainter the trail, the bigger the adventure (and maybe the danger).

In the US, the trail isn’t faint anymore, it’s a paved interstate highway that anyone can see that leads to immorality.

I’ll bet I don’t even need to explain that.

Be everwell.

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#Today 12

Good day!

We’ve turned colder here, and the maybe-snow is still supposedly on the way, though it’s unlikely that we’ll get much in the valley.

It’s strange to think that the biggest snow storm I’ve ever seen here was almost exactly 12-years ago, the day I moved here.

Be everwell.

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#Today 11

Good day!

Our days remain unseasonably warm, but our nights have become colder. I know because Evie Cat was beneath the covers last night.

The forecast is calling for moisture to return. I think they like to tease. They’re certain right up to the moment they aren’t.

Be everwell.

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#Today 10

Good day!

*Where there’s shade, there’s melting snow.

Got caught up on the Super Bowl…

Halftime felt like the US I imagine. Thank you, Bad Bunny, for being braver than our supposed leaders.

Congratulations to Sam Darnold after the Jets treated him like garbage.

Be everwell.

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#Today 09

Good day!

Sometimes, as in this time, there are places where so many needles have fallen that I had to guess where the trail was located.

This morning, I’m leaving as early as possible to purchase groceries. That way, I avoid traffic.

Just a quiet ride in dark.

Be everwell.

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#Today 08

Good day!

Time for peace,
for quiet.
A moment to breathe,
to renew resolve.

Be everwell.

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#Today 07

Good day!

I call it the “valley effect” or “city effect” the fact that it’s often clear here, but in the mountains a short distance away, it’s drastically different.

Thus, when I hike nearby, the weather is continually changing, my pictures seemingly different days.

Be everwell.

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#Today 06

Good day!

My last hike was longer and higher, but I also took my pack and poles. It was like old times.

“He isn’t dangerous. He wears a muzzle because he eats poop. It’s embarrassing.” A woman referencing her black lab.

I can attest, he was friendly.

Be everwell.

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#Today 05

Good day!

A great hike yesterday, the skies ever changing. The distant view shows home on the extreme right.

Hikes to Covid recovery:
• 2.1 miles (3.3k), 95ft (29m)
• 3.5 miles (5.7k), 128ft (39m)
• 4.4 miles (7.0k), 673ft (205m)
• 5.7 miles (9.2k), 958ft (292m)

Be everwell.

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#Today 04

Good day!

I’m reading a book, an actual book with pages. It’s a nice feeling knowing that I’m reading it alone, that there isn’t someone else on the other end of a connection monitoring my progress.

The trail is calling, and so I must go. Who knows where I’ll end up.

Be everwell.

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hovering
like an unresolved challenge
this morning's grey sky

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#Today 03

Good day!

*Hard to believe we had this much snow a couple of weeks ago.

So, there’s soup in the refrigerator. There’s also soup occupying over half of my freezer.

I had some last night and it lived up to the hype. Alas, you should’ve been there, but you weren’t.

Be everwell.

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#Today 02

Good day!

I’m drawing closer to a hike. I have my sights set on Wednesday.

I’ve had to break up multiple tasks to enable steady writing progress. One will fill my freezer with soup, for instance.

Wednesday…mind and body are more than ready to return to the trail.

Be everwell.

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February first
one twelfth of a year gone by
between raindrops ... life

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#Today 01

Just simply…

Be everwell.

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