Oct 10, 2021
Our first hard freeze/chance of snow is coming this week, which is not to say that we've seen the end of nice weather. I took a walk around the property the other day and one of things I was looking f...
Sept 29, 2021
Up until the last month or so, the old people around here were happily not wearing masks in the grocery store because we were all vaccinated and we thought we'd paid our dues by staying home all those...
Sept 11, 2021
One recent afternoon I glanced out the kitchen window and a medium-sized bear was rolling around in the backyard clover patch. It was having a great time, either eating insects or clover, got up and d...
July 6, 2021
We decided to rent a roll-off dumpster and get rid of a bunch of our stuff that is not in good enough shape to be donated. The dumpster is 7 feet wide by 12 feet long, with 4 foot sides - 12 cubic yar...
June 25, 2021
Today there is a news release of another case involving the police in Loveland, Colorado. What's most interesting is that in the Karen Garner (Little Old Lady) case, the City and police managers said ...
June 19, 2021
The City of Loveland and the family of Karen Garner have agreed to pre-trial mediation in hopes of settling the City's part of the lawsuit.The police sergeant named in the lawsuit still works for the ...
June 17, 2021
The City of Loveland is moving forward with several independent police department reviews as part of the City’s ongoing accountability efforts following the June 2020 arrest of Karen Garner. Hillard...
June 16, 2021
"Daria Jalali, the former Loveland Police Department officer who was charged for her involvement in the 2020 arrest of Karen Garner, was advised of her rights Tuesday and is scheduled to return to cou...
June 6, 2021
"Sunshine and Shadow" is a quilt pattern name, and today I found out it's used regionally in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area; an Amish pattern. That layout is also referred to as "Trip Around the Wor...
May 21, 2021
This video, "The Legal Impacts of the Arrest of Two Former Loveland Officers" is helpful to understand more about what will happen next. Colorado has a new "Police Accountability Law" that went into e...
May 19, 2021
Today the county District Attorney announced what criminal charges will be filed in the Karen Garner case. Something new to me today: the video tape of the police officers gloating over how they rough...
May 10, 2021
The paper plates do a good job of keeping the rain and snow away from where they eat. It's snowing steadily, supposed to continue through the night....
May 7, 2021
The plumber wants to do a maintenance project on our hot water heat boiler - clean the heat exchanger, replace the backflow valve, among other things. The estimate is $1200. I'm waiting for relatively...
Apr 30, 2021
I didn't buy any, but I was transfixed by popcorn flavored like Krispy Kreme doughnuts. It took a couple of minutes to figure out it was popcorn - what I saw was snack bag, Krispy Kreme's logo and a p...
Apr 5, 2021
One of my email subscriptions is to a blog that answers questions about Las Vegas. People are asking why rental cars are so expensive in Las Vegas right now? One of them was quoted $1000 a week for no...
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