October 22, 2002

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  Luckily for me, I had needed to make a predawn run to the outhouse this morning.  A bit later, as I sat here waiting for the computer to start up, I noticed that the sunrise had some color.  Actually, it had even more color than my pictures show.  My robe was still on from the earlier trip out there, but I had to grab the camera and slip into my boots at the door.  By then the most intense color had faded, but the sky was still interesting.

  
  

  It had cleared enough overnight to bring frost, and there’s a thin layer of ice over the flooded muskeg across the street.

  
  

  I’m here with Koji and the cats today, just the five of us.  Doug and Greyfox are on the road now, going down the valley for several errands in town.  Greyfox hesitated when he learned that the weather forecast for today included high winds down there where the converging mountain ranges have a wind-tunnel effect.  Checking the detailed hourly forecast showed that the worst of the winds were not expected until afternoon, so he decided to risk it.

  
  

  I think the sunrise color reflected in the window, and the woodsmoke trailing from the chimney, convey the contrast between the frosty morning and the warmth of home.  Agree?

  
  

  For anyone waiting for a reading now, I apologize for keeping you waiting.  I have not forgotten, I’ve just been distracted, and not in the best state of mind for that work.  When I feel up to it, you will be hearing from me.

  
  

    In July, we got a new computer desk.  Disassembled, in a box, it came with a bonus: a 3-shelf bookcase.  As soon as the desk was assembled and in use, we started on the bookshelf.  We got shelf brackets attached to one leg before running out of screws.  It took 2 emails and a phone call, and almost three months, but yesterday the screws arrived and I assembled the new bookcase.  For three months, the legs and shelves have been increasing the clutter in our living space.  Now the assembled shelf unit is here at my elbow, one shelf filled already with the reference books and software manuals that have been cluttering my jewelry worktable since the computer has been here.  I will show you how this area, which was meant to be a dining room, looks when I get around to answering the question of how I make a living.  Today I am going to enjoy my relative solitude, and fill those last two shelves of the new bookcase.

  
  

  

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