Pikes Peak

My first thunderstruck encounter with Colorado was when I laid eyes on Pikes Peak; my parents’ back deck had a breathtaking view of this extraordinary mountain cosseted in the Rocky Mountain Range (oft referred to as the Front Range; should you cross over the mountains and stand on the slopes, it would not be the back range.)I’ve touched the top of Pikes Peak. I ventured up there...

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Colorado Springs, still the Little London

WARNING: This post is cynical.There's a hole in the world like a great black pitand the vermin of the world inhabit itand its morals aren't worth what a pig could spitand it goes by the name of London.At the top of the hole sit the privileged fewMaking mock of the vermin in the lonely zooturning beauty to filth and greed...I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders,for the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Perubut there's no place like London!~ Sweeney Todd, “No Place Like London”.Colorado Springs is known as Little London for a reason. There once was a distinct separation...

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The Great Colorado Blizzard 2009

Colorado weather has never impressed me. The current “blizzard” is no exception. The only danger during a Colorado Blizzard is the Coloradoan itself. Granted, the homeless population suffers and the wind chill and wet wind are a danger to them. God bless each of them as they endure this bitter weather.Coloradoans are an odd breed. This “blizzard” has crippled the town. The streets...

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Frustration

$#%@I just rejected five comments that I meant to publish. Damn blogger. If you do not see your comments here (they were beautiful, thank you dear Friends!) please forgive ...

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Colorado - a Sunday

Mum might come home tomorrow. We’re pleased as well as apprehensive. To clarify: I am apprehensive; her body has not reset its gastric clock.Dad cleaned up the yard while I scoured a bathroom. I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked. We needed to go shopping, and we had to make dinner. This cut a chunk out of my cleaning time. We then went to the hospital because the nurses...

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Colorado Haunts

I traveled through time today. I drove down familiar streets with hazy names (I never bothered to memorize street names) and saw a few of the places that I called home.I do not pull the “I remember when…” routine. I have eidetic memory as it concerns places and situations. I had total recall of my Aunt’s house, to include where she kept things in her cupboards, when I visited Ohio...

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Happy Birthday Better Half!

Today is Better Half’s birthday. This is the first birthday that we have spent apart from each other.I met Better Half at a birthday party years ago. It was a cold March and he had slipped on a tropical ensemble: shorts, an obnoxious whale shirt, and earth muffin sandals with short socks. He would have looked peculiar standing next to the average person. He was a hothouse tropical...

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Photographs From Colorado

These are a few pictures from Colorado. I really have not been able to sit down and compose the blog entries planned for these.Dad's remote collectionIt controls theseYour eyes do not deceive you - that's a Betamax!Dad with Pikes Peak as a backdrop.Dusty (freshly groomed)The road to my last home in Colorado, the House on Chestnut.IVMum's H...

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Colorado Journal 3/10-3/17

March 10, 12:30 PMSt. Francis HospitalSurgical Waiting RoomMum arrived in anesthesiology bay around 10:15 AM. Her anesthesiologist is a smart fellow who worked around her various allergies. She did her best to confuse him (not her fault at all) by trying to relay what the last anesthesiologist told her regarding her trachea.I have some concerns regarding the various invasive medication delivery options. She will have an epidural (semi-permanent implantation in the spinal column) as well as a main line.Her anesthesiologist did explain the possibility of a pneumothorax, and chest...

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Colorado Journal 3/7-3/9

Saturday March 74:19 pmI’m at O’Brian’s Pub at PITT, having bummed a ride from my cousins (whom I appreciate immensely!) My bags were checked at curbside and, per norm out here, I sailed through security.The pub is my tradition. I enjoy the food and wait staff and I always manage to find myself tucked in the corner at my “regular” table. Today was a busy day for them but my waiter...

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Listen Up!

LifeIsTooPreciousToTakeForGranted!Cherish every moment of it!Sunday Scribbli...

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My Stress

I’m leaving for Colorado on Saturday. I think I’m still in a state of disbelief. It isn’t that I can’t wrap my mind around the trip itself, rather it is the impending surgery that is keeping my sense of reality at bay. Perhaps my fears will be unfounded once everything is said and done. I can tell you that I’m still on edge over all the other stressful events that have occurred...

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My week (in brief)

I wanted to jot down the fuzzy noise inside my head regarding the past seven days.My aunt passed away (after a prolonged illness) and her funeral was on Saturday. Lovely affair, lots of good people and a funeral procession to envy. The mortuary did a fabulous job on her.Better Half spent his Sunday in the hospital. We brought him to the ER on Thursday and they opted to keep him...

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