quick update waldo canyon fire (part of u.s. airforce academy now mandatory...
this is a very quick diary to alert folks to the disaster that has hit colorado springs today. the fire in waldo canyon changed this afternoon and with 65 mph winds suddenly causing a firestorm, now...
View Articleupdate on waldo canyon fire - spot fires on air force academy land
spot fires are now showing in the trees on the air force academy property. this is below the perigrine community and may be the result of blowing embers from the main body of the fire. there are...
View Articlethis is for those who asked and for those who questioned...
tngirl and her request for help from this community a bit ago... she came to us in june, and at my urging, repeated her need. i also diaried her problem just believing we could help. to go back a...
View Article"if you are not comfortable inside, you are not comfortable for me..."
the recent diary about mitt's "dancing horse" made me want to post this to share what REAL trust is about... and what neither mitt nor ann understand. jean francois pignon, explaining here to martin...
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my favorite authors: mark helprin (NO, NOT that one!)
when i first picked up "a winter's tale" by mark helprin (the "other side of the spectrum" political one is spelled differently), i was totally enchanted by the very first paragraphs. There was a...
View Articleummmm. i'm surprised no one has picked up on this...
from the fec website there is this little rule - one where we've worried would be broken with the pacs after citizen's united. and what is that rule? well, here is the actual text from the federal...
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my favorite authors X 3 - franz mairinger, tom roberts, and erik herbermann...
during these last few weeks, a raging and somewhat contentious battle has ensued on the unlikely topic of dressage, the classical training of the horse and rider. many have decried it is "elitist",...
View ArticleLIVEBLOG: hurricane isaac plaquemines parish levees overtopped
UPDATE: 9:30am nola time this is a brief diary - just wanted to post the links to the live coverage of hurricane isaac - the levees in plaquemines and st. bernard parish have been overtopped and...
View ArticleLIVEBLOG: Hurricane (now tropical storm) Isaac - slidell under immediate...
evacuations are taking place in olde towne - the water is coming in quickly and many homes and businesses are flooded. both the surge from the ocean, rising in the rivers that cannot drain and the...
View Articletotally unrelated to politics - or is it...
i've just spent the last seven hours listening to the scanner radio search for two missing/lost hikers in the santa cruz mountains tonite - their being located by five rescue sar teams who each hiked...
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my favorite authors late nite continuing story
hi, all - tonite i am exhausted. for the first time in my life, i got to ride in a dressage clinic with one of my favorite authors (see my last diary), eric herbermann. we rode five consecutive days...
View Articlethat dark place so many of us are in...
like so many other kossacks now are struggling - the gimp wrote this week of a very dark place. i, too, know that place well. for the first election ever, i am deleting emails without reading because...
View Articlelying in bed with nasty cold...
found this on facebook and wanted to share before tonite's debates. it really speaks loudly without addition from me! http://www.collegehumor.com/... enjoy - and if you have a second, please send some...
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my favorite authors in bed with flu
hi, all, i apologize profusely - i've been mostly asleep today except for brief bursts of hacking cough. i was due to write about president obama's "dreams from my father" - but reading for any...
View Articlescary - but NOT "beautiful"
i just saw this video and article and was immediately struck how there is a push to make women powerless victims of their environments. EDIT HERE! here is the explanation by the designer from her...
View Articlequick update: sometimes ya just want to cry...
off to the barn to wait for the vet - my pony isn't wanting to walk - either his shoulder (when he tripped two weeks ago) or something else. i am so upset - hope yall don't mind if i come here. i...
View Articlejust got scammed by ebay and paypal~
i am raging right now - beyond words and into sputtering! as i mentioned somewhere around here, my horse has serious problems right now. life-threatening problems. he went dead lame a week ago and...
View Articlea plea to a friend who is voting third party
this is my response to a dear young friend today - he is former military - spent two months in iraq and has totally turned against the "establishment" i need help in trying to explain the dangers of...
View Articlebeing lost...
once upon a time i was someone who had a dream... and i made the dreams of others come alive. i "saw" something that was in the ether - the "other" - and i brought it to life in this world. and then i...
View Articleever wanted to be a part of making a star
well, she's already a star... her two hits have been high on the music charts in the u.k. and in the u.s. - she is fulfilling a dream with her first tour - starting tonite in london. she is from l.a....
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