Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Comments - not sure what the problem is

 I apologize again for blogger: I have not been getting email notifications about pending comments to be moderated. I received ONE notification today and find there are about 10 comments waiting. Sorry. This has been a issue for some time now. Not sure how to fix it.

So, in reply to Russ, I wrote just now (June 29):

Well, I just found these waiting in moderation mode. I changed the email address for notifications and that did no good. And there used to be, ages ago, a reply button after each comment...now I have to reply as if I were just another reader...

Tried different browsers. That's no help.

Saturday, June 24, 2023

PRIDE Santa Fe



Just got back from Santa Fe Pride. The general consensus was that it was likely the longest parade and largest Pride street festival ever in Santa Fe.

Yes, there were more commercial entries and non-LGBTQ non-profits represented, including the Bureau of Land Management (my hubby, the Park Ranger was there all happy and proud telling folks about hiking trails and wild places!).

Seems everyone wants to get a piece of the Rainbow.

Not the Pride of the 80s and 90s and the music sure wasn't classic disco.

It wouldn't be Santa Fe without some cowboys and cowgirls on horseback. It's ALL OK. It was festive and exuberant.

After these past years of COVID and republican hate laws, I really need this. I'm glad the gays stole the rainbow from God!

Hubby Leon



What HGLHC could have been


Straight Neighbors Marching with the Presbyterians




MEOW WOLF is an art experience in Santa Fe


Not sure where all the Chorus was










Overheard at Pride: Guy: I want to go after my plumber, he's so hot. And the dry wall guy is even hotter.

Me: (Thinking: gives new meaning to "having work done".)

Monday, June 19, 2023

Weekend in Colorado

Getting there (Red Mountain Pass)

 

 

 

Coming home (Red Mountain Pass)

 

 








Sunday, June 11, 2023

Tribute to Astrud Gilberto

 

I just learned that Astrud Gilberto, one of my favorite singers passed away at the age of 83 on June 5th, 2023. Her version of Corcovado is one I listen to often...it soothes my soul.  

And the classic, Girl From Impanema:

Friday, June 2, 2023

Semi-retiring as a Blogger

 Those of you who check in now and then know my posts have been fewer and farther between this past year or two or three. Thanks for reading and for your comments. I will be reviewing past posts from the bottom up and likely will be deleting things as I go along...though even that seems like an ambitious project and one that will probably fall by the wayside.

If I do any new posts, they will more often be photos as I no longer have much to say about anything. 

I spend way too much time on JMG (Joe My God) reading depressing news and comments that range from childish and trite to intelligent and informative...but as all the readers and commenters are "preaching to the choir" the commentary is basically for naught. So another ambitious goal is to spend less time reading news and commentary.

I do get into the YouTube cooking and gardening videos but even there I find some good and some very confusing info. 

And I may have to start cooking LESS... Less food, not less often. Even though we are pretty much on a "Mediterranean Diet" Leon and I both need to lose weight.

I had to take Leon to the ER early on Tuesday morning as he wasn't feeling well when he got up at 4:30 AM to get ready for work. Long story short, 2 EKGs and he was carted off the the Cath Lab for an angiogram. He now has 2 stents in his descending anterior artery. They kept him in the hospital for recovery and likely due to his history of A-fib scheduled an echocardiogram for yesterday morning. He had a bad reaction to the dye they injected into a vein (for the echocardiogram) and a scary A-fib attack as a result. They got everything under control very quickly and he was doing very well after that. They are tweaking his medication and he should be discharged this afternoon. It was a scary ordeal, but hopefully all is well now.

To put this in perspective, we were out in the wilderness on Monday, Memorial Day, with friends. If he'd had the heart attack then we would have been hours away from medical care. And on Tuesday, the day he went to the ER, had he gone to work, he would have been working on a scouting out a new section of the Continental Divide Trail and likely hiking 6+ miles. And there would be no access to medical care there either. So, thankfully we were at home and I was able to drive him to the ER. (Emergency 911 where we live would have likely taken longer).

So back to the Mediterranean Diet...I need to cook less of a good thing. We eat lots of veggies, moderate amounts of pasta...no I lie. Lots of pasta when I make pasta which is sometimes twice a week. Chicken, pork, rarely beef and fish at least once a week, which, living in the desert means frozen fish grilled or sauteed. No processed or pre-prepared food. A bit too much ice cream and frozen yogurt. And I do have a sweet tooth (but hey, if you've been to Italy you would know that the Mediterranean Diet includes plenty of delicious things like tiramisu, canoli, sfoliatelli, cornetti, gelato, etc. So that's a diet I can stick to...but cutting down the portions might be tough.

Anyhow, that's the update until we meet again.

Ranger Leon - Last Monday


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