Fast cars race around track.

Without. Being diabetic and avoiding sweet stuff has kind of blunted my sweet tooth.

Vampires or werewolves?

So I have a weeping cedar in my yard. Very thin, flexible branches. And this morning, there were two squirrels on one branch. That thing was bouncing around like crazy. Surprised neither fell, but squirrels. Trees are there thing.

Coffee is Tobermore Grotto. Teas are English Breakfast and Russian Caravan.

takes a cow and a sheep

Oh, and I was cooking this morning. Enjoy. There's both table syrup and 100% Canadian maple syrup to pour on.

Alestorm is a fun heavy metal band. They are known as "pirate metal" for their use of pirate themes and imagery. They are joined here by German hurdy-gurdy player and singer Patty Gurdy.

Causes give rise to effects.

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As for Talia’s news: she’s retiring early as well!

Yay, Talia! I am contemplating early retirement as well but haven't committed yet. Need to make a call soon since I turn 60 next year and that's the age I was thinking of.

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Today kicked my butt I woke up not feeling great probably just a cold but geez. .

Take care and watch that "cold". My last bout of C-19 felt like a cold save I had a fever.

Snow to start this morning but now sunny. Have to put my sink back together this afternoon. Been waiting for caulking to dry after getting new countertops in yesterday.

Putting on some dark roast Death Wish coffee and some English Breakfast and Tetley's Black Currant for teas. Cold drink pitchers are washed and refilled.

SS needs more active posters.

Zero Dark Thirty

Just the way you are - Billy Joel

Ugh, not fond of either but Tootsie Roll beats gum.

Solid plain chocolate or some kind of filling?

Never been on a blind date period.

WYE take a role in a stage play?

Spent my drive time today listening to Unleash The Archers (see above). The performance that actually caught my eye when I discovered them a couple years back is a cover of a Canadian classic. "Northwest Passage" by the late Stan Rogers is a favourite song of mine, even showing up in a church service I led (Unitarian Universalist). And given that it's old school folk, hearing it done by a metal band and actually working was an eye opener and had me hunting up more by the band who, as I said above, are now a favourite.

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The cats want Valentine’s candy. Moochers.

Isn't that kind of the definition of cat? 🤣

Good day. Sorry I wasn't around earlier. Busy at work and then had stuff to do at home. Our new countertop arrives Friday (Yay!) so we're starting to get the kitchen prepped.

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Talia has some big news but I will leave it to her to tell you.

Eager to hear (and to hear from her, she's way too scarce around these parts).

Fortitude is needed for living.

Rile - Role

Well, no questions in the last two posts, so I'll go back to the last one.

3 seems a bit much, especially for dogs. 3 cats I might be able to handle, but more likely I would stop at 1 or 2.

WYE splurge on a fancier car than you really need?

Unleash the Archers are a band from British Columbia here in Canada. They play power metal and their lead singer, Brittany Hayes (stage name is Brittany Slayes) packs a great set of pipes. New single just came out with the album, Phantoma, to follow in May. Intriguingly, the video seems to be the first part of a story that, I presume, will continue through the other singles from this album.

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learn ecclesiastical Latin (there's also classical Latin)

Yeah, I learned classical Latin (my undergrad is Classical Studies) but I have had the odd opportunity to compare to ecclesiastical Latin and the Vulgate (the dialect used in the Latin Bible).

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The Mass I attend is said in Latin.

Interesting. I remember that Joseph Campbell, the American mythologist, was actually an advocate for the Latin mass. He felt it created a stronger sense of entering the spiritual world and being apart from the temporal or something like that.

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The Carthusians are an order of French Monks and their names are unknown, except for Denis who lived long ago.

Never heard of them. Something to look into. Good that you are tackling something on the heavy side in your spiritual practice. Challenging ourselves, or being challenged, is part of the spiritual journey.

Yay, king cake. Never actually been in NOLA for Mardi Gras, but maybe someday. Last year we were a couple weeks too early, largely because everyone jacks up their prices during Mardi Gras.

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I hope SS, including this thread, livens up soon. Readership is and has been down far too long,

It's been a trend for a while. There seems to be very little interest here. We sometimes get a bit of a "rush" during a comp but it dies down quickly once the results are out. And, sadly, it's a bit of a negative feedback loop. People see that there is little activity so don't stay which means there is little activity...

But I am here, even if I come and go at times. Now if only I could shake this writer's block. It's fairly common for me this time of year. Winter blahs or something. I write stuff but just can't keep my interest up.

Quiet in here. I posted some power metal over in "What music are you listening to?" Maybe that will wake things up.

Putting on a pot of Colombian dark roast coffee along with pots of Earl Grey and Sencha (Japanese green tea).

Not much of a literary nature happening in my life right now. Keep trying, though.

Ape like.😊

Hyrax

Flamingo

Wish - With

Day is when sun shines.

Been there, done that, never again (it was in Boy Scouts, so we're talking like 45 or so years ago).

WYE travel a long distance just to see a favourite musician/band?

Sparkling, preferably with a squirt of lime or lemon.

Sweet or Unsweet iced tea?

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Fernando - ABBA

I did "F" already. 😋

Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell

What We Do In The Shadows

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Hey hey hello everybody!

Hey hey hello back at ya. How's life?

And since Cora has got the hot bevvies going, I'll just take a Red Rose and veg in the corner.