Update about blog

Dawn at 7 am Sept 16, cliffs above the Animas River Valley where the old town of Durango is located (unedited photo)

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Settled on the other blog

 I updated the header, finally "layout" is working here on blogger.

I also got my first email from Blogger about having too many movies on it. But when I followed the weird Google instructions, I think it was trying to download all my blogs, not just the movies. So I cancelled that!

They can toss the old movies, most of which I didn't even realize were there.

I'm happy working with the Durango blog for now. And even though I learned the new app (Feedly) and loaded all my blogs I follow, I find they are still not updated, anywhere anymore. Sigh. So if I haven't commented, it may be because I haven't seen your blog lately...even though you just posted.

Coping.

That's what my friend Helen said my super power is.

Mmm.

Michael Sherman's quilt after the Book of Kells.




I hope you'll visit Life in Durango sometime. I've been feeling much better (cooler weather?) and am going to have something besides photos from my windows in the apartment to share soon!


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What work habits, what discipline, would allow me to best pour love into this work?   If I can do that, everything else will fall into place.  More than anything else, to do a work of love, you need to love yourself. You need to be constantly checking in. “Am I taking care of myself?”, “Am I treating myself and my time with respect and care? Am I gentle with myself?”, “Am I avoiding what I need to avoid in order to focus?”  Much of this boils down to self-discipline. Discipline to avoid distractions, discipline to put time and thought into a work, but also discipline to take time off. To set the work aside so that it can percolate, rumble around inside you until it is ready to manifest.  - Heron Dance


Wednesday, September 16, 2026

I’m over on my new blog

 Life in Durango

I was unable to log into the "layout" functions this morning. No more gadgets enabling me to change my header photo, or list of blogs I follow, even if they weren't kept up to date.

I am sad.

Barb


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A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning. —Carl Jung


Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Is this the last day to blog?

 Then there is the demise of Blogger.

Let's think seriously of options if and when it is no longer updated, when more and more glitches happen.

As Tom says, "You get what you pay for."

Though I answered "The best things in life are free."

The truth of the matter is that Google is focused elsewhere. The Blogger program is kept alive by mostly seniors, according to my grandchildren who twitter or instagram...they don't even FaceBook any more.

So here this 84 year old sits wondering how the 80 some odd (no you're not odd, just the number) bloggers that I follow will continue without my  knowing what's going on in their lives.

Not to mention, receiving no more comments because that function, as well as that of posting photos, has already been challenged in the last month. Before that I already lost the lists of blogs I was following, where nobody's latest blog is listed. For today there's still a list, but with an old blog title. And some of the blogs on that list seem to get left off entirely.

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I'm now going to hopefully follow your blog posts with the aid of feedly DOT com. I will not be posting here on this "When I Was 69" blog for now. Look for me almost daily on Life in Durango.

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So here are some of the blogs I enjoy reading...

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Of course the links are scrambled with the "/feeds/posts/default" but the links work when that part is left off!

The AC is On
https://anvilcloud.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Beyond the Fields We Know
https://www.beyondthefieldsweknow.org/feeds/posts/default
Salt & Light
https://saltairedaily.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Bless Our Hearts
http://www.blessourhearts.net/feeds/posts/default
Granny Sue's News and Reviews
https://grannysu.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Somewhere in Ireland
http://somewhereinirelanddailyphoto.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
The View from Squirrel Ridge
https://webcroft.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Tom The Backroads Traveller
http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Interim arrangements
https://interimarrangements.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Vicki Lane Mysteries
http://vickilanemysteries.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
The Frog and PenguINN
https://thefrogandpenguinn.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Older but better...?
https://olderbut.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
New Decade, New Chapter, New Hampshire
https://birdsbloomsbooksetc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
TempoSenzaTempo
https://temposenzatempo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Skywatch Friday
http://skyley.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
FLORAL FRIDAY FOTOS
http://floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Comfort Spiral
https://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Field and Fen
https://fieldfen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Nina Paley
https://ninapaley.com/feed/
Dina's Wildlife Adventures
https://dinascitywildlife.com/feed/
Southwest Daily Images
https://hartforddailyphoto.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Beyond the Lone Islands
https://dawntreader-island2.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Viewing nature with Eileen
https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
The Smart Cat
https://thesmartcat.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Ottawa Daily Photo
https://ottawadailyphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Miss Merry's House with the Picket Fence
http://missmerry-s.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Live and Learn-Toss and Turn
https://liveandlearn-tossandturn.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
THE SONGS OF A NIGHTINGAIL
https://anightingailsings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Life's Funny Like That
https://lifesfunnylikethat.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
St. Louis Daily Photo
https://saintlouismodailyphoto.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
It's a Small Town Life!
http://itsasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Sydney - City and Suburbs
https://sydney-city.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
MOLLY'S CANOPY
http://mollyscanopy.com/feed/
Finding Eliza
http://findingeliza.com/feed
Eye on the Edge
http://eyeontheedge.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
St. Louis Daily Photo
https://saintlouismodailyphoto.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
E. TRAVELS
http://www.elizardbreathspeaks.com/feeds/posts/default
JUNK BOAT TRAVELS
http://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Family History Fun
https://scotsue-familyhistoryfun.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
the beauty we love
https://beautywelove.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
It's a Small Town Life!
http://itsasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Mille Fiori Favoriti
https://millefiorifavoriti.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Greetings from the Past
https://greetingspast.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Life Images by Jill
https://lifeimagesbyjill.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
stuff from ellen's head
https://ellenshead.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Shadows & Light
http://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Lady Margaret's curlers
https://lindahoof.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
COLOURFULWORLD
https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Sepia Saturday
https://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Rostrose
https://rostrose.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
DRAGON DAYS
https://dragonstardays.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
    photographing New Zealand
https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Spare Parts and Pics
https://sparepartsandpics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Reflections from Crumbly Acres
https://mymuskoka.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Viewing nature with Eileen
https://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Wendy Welch: Books, Yarn, Cats, Opioids
https://wendy-welch.com/feed/
Bless Our Hearts
http://www.blessourhearts.net/feeds/posts/default
Open Yesterday's Pages
https://openyesterdayspages.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Paying Ready Attention - Photo Gallery
https://paying-ready-attention-gallery.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
In Forest and Field
https://forestandfield.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Where the hawthorn tree grows
https://hawthornspellweaver.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
My Village Witch
https://www.myvillagewitch.com/feed/
She Who Seeks
https://shewhoseeks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
sparklingmerlot
https://sparklingmerlot.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
"ook?!"
https://gzandco.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Sandra’s Ancestral Research Journal
https://ancestralresearchjournal.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
ApacheDug's Teepee
https://apachedugs.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
An English Girl Rambles from 2016 to ....
https://anenglishgirlrambles2016.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Durango.com
https://www.durango.com/feed/
Cranium Bolts
https://craniumbolts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
News From Nowhere
https://newsfromnowhere1948.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

Monday, September 14, 2026

Miscellaneous Monday

 




Today's pottery sharing...by Robert Reedy!

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From Jess Craven:

Republicans’ “Trump-a-Palooza” was an utter flop, with empty seats, embarrassingly low ratings, the podium literally falling apart, and little enthusiasm from attendees.

An unknown protest group sent Epstein “messaging luggage” to the Dallas Ft. Worth airport’s baggage carousel just as Republican attendees were arriving for the convention. Bravo!


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Gotta stay up to date...wait, nothing new in the last 32 years?

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Yosemite’s brown-colored black bears eating acorns. by Drew Wharton, NPS

There are also black bears in Durango...attested to by frequent garbage cans turned over nearby. They don't have the familiar brown muzzles with dark black coats, like the ones in North Carolina. Not that I've seen any, just videos. 

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Another field of science that apparently has stagnated!

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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. -Ansel Adams, photographer (1902-1984)