Rhyta

Sitting in the sun reading is one of life's pleasures for me. My previous house had window to the west I enjoyed laying on the carpet reading the Sunday paper there. Got a rocking chair and would sit there to read, often with a kitty in my lap. Heaven

If there is any justice, the Goldman family will be able to attach his estate. What a travesty of the legal system, has lead to the circus around 45's trials today.

You are doing better than me, I am struggling to read much. I think there are so many distractions that take me away from my reading, podcasts being the big one. But this time of year I had always had a slump in my reading with hockey playoffs taking a big chunk out of my reading time in April through June but this year I can't seem to read much. I even stalled out on Geddy's book, hoping I can break out of it soon. Going to try my usual fix, re-reading a book I like and that can spur me back into reading. Going back to Longmire, I had started a re-read of the series awhile back. Hell is Empty is the title.

McDavid is currently in third place and he's won it several times before. I really hope MacKinnon gets it because he has taken his play to another level this year.

Avs had a much better night, 5-2 over the Wild. MacKinnon got a hat trick, first time he has 50 goals in a season (with the 3rd goal it is 51). With an assist on another goal, he is closer to Kucherov in the Hart race with 137 points. Makar had 3 assists and a goal as well. This is more like the Avs I love

Feeling very sad for my brother today. His cat Garfield was put to sleep Sunday. She (yes, a girl..there's a funny story there) had been losing weight for a week or so and I took them to the vet Thursday. Seems she had a blockage and wasn't getting much nourishment from her food, and even if they did surgery the prognosis wasn't good. He took her home Friday to have time with her over the weekend. Losing a pet is always traumatic but for him, it has been devastating. He lives alone and she was his little buddy and companion. Going to be difficult to come home to a truly empty house now. My heart just hurts for him.

Ugh, Paxlovid is the worst tasting medicine ever...if that was the criteria of how well it works then it's a home run.

What's really eerie is to go up to Montana and see Earthquake lake. All the trees around it are dead with a high water line showing how deep it got after the quake.

Avs struggling and now Rantenen is out on concussion protocol after lousy hit by Edmonton. We beat Dallas 3 times this year but yesterday was not our day.

Only about 60% totality expected here but right now, lots of cloud cover, and the temperature has dropped. I got to see the partial in 2017 so it's ok if the weather doesn't cooperate. Update, sun is out so I could see it, with my eclipse glasses. Looks like a Pac Man took a bite out of it.

No supposedly, they have had some rough ones. Last two were 7.1 and 6.5. We had a 5.7 in 2020, we are on a big fault on the Wasatch. It can be very unsettling to be sure.

There was some bad blood over the last two games with these teams. Rempe made some bad hits and served a suspension. Refs wouldn't let them fight the last game they played so it was expected they would duke it out at the beginning. Just didn't expect everyone to go at it.

Fights will always be a part of the game, period. The league has been actively working to lower the incidence of them. I've been a fan since the 70's and they have dropped off dramatically from the games I've watched. Personally I am glad we don't have these types of brawls as much because the game is so much more fun to watch with all the great scoring and passing. But sometimes there are cases for payback and this was supposed to be between just two guys and it blew up. These teams have a big rivalry so guess it just happened.

McDermott gave Rempe a good fight. This was crazy, everyone expected this fight but the whole group???

Blade Runner Soundtrack Vangelis

Saturday's game with Nashville much better in the 2nd period, started hitting back and the comeback was on. Have 26 so far this year. MacKinnon got 4 points so he's ahead in the points again. 7-4 Avs win! p.s game with Rangers was exciting, just came up short. Enjoyed this game much more

Yes, a very Happy Birthday to you!

Agreed RIP

Ok, Avs got beat by Montreal Tuesday . Strange that both times we have played them this year we lost Got the Rangers coming to town tonight, let's hope we woke up from that funk on Tuesday...GO AVS

Good to see her out and about, didn't know she was a Boston fan

Avs pile on the Jackets 6-1. MacKinnon ties a record of Gretzky's 2nd most consecutive home wins at 33. This team is fun to watch. May just win the conference after all.

He wasn't thinking, just doing what he always does. No wonder he's been suspended six games

You are braver than me, don't think I could read those. Other than a couple of Stephen King novels, I have not read much horror. A big fraidy cat, moi.

Avs continue on their win streak. Rantenen has a hat trick and McKinnon got another point. Won this one in regulation, all those overtime games are crazy.

Saturday's game against Edmonton was fantastic. Hard to believe this was the first time the Avs have played them this season. It was a close game but one big thing that stood out to me was how many more blocked shots the Oilers had against the Avs, we were shelling Skinner. But it remained tied at the end of the first. Second is when the scoring started, had a penalty shot and a goal disallowed for kicking it in between both teams. Our deadline trade pickups were doing a great job, Walker almost had a hat trick. Welcome back Lekhonen, this guy is a swiss army knife, can do it all. And with 0.2 seconds left scored the winning goal. We always go to overtime against the Oilers, it's fun but nerve wracking too.