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Sena & Me Juggle on the Clear Creek Trail
Sena got a great idea, which was to do some juggling along the Clear Creek Trail. We picked a route we hadn’t walked for a couple of years and made it happen. OK, so I did the juggling and Sena shot video. But it was a blast. We saw a couple of new sights. One…
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Progress with the Rainbow Cross Juggle!
I’ve been making a little progress with the rainbow cross juggle pattern and made another video. I still miss quite a few, but I’m getting there. Collisions are a little less frequent. I still lunge, especially when I do back-to-back throws—which I thought I’d never do. I tossed a couple of neck catches for fun.
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Jim Whistles Yankee Doodle!
This is in the category of “What’ll this guy do next?” Recall I whistled “Battle Hymn of the Republic” not that long ago. Now I took a stab at fingerless whistling “Yankee Doodle.” Sena thought it was pretty good on my first effort. You might want to crank the volume up a little. You can…
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Sena’s Autumn Garden 2026!
Sena’s garden is looking gorgeous as usual this fall. She’s got a ton of stuff out there, including hibiscus and stuff I don’t know the names of. They attract interesting insects, including what looked like a small wasp-like critter and a greenish bug I’ve never seen before. Butterflies, including monarchs, love to visit.
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More Rainbow Cross Juggle Practice!
I’ve been working on the Rainbow Cross Juggle pattern. I do a little less lunging and I’m starting to try more than one throw in the pattern. It’s still only luck when I do a couple of Rainbow Cross throws back-to-back.
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Practicing the Rainbow Cross Juggling Trick
I’m working on a new juggle trick for me; it’s the Rainbow Cross. It’s a column-type pattern, similar to the 1UP2UP trick. The difference is the two outside balls cross in the air. There are a lot of collisions, which are fun—for a while. Some jugglers call this trick an easy beginner trick while others…
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Hibiscus Blooming!
We’re sharing a few photos of Sena’s hibiscus flowers, taken on October 4, 2026. They’re really blooming in the sun. There’s a very long scientific article about them: Montalvo-González E, Villagrán Z, González-Torres S, Iñiguez-Muñoz LE, Isiordia-Espinoza MA, Ruvalcaba-Gómez JM, Arteaga-Garibay RI, Acosta JL, González-Silva N, Anaya-Esparza LM. Physiological Effects and Human Health Benefits of…
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Trampoline Juggle Trick!
I found a new juggle trick on the web. It’s the trampoline trick. It’s not as easy as it looks and you have to have the right shirt to pull it off (see what I did there? No?). I found it on a juggling website. It’s part of a few juggling tricks which I recorded…
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Sena & The Healing Hibiscus
Sena got a Hibiscus flower recently for the garden. It’s a Tahiti Hibiscus and it’s gorgeous. She’s going to track its progress with more or less regular photos. I looked up Hibiscus on the web and it turns out that it can be healing for some health conditions, although its side effects are not well…
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Hey, It’s Active Aging Week!
OK, it’s the first day of National Active Aging Week and I’m urging you to stop that right now! No kidding, that title is comical because it suggests you should actively age, meaning adopt the attitude and habits of sedentary old fart—hey, everybody, let’s all get older right now! Actually, that’s the real name for…
