<![CDATA[With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water!]]>With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! I’ll be mostly off the grid for the next week or so.
See you on the other side!

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Noice]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friendica.rogueproject.org/objects/b71a4a1e-1769-f73b-7769-48c188830728https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friendica.rogueproject.org/objects/b71a4a1e-1769-f73b-7769-48c188830728Sun, 03 May 2026 12:11:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sun, 03 May 2026 11:29:47 GMT]]>

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👍 🌊

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116505998116956348https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116505998116956348Sat, 02 May 2026 16:47:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sat, 02 May 2026 16:41:51 GMT]]>@TimKStanton

"Ok, so, just to be clear:

Exactly how blue do you want it?"

-Yes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/mastosalo/statuses/116505976521226475https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/mastosalo/statuses/116505976521226475Sat, 02 May 2026 16:41:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:30:59 GMT]]>@intrepidhero
Yeah, Mother Nature delivers again!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116505697268519462https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116505697268519462Sat, 02 May 2026 15:30:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:25:44 GMT]]>@TimKStanton lovely!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/intrepidhero/statuses/116505676641207281https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/intrepidhero/statuses/116505676641207281Sat, 02 May 2026 15:25:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:19:10 GMT]]>@m4lu
👍 🌈

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116505178976791529https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116505178976791529Sat, 02 May 2026 13:19:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:11:01 GMT]]>@TimKStanton aproveitei, obrigada.

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Thanks, Lizzie!

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Thanks, Richard. The rain there was very localized. The sun was shining on us while we watched the rain off in the distance producing the rainbow.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116505026918392134https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116505026918392134Sat, 02 May 2026 12:40:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:37:55 GMT]]>@TimKStanton yes! Right back at you.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116505016778258177https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116505016778258177Sat, 02 May 2026 12:37:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:35:27 GMT]]>@TimKStanton Same to you Tim. Lovely image, by the way

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shmg.online/users/elperronegro/statuses/116505007085403716https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shmg.online/users/elperronegro/statuses/116505007085403716Sat, 02 May 2026 12:35:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:33:50 GMT]]>Have a great weekend everyone! Enjoy this nice rainbow that I saw off the back of the boat last week!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116499135447502945https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116499135447502945Fri, 01 May 2026 11:42:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:47:12 GMT]]>@TimKStanton I don't mind working hard, and I had a daughter to show how to do it without letting yourself be stopped. Because, honestly, life is comprised mostly of solving mysteries, so if you don't like a good mystery, you're not going to enjoy it much!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116496323892476390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116496323892476390Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:47:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:44:14 GMT]]>@TimKStanton yikes!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116496312228871826https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116496312228871826Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:44:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:43:25 GMT]]>@Lizette603_23
How nice! (except for the funding part). Yeah, in the end it gets down to broken washing machines (or an explosion of ants in the basement, which I just now discovered).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116495601185001727https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116495601185001727Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:28:46 GMT]]>@TimKStanton As I was being educated there were still some wonderful arts programs. I started singing operas in High School, premieres from composers such as Aaron Copeland. Respected figures who believed in early education and experience in the arts. Shortly after I started college, almost all of that funding vanished. The rest was self-propelled. What an adventure! I've loved so much of my life. I'm very fortunate, and I know it. I still whine about washing machines that don't work, tho..😂

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Yeah, the big split between academics and the arts. The US is especially big on preparing for tests that are easy to grade, providing a quantitative metric of progress. The arts get crushed beginning in grade school.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116495530167308581https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116495530167308581Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:20:11 GMT]]>@TimKStanton I think scientists and doctors have a whole tool kit, and most of it becomes educated and trained over the years. Performers in Britain are given the same kind of overall education, they can do anything within the definition. Here in this merchant based country, performers can almost be a dirty word.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116495509870869850https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116495509870869850Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:17:48 GMT]]>@Lizette603_23
Sadly, most people in the performing arts seem to need to have another form of income to stabilize the lifestyle. But, you figured it out!! Yeah, "tripping through the various skills" applies to many types of work!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116495500457892171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/TimKStanton/statuses/116495500457892171Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:17:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to With snowshoeing season over and spring backpacking around the corner, this is a good time to head south for some fun in warm, clear water! on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:12:54 GMT]]>@TimKStanton It's been a race to the finish in some lean years, but I have other skills I've used, so always had my own business as a bookkeeper to keep the mortgage paid. I don't enjoy THAT kind of risk.
no one would know my face or name, but I've always made a decent living tripping through the various skills. Brother was and still is quite pop music famous, although I tell him he's three years OLDER than I am and always will be. heh heh We're all staring at 80 right now. Orchestras are fun!!

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I love musical theater! How great that you could make a career out of your singing and your other talents. I know that it's a very tough world out there for musicians. So many of my very musical friends ended up making it just their hobby. I've enjoyed theater mostly from being in the audience, although I played in the pit orchestra (trombone) for a couple of productions in amateur community theater. I hope you still find ways or venues for your singing.

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