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Colorado’s Mining History

I’m working on putting together a temporary exhibit at work on Boulder County’s mining history, so have been reading a lot recently about the subject.  The county actually manages the Nederland Mining Museum, a small museum filled with artifacts and stories of local mining.  As I delve deeper into the…

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Summer Has Arrived

This is probably not news to most people who live in other parts of the country.  Of course, summer has arrived, the calendar says it is so.  But after one of the coolest and rainiest Mays on record, and a cold, rainy start to June, at times it looked in…

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Heel to Toe

I was out hiking the other day with my husband and our two dogs and was feeling a little off.  I joke that I’m feeling my age, but as I get a bit older, I do feel those aches and pains a bit more each day.  My knees ache coming down…

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Nature Deficit Disorder?

As I was out on the trail the other day for work, I ran into a mom and her son looking at a tree.  I noticed she had one of the county’s “Nature Detectives” guides in her hand, and stopped to talk with them for a bit.  It was a beautiful…

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