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World’s Largest Living Thing?

I love Autumn.  To me, autumn is all about change — changing weather, changing colors.  There’s a certain crispness to the air that invigorates me, fills me with energy.  I love the sunny, bright, Indian summer days, and the cool, frosty nights.  And more than anything I love the fall…

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The Sounds of Autumn

 In the park, one of the signs of fall is not always what you see, but what you hear.  You see, Fall is the time for elk rutting, and when the bulls are trying to attract the females, not only do they strut around, they also let out a long…

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The Allure of Cheryl Strayed’s “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail”

I just heard on public radio the other day that Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling book, “Wild:  From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” has been made into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon.  The book already had been a New York Times bestseller, but that’s some serious star power to…

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Landslide

It’s not every day you get the chance to walk right through a HUGE landslide, but the other day I did just that.  During the Great Flood of 2013 from last September, the floodwaters unleashed landslides up and down the front range.  One of those landslides actually destroyed the house…

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