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Recycling the Christmas Tree

It’s January 3 and Christmas is officially over.  Yes, it’s time to take down the Christmas tree.  Which entails a slightly different approach from the one I grew up with. In the suburbs of St. Louis, we would remove the ornaments, pack them into boxes and shove them in the…

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A Mouse…Not in the House?

I’m not a morning person.  Getting up at 5 a.m. is hard, very hard. Lots of coffee helps, as it did one recent morning as I navigated the dark, snowy roads of our neighborhood.  As the headlights lit the road in front of me, something scurried across.  Something very small…

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Suri Made Us Do It

Family lost in Colorado Rocky Mountains found alive after 24 hours. When the story popped up in news feed this morning, I read it with interest. One, it’s always good to read a story with a happy ending.  Two, I wanted to know what mishap led to their “being lost.”…

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Mad Pow Disease

“So when do you think Pano will open?’ Bryon asked. The question that had been on everyone’s mind since last weekend’s big dump of snow.  Winter Park received over 30 inches of fresh snow last weekend, and many trails opened last weekend and since.  But one our favorite places to…

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