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Your Grandmother Lied — Bears Don’t Hibernate

Sitting at the table eating Sunday breakfast, Bryon and I lazily read the newspaper.  Since I was a kid, Sunday breakfast has always been a tradition with my family, so it only made sense that we continued it.  Waffles, pancakes, omelettes, hash browns, and bacon on a cold Sunday morning…

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Dog Parks

When I first moved to Nederland, I met a woman in our neighborhood who worked at the library.  She recounted a funny conversation she’d had that day with an out of town visitor. “These people from Texas stopped in the library today.  They asked me where the local dog park…

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Climate Change and the Mountains

Imagine the year 2060.  Nederland hits 90 degrees for the seventh day in a row during this August day.  I  turn on the room air conditioner in the bedroom — the only way I can possibly find a way to sleep during this heat wave. I pick up the Excel…

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What is a blizzard?

Being ever the planner, I checked the weather forecast on Saturday night. After visiting my family for Thanksgiving, it was time to head back to Colorado.  Not being a big fan of epic drives, we had planned to leave mid-afternoon Sunday to get four or five hours of driving in…

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