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The line of cars extended as far as the eye could see. License plates read like a convention — Nebraska, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Missouri. Watching these tourists to the Rocky Mountains trying to navigate our little town of Nederland was even more amusing. You see, Nederland, with its population of…
Continue readingSomething dark appeared by the side of the road. I jokingly thought in my head, “it’s a bear!” That’s sort of a standard joke between my husband and I when we are out in the woods — you see a dark shape and suddenly “it’s a bear!” Of course, it’s…
Continue readingI look over the side of the basket and instantly get a case of vertigo. The ground is getting farther and farther away and I have this sudden realization that the only thing that is keeping me from splatting upon it is a straw rectangle. A rectangle that I am…
Continue readingMatchsticks. Row upon row of charred matchsticks. Each curve of the road reveals another charred mountainside with yet more burnt trees. In the light of the full moon, the landscape reminds me of another planet, a very barren planet, or even the moon itself. What should be dense stands of…
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