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As I typed on my laptop, I felt something touch my leg. Glancing down from my desk at work, two soft warm brown eyes met my gaze. His speckled snout lay on my foot, and then – whomp, whomp, whomp — went the tail. Before last summer, I’d never had…
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Sitting on the couch watching television, it felt like a normal Sunday night. Suddenly, the strumming of my cell phone broke through my tranquility. Glancing down, I saw the number of my friend who lived in town. Knowing we get spotty cell service at best, I picked up our landline…
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The photos showed clear blue skies, sparkling lakes, snow-capped peaks and — people in khaki uniformed shirts smiling. Memories of days on the trail in the Indian Peaks Wilderness overwhelmed me. All of this came up because as April has rolled around, I find myself interviewing prospective volunteers for this…
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As we wound around the curve in the dark and fog, a bright orange light came on. Uh oh. The symbol of the gas tank gave me pangs of anxiety. We’d come about a third of the way up the canyon. Should we push on hoping we had enough to…
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