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“Do you think we’ll get trick or treaters? Should I buy candy?” my neighbor asked me. During the past year, we’ve had several new people move into our Nederland neighborhood. Some from as far away as Washington, DC. Others made more local moves from the plains of Colorado – Lafayette,…
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“So do you really love living up here?” Karen asked. “Yeah, pretty much.” “So what do you find the most daunting about it? It’s probably the commute, isn’t it? Is it hard driving up and down the canyon every day?” I felt surprised by her assumption. “No, the commute doesn’t…
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During the recent cold and snowy weather snap, I’ve found myself craving a different kind of food. For weeks, I’d eaten more salads and fruit than I could fathom. Now, I wanted something that filled me up and warmed me from the inside out. Heartier food. Good bye to salads,…
Continue readingI first moved to a small mountain town in the California Sierra twenty years ago. I had wanted to work at a ski resort. So I packed up all my belongings while living in the suburbs of Washington, DC and moved to Mammoth Lakes, California. One of the most challenging…
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