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“The Columbines are in bloom!” I enthusiastically shared with my friend Nancy. Another friend of ours walked by, making a face. How could someone take affront over Colorado’s state flower? I quizzically turned to her, “What’s wrong?” “When I hear the word Columbine, all I can think of is the…
Continue readingThe 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…
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