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January 2018

Lifestyle

Buying the right mountain car

Glancing at the odometer, I saw it click over to 207,000 miles.  The car still seemed to be running ok, with just a slight oil leak requiring a quart of oil in between oil changes.  Still, I’d seen some specials online for some pretty good deals, and I didn’t want…

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Kinship

Pulling into Costco to fill up the gas tank, I realized just how dirty and grimy my Subaru was.  As I stood alongside the car, blotches of dark gray coated my jeans.  Though at times, I try to wash the car, I know it is a fruitless endeavor, as within…

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A bull in the palace

When you think of the wild west, you think of cowboys, horses, rodeos and big, wide open spaces.  So it’s no surprise that one of the biggest draws in Denver during the winter is none other than the National Western Stock Show. The Stock show features all things cowboy related…

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Wildlife

Things that scream in the night

As soon as I stepped out of the car, the sound sent a chill down my spine.  It came from over on the hillside, but in the black of a night, I couldn’t see anything.  At first, I thought it to be a child screaming, or a woman in pain….

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