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The trees were grouped tightly together, so we made one swooping turn followed by another, using the trees as slalom gates. We weren’t quite sure where we were going. Suddenly, we spied a ski patroller ahead in a clearing. What was this? Some sort of equipment was cordoned off, restricting public…
Continue readingUntil it’s over. As I looked out the window last evening, the flakes started to fall. First just a few, then more. Perfectly formed, large, fluffy flakes. By the time I got up this morning in Winter Park, Colorado, snow fell at a rapid rate, covering the trees and the…
Continue readingWe waited and waited and waited. I’d been excited to have my family visit our Nederland home for the first time since we moved here. They’d flown into Denver and rented a car to make the 1-hour drive to our mountain home. Living off of a private dirt road, I’d…
Continue reading“In a shocking move, Thursday, Nederland Town Hall announced plans to incorporate into the City of Boulder.” So led the front page article of Nederland’s local weekly newspaper, the Mountain-Ear . Just the thought of such a preposterous idea led me to shudder. What??? For some local residents who didn’t…
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