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“It’s Winter Bike to Work Week!” the email proclaimed. “Hot drinks, snacks offered at street corners!” Hmmph. If you read my earlier post about carbon footprints, you can pretty guess my thoughts on Winter Bike to Work Week. The reality is there is never going to be a Bike to…
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Driving home tonight seemed uneventful. It had been a clear but windy day on the plains. But as we drove up Boulder Canyon, the snow started to fall. Gently at first, and then swirling around violently as we neared Nederland. Where did the snow come from? The people who started…
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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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The day started out with a chill to the air. After what seemed like an endless parade of dry and hot days, finally fall had arrived. Clouds sank further and further, obscuring the tops of the mountains. An occasional glimmer of gold peaked out from the fog that seemed to…
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