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Being single in mountain country

I was talking with our neighbor the other day who had just split up with her longtime partner.  She was feeling lonely and also having doubts about staying up in the mountains, because she was feeling more isolated.  I’ve spent time in the mountains both as a single girl (Lake…

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Mountain town cafes

Sorry for the delay in posting, but our internet connection went out yesterday.  One of the challenges of mountain living is finding a dependable internet provider, as we don’t have cable in this neck of the woods.  We use a provider that uses microwave technology, and it seems to break…

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The Not-So-Summer Road

As I was walking the dogs tonight, we decided to take a stroll through the deep snow down The Summer Road.  We had gotten an e-mail from our neighbor saying the road was impassable because a car had flipped and was blocking the road.  Seeing the car and all the…

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Shawnee’s woes

Got some bad news today about our border collie, Shawnee.  She had been intermittently lame on her left front leg for the last two months, so finally took her to the vet and got her x-rayed.  Turns out she has very bad elbow dysplasia with serious inflammation, which may completely…

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