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A Seed is Planted

Note:  This is an excerpt from my memoir I am working on.  It explains where my connection from the mountains comes from, dating back to my childhood. Where does our connection to place come from? If your life’s journey never exposes you to a place, will you know what you…

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Colorado Road Trips

Aspen, Colorado

Growing up in Missouri, I dreaded summertime.  Summers in St. Louis were steamy and hot.  Just a few minutes of exertion and sweat would drop off my forehead.  Trying to play tennis in the mugginess brought on a whole new level of fatigue. But the one thing that I always…

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Best fall foliage scenic drives

Well, it’s started.  The pops of yellow and splotches of orange made me marvel and feel the exhilaration over the fall colors.  It may seem early, but in fact, at elevations of 9000 feet and above, it’s starting to get good.  If you are savvy about it, you can actually…

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Garden of the Gods

Note:  This is slightly off-topic to mountain living and relates to a recent road trip. Pikes Peak looms above — its 14,000+ feet of craggy rock casting a shadow, like big brother peering from above.  But as I drive ever closer, something in the immediate foreground catches my attention.  Large,…

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