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Life as a Ski Instructor

The wheel is come full circle.  A quote from Shakespeare that tells us that life inevitably brings things back to us, or repeats things.  Nineteen years ago, I worked as a seasonal Park Ranger during the summer and at a ski resort during the winter teaching kids and adults the fine art of…

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Oh Christmas Tree!

Stringing the lights together, hanging the ornaments, putting that final bow on top, and then finally plugging in the extension cord brought that magical moment — the aaahhh of the lighting of the Christmas Tree.  It’s a moment that I have relived almost every year since the time I was…

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Traffic (or lack there of)

While making a foray down to civilization, otherwise known as the City of Boulder, I became enmeshed in a giant traffic jam on Highway 36, the Boulder Turnpike.  Highway 36 connects Boulder to Denver, and as you might imagine sees a considerable amount of cars going between the two metro areas…

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Growing up in a mountain town

I was driving down to work the other morning via our infamous “Summer Road” and saw the local school bus waiting near the top of the Summer Road, as it does most mornings.  The school bus turns around and waits on the neighborhood road for the parents to drop their children…

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