As I do many afternoons or early evening, I took the dogs for a walk around the neighborhood today, and like many days, ran into one of the neighbors out with their dogs, someone new, who I hadn’t met before. I reflected on how different life is in a small,…
Continue readingOn a cold and frosty Monday night in January, you can find a hearty clan of eight or so people out on the Nederland ice rink sliding a round stone towards a target etched into the ice. Yes, the Nederland curling club is engaged in the yet another robust bout of…
Continue readingThis is a re-post of an earlier blog entry from a couple of months ago, but given the latest round of snowstorm hysteria surrounding the storm that wasn’t on the east coast from the last two days, it seems strangely appropriate. I love the names people have come up with…
Continue readingWhen I think of chaining up during winter, I think of chains for the tires of your car or truck. When I lived in Lake Tahoe, there were many times during winter snow storms, when the local California Transportation agency that required all 2-wheel drive vehicles to chain up to…
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