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As of September 6, 2019, my quest came to an end. Four months ago, I wrote about my desire to visit all 50 states. Finally with our recent visit to Alaska, my journey came to an end. I can’t imagine any place more wonderful to make it happen than the…
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Brick houses. I grew up in a brick house. Red brick, two story with dark blue shutters. Enamored with colonial style architecture, my mom picked it out. But moving to the mountains of Colorado, I thought I’d left all the brick homes behind. So I was surprised to learn that…
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“Leslie, something’s killing my pine trees. They are all turning brown, and we have to keep cutting down trees. Do you know what it is?” My neighbor calling me gave me the first hint that something was infesting pine trees. In that moment, though, I thought hers to be a…
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539% of normal. That is just plain crazy. But this week, the snow pack totals for the entire state of Colorado were 539% of normal. If that sounds like a lot, just take a trip to the San Juan Mountains near Durango. It’s over 700% of normal there. Yes, we…
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