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Three steps, lean over, shovel, three steps, dump. Over and over and over again. When you analyze it, shoveling snow is like a lot of other mundane jobs — it’s all about moving stuff. But for as long as I can remember, I’ve loved shoveling snow. Probably more so now,…
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Three months ago I got up at 7 a.m. to be at work at 8 a.m. I got a lot more sleep back then. Now I rise at 6:15 a.m. Sometimes even then, I don’t make it work on time. Which is saying something, when it’s only a 12- mile…
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As I drove up Foothills Parkway, traffic slowed to a crawl. The culprit? A pack of cyclists. Which logically makes no sense. There’s a substantial bike lane on Route 36 several feet wide that more than accommodates a cyclist without infringing on the flow of traffic. But what’s that saying…
Continue readingLiving and working in some of the most scenic places in the country has often created challenges during my life. This balancing act began over 20 years ago when I first moved to the Sierra Nevada town of Mammoth Lakes to work for Mammoth Mountain, the local ski resort. Getting…
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