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Suddenly, the pine, fir and aspen trees are replaced by scrubby trees, red dirt and brown dusty hillsides. The landscape looks dry, high desert dry, with prickly looking shrubs dotting the landscape every so often. We’ve been driving I-70 going west through Colorado, and have crossed through the alpine environment…
Continue reading“Round and round they go, where they’ll stop, nobody knows” says a popular children’s rhyme. But in the case, it’s more than an apt description of what I witness on a daily basis when I am at work. That’s because the museum I work at in the town of Nederland…
Continue readingOur little 2-wheel drive Mazda hatchback bounced along the dirt road, climbing ever higher. At times I was sure we were going to bottom out completely. As we continued on, the road got narrower and more rutted. This didn’t seem like such a direct and certain route to Nederland and…
Continue readingThe little black and white cat was doing her tightrope act again, prowling back and forth on the banister high above the great room. But this time was different. Instead of nibbling on the hanging plant and doing her pirhouettes like she normally does, she instead was fixated on the…
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