I once read a paragraph in a book that’s stuck like splinter in the grey of my brain in essence it said that we look at fish in water we look at birds in the sky and see them as free but that they are not free for they are slaves to...

ST. VRAIN STATE PARK - One of my favorite signs of the transition to the warmer days of spring is the seasonal migration that brings all manner of birds to their Colorado summer home. With my love of photographing raptors in flight, one of the...

Missy and Suzanne had been best friends since their husbands met over 30 years ago. Marriages, children, sick parents, moves, renovations, churches—they’d been through it all together.  “But now,” said Missy, “now I don’t know what to...

there is a box full of noise it is small enough to hold in my hand sometimes it feels like the box and its noise is all that matters I go to it when I am happy when I am sad when I want to be happy when I want to be sad when I...

TUNGSTEN VALLEY - April marks our annual atmospheric carbon dioxide update. CO2, with an assist from methane, is what’s shredding our climate, including blowing up the Peak to Peak area’s fire danger and choking our local air with unhealthful...

Having a Sagittarius’ adventurous spirit, I tend to feel curious about many things. Even staying home can feel like an adventure, but today, we are venturing into Deckers: one of the least populated unincorporated towns in the Colorado...

so much that was plains grass when I was a kid is now townhouses highways strip malls and warehouses I have not been alive that long yet I remember this place so much emptier wilder wider than it is now how strange it is to see so much built in so...

NEDERLAND - Have you ever been hiking among the peaceful quiet of a wetlands area and been startled by an abrupt splash of water nearby, followed by an eerie return to tranquility?  It is generally safe to say that, outside of the...

I’m awake in the middle of the night I stare up at the dark trying not to move trying not to wake my lover beside me I cannot fall back to sleep and so I begin to go over my life there is so much I’m worried about work and writing and the...

As I walked the Lake Estes loop, practicing my quantum and neuroplasticity (the process of reprograming your brain for better health) meditation, I came across a sign: “Colorado-Big Thompson Project.” Curiosity struck and I had to learn more. The...

driving by a construction vehicle rental place there are maybe twenty bucket crane trucks with their booms fully extended in the air by the highway side and some miracle happens for in the rusty suburban sunset the shadows of the cranes stretch...

The Spring Equinox welcomes the start of the astrological year. The Sun enters Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, where it likes to dwell, with the fire of the stars greeting the fire of Spring. This year the Equinox occurs between a lunar...

Life in Nature: A songbird without a song NEDERLAND - This week’s article is for all the bird feeder fanatics out there. It was inspired by a recent photo post on the internet social of a gathering witnessed in the back yard.  We are...

PEAK TO PEAK - “My father survived terrible childhood trauma,” Tabby shared. “Although he never talks to me about it, my cousin shared that my grandfather was physically abusive. And I’ve heard my grandpa be verbally abusive. Plus addiction runs...

I turn up an back road to try and get around some construction and suddenly I am lost in a place where I have lived for most of my life what a strange thing there are new houses new views of the mountains the trees seem bigger for a second I feel...

BRECKENRIDGE - If it wasn’t obvious, I love Colorado, from its history to the atmospheric mountain towns I love exploring. Regardless of how often I visit a region in the Centennial State, I find there is always something new to discover. During...

TUNGSTEN VALLEY - The moon turns dark blood-orange in a total eclipse at midnight, March 13-14. It’ll be as good as an eclipse can get, with our area in the bullseye. Recline in a lawn chair with a warm drink and watch the show. Here’s hoping for...

six geese fly true north along the rocky mountain spine of the west in a loose v below a low white sky over the eastbound highway I wonder how they know which direction to go how nice would it be to have a sense of purpose an instinctual...

NEDERLAND - The Native American history of the area known as Nederland today is truly unique and goes back thousands of years. The Ute trail west of Nederland was the route used by Prehistoric Native Americans to access the largest alpine game...

on a rare weekday off we hit the mountain the same one where 27 years ago I learned how to ski and where I have skied most of my life there is the old lodge which looks and smells the same as it always has the only difference is that the chicken...