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Mountain Columns

seasonal longings

a friend tells me of her seasonal depression

A river runs through it

Golden offers a quintessential Colorado summer day with creekside lounging and river tubing

The Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice brings a season of growth, renewal, and new opportunities

on water in movies 

in a movie a man washes dishes and pauses when he hears

Going against the flow

Nuthatches are the only birds that can walk headfirst down tree trunks

solastalgia

it’s cold tonight like it should have been

Among the wildflowers

Colorado’s mountain meadows are bursting into color as wildflower season brings some of the state’s most beloved native blooms

elk wail

morning walk in the woods elk wail on cold air

Season of the wobbly ones

As moose calving season begins, locals and hikers are urged to keep dogs leashed

in the forest and the front yards there are so many downed trees

Mountain Spirit Astrology

Uranus entering Gemini ushers in a seven-year era of creativity and fresh thinking for every zodiac sign

Elevated surfaces

Denver’s independent venues power a thriving live music scene built on local shows and touring acts

on slash and smiling

at the slash yard, a man beside me has a winch

Family time!

Rare fox den near Nederland shows two female foxes raising seven kits

hitchhiking year round at 9,000 feet for forty winters

Nederland May Night Skies

“The dark side of the moon.” That catch-phrase for ‘remote’ is burned into popular culture

Rollinsville is now a lively hub for food, drinks and mountain culture

blooming on purpose

I tell my therapist about planting marigold seeds in my backyard

Gas Creek Schoolhouse preserves the legacy of Colorado’s one-room schools as centers of learning

Record-dry winter in Colorado highlights accelerating climate impacts

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