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Longmont Sustainable Harvest Fair
Saturday before last (November 8th, I attended Longmont’s first (and they hope, first annual) Sustainable Harvest Fair, at Skyline High School in northeast Longmont. I was very impressed. The da...
Ypsilon Lake Trail
Yesterday I hiked the Ypsilon Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Though it shares the first 1.4 miles with the Lawn Lake Trail, it’s a very different experience. The photo at left shows...
A well-written, well-delivered, thrilling and reassuring speech by Hillary Clinton
What a speech by Hillary Clinton tonight at the Democratic Convention. So well written, so well delivered. (Damn good speechwriting, whoever wrote it.) She really knows how to give a speech. Mark Warn...
Granola find, and a hiking update
It’s been years since I ate granola on any kind of regular basis. And this summer I’ve been going through one of those “I’m so sick of everything I’m eating that I’...
Hike to Blue Lake
Yesterday I hiked to Blue Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area with my sister-in-law, Vicki. The elevation gain on this hike is only about 700 feet, or half the gain on my hikes to Fern Lake, but ...
Hike to Fern Lake
I’ve just written about a hike to Fern Lake last Saturday at my Practically Shameless blog, and a cathartic experience I had while hiking. Here, I’d like to add that I’m feeling so g...
Hearing my voice on the radio
Last week I talked by phone with Kristina Tabor, producer of “Colorado Matters” at Colorado Public Radio. I had joined KCFR’s “Public Insight Network” and had responded ...
Hike halfway up Deer Mountain
I went up to Rocky Mountain National Park today for the first time since last July. I’ve missed the mountains, but I’ve found it hard to justify the carbon dioxide output from gas used to ...
Reduced my driving by a third
I took my taxes to my accountant yesterday, and one of many numbers that went by was the number of miles I drive annually. When I lived in Illinois and commuted 14 miles each way, my annual miles were...
First whiff of garden, and first carbon offset
When I moved into this house, I noticed that a narrow strip of soil between a railroad tie and the sidewalk was populated by weeds and virtually impossible to reach with a lawn mower. So I planted a r...
Sacred Harp concert at Boulder church
Tonight I sang with about a dozen other people in a special Lenten concert at First Presbyterian Church in Boulder. We sang two sets in the Chapel, the smaller of two worship spaces at this very large...
“The Living Sea”
On Saturday I went with a friend down to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to see the Imax film The Living Sea, and it’s quite beautiful. It’s shorter than an hour, and it’s...
Healing Space soon to be powered only by wind!
I just found out that I could have all my electricity from renewable sources (I think it’s all from wind), for a few extra dollars a month, so I signed up! Here’s the page for Longmont w...
A very small spider in the bathtub, and a chinook
I went out walking this evening, and it was quite cold. It’s been cold for more than a week, going into the 20s at night, with extremely low humidity. I promised myself I would walk for at least...
Disappointing Shakespeare
I got two free tickets to see Julius Caesar at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival tonight and went with a friend. I found the performances disappointing. Tonight’s performance was the first, I th...
Cub Lake Trail
On Monday I hiked the Cub Lake Trail for the first time since last year. It had just rained heavily, judging by the puddles I saw as I was driving in, and Rocky Mountain National Park was mysteriously...
Volunteering at Rhythm on the River
Rhythm on the River is Longmont’s annual festival, and I volunteered for 3 hours on Saturday afternoon. It’s held in Rogers Grove, about two miles from my house. I helped run one of the wa...
New mural for the Boulder Creek Path
I’ve been interviewing book illustrators this week, and in the process came across a local artist named Ken Bernstein, who is beginning work on a new mural for the Boulder Creek Path, for the ...
Fireworks in Longmont
One more thing I like about Longmont: I’m within easy walking distance of Sunset Golf Course, where folks who live in my part of Longmont go to watch July 4th fireworks. Over the years, I’...
Natural food producers near Boulder
My friend Claire Walter did some research into natural food producers in the Boulder area and posted it on her blog, http://culinary-colorado.blogspot.com/2007/05/local-food-sources-innear-boulder-co....
Good example of a Five
This morning I did some garage saling, looking for a bike helmet, a new mouse pad, and a few other things. I found myself having a very pleasant conversation with a young woman who sat in the shade on...
Another walk around Lake McIntosh
Lake McIntosh in Longmont is becoming one of my favorite places to walk. It reminds me of Lake Michigan, probably because of the subtle smell of the water, or perhaps just the higher humidity. Tonight...
On the Virginia Tech shootings by Soo Young Lee
A woman I know through my writer's organization, Boulder Media Women — Soo Young Lee — wrote a stirring Guest Opinion for Sunday's Daily Camera. Soo Young is Korean and writes about the ra...
A million answers
I walked about Lake McIntoch last night at sunset. Although the sunset itself wasn't spectacular, it was a wonderful walk, and I'm so glad I stirred myself to get over there. Mostly because I got anot...
My vote for NBC
NBC News is in trouble today for airing the videotapes and photos of the gunman in Monday's attack at Virginia Tech. I, for one, vote for NBC. What I hear in those object to the gunman's image being b...
