When we have asked the question, “What is your favorite month?” the two overwhelming favorites of locals are inevitably September and …
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It’s the first day of school…and that’s what really changed the town
When I first moved to Crested Butte the school didn’t teach kids beyond elementary school. Middle and high school students were …
Read More »Manicure versus the scruff
You can gain some local perspective when you leave and come back to the valley even for a weekend or if …
Read More »The Brush Creek melody
The public process is rarely fast. And it shouldn’t be. It doesn’t have to be painfully slow, but every opportunity to …
Read More »The Brush Creek elephant that still needs settled
It is my understanding one major goal of Gunnison County’s sketch plan review process is to analyze the broad concept of …
Read More »It’s different from the 90s…but the same
Denver was 95 degrees by noon this past weekend and for a guy from the mountains, that is brutal. Luckily I …
Read More »Green house gassing in traffic, CO2 ice rinks and borscht
It was somewhat amazing waiting in the Mt. Crested Butte traffic line Tuesday afternoon while some resurfacing of Gothic Road was …
Read More »The razor’s edge of mid-summer
It is the middle of July and that normally means the middle of the active summer tourist season. Feeling the hot …
Read More »Fire and a county request to lower some density
The thing to write about this week is the fire restriction. And I will. But… I just can’t not mention a …
Read More »Winning
“We’re going to win. We’re going to win so much. We’re going to win at trade, we’re going to win at …
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