Talking to Michael Marchitelli Tuesday morning, I guessed he would go through maybe 20 or 25 bags of food for people …
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Life—it’s not the same
In case you didn’t realize, things are a little different at the moment. And we’re at the tip of the spear. …
Read More »This sucks. We are blessed.
What to talk about when the world as we know and understand it is crashing quickly because of a pandemic. These …
Read More »Email advice: Panic or chill? If you don’t have toilet paper… Panic!
Well there’s really no choice but to start with the coronavirus, right? We’re apparently on the front lines of the battle …
Read More »Energy and excitement, the virus and powder
Energy and excitement come in several forms. There is what we saw Monday with the distinct excitement of a ski town …
Read More »Simple math: Billions and trillions, Mike, Bernie and Donald
Oh, I’m all in for Mike. Bloomberg. Just look at page 44 and why wouldn’t I be? Mike tells us he …
Read More »Reminders and observations
It didn’t feel super crowded this past holiday weekend. It was busy but not elbow-to-elbow. That could be because the Front …
Read More »Lift lines, sanity, the CB ski patrol and Presidents’ Weekend
Photos of last weekend’s lift lines in Vail were all over the internet and tagged mostly as “insane.” Lines that seemed …
Read More »Undercurrents: The Center, wolves, empty house tax and Iowa
It looks like it might be a week for weird undercurrents—the feeling that something isn’t exactly in synch with what you …
Read More »Forgive me father: A climate confession and possible solution
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” —Greek proverb After …
Read More »Power of the mountains and a unicorn
There’s a big ol’ world out there beyond Highways 135 and 50. I popped in there last week and it’s sort …
Read More »The refuge of mountains
Monday night, two speakers addressed a nearly full auditorium at the former Crested Butte Center for the Arts for the Gunnison …
Read More »Maybe we’re all in a movie.
It certainly appears that Donald thinks his life is one big movie and we are all pipsqueak extras. In the movies …
Read More »Like it or not, second homeowners are part of the community—and division hurts community
The idea of an “empty house tax” certainly has people talking. It has generated letters to the paper from all sides …
Read More »More sun and thoughts at the end of the darkest days
Winter officially began last weekend with the solstice on Saturday at 9:19 p.m.—the shortest day of the entire year in the …
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