It is sort of like the corporation on the other side of the Continental Divide conducted an anthropological study of us—the …
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Enjoy this time—but keep paying attention
It is prime time for locals. The slowed down tourism, the crisp fall weather, a full bank account after a busy …
Read More »What’s normal?
Seeing the thermometer hit 80 degrees this week in Crested Butte is not normal. Heck, not that long ago it was …
Read More »Watchdogs
Beneath the patina of this paradise we live in, there are a number of skeptics—watchdogs, if you will. They raise their …
Read More »Stay Aware
Riding a classic Crested Butte trail last weekend, I took a pretty good crash and threw my body into a log. …
Read More »What ifs…
We are transitioning to the time of summer when things slow down enough for locals to appreciate it again. Cooler mornings …
Read More »Communication and relationships
Communication and relationships really do matter as much or more than the ends and the means of most communal problems. It …
Read More »The signs and the crescendo
The signs are there. I’m not talking about the sheeple who have bought a half a million dollars worth of plastic …
Read More »A lost chicken and Donald’s mob
As they say in the business—it was a “softball,” teed up and ready so that even I, a normal opposite field …
Read More »Ideas
I am a fan of ideas. Good ideas, bad ideas, off-the-wall ideas, well-thought-out ideas. Just toss out an idea and see …
Read More »I don’t know…
There’s a lot of “I don’t knows” happening right now. There’s the big one of: I don’t know why we are …
Read More »Thoughts heading into Independence Day
“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the …
Read More »Lessons of an early season lunch ride
Summer this year seems to be coming with a flip of the switch. I’m talking both the weather and the busyness. …
Read More »Looking for the perfect parking spot
No one wants to be a meter maid (or meter butler) in Crested Butte. Fair enough. As chief marshal Mike Reily …
Read More »Some CB perspective from CR
Sitting on a tiled patio watching a lightning storm move across the lake, thunder rolling between the deep green hills, is …
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