It’s not easy participating in democracy. It can be messy, it can be controversial, it can lose you friends or help …
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Reminders from outside the bubble
Seasons. Perspective. Gratitude. There are not many better things than a long fall in Crested Butte. You would think I would …
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Since Mark is out of town this week, and his talent for crafting an editorial is a tough act to follow, …
Read More »Is a bird in the hand worth a path by a ditch?
The idea that people would commute from homes in Crested Butte South to jobs in Crested Butte on their bikes used …
Read More »Ask the right questions….
“Do you know who I am?!” So asked our congressional representative when she was booted from a Denver theatre for inappropriate …
Read More »Now is not the time to talk Whetstone annexation…
A couple of weeks ago, Gunnison County’s John Cattles told the Crested Butte town council that the development team was “agnostic” …
Read More »Disaster?! Mud, trailers, cancelled election, and altars
The mud encasing people’s feet at Burning Man was the weirdest glopping of mud I’ve seen since trying to get out …
Read More »20 hours in Vail…
Heaven Forbid…A quick trip to Vail to watch Crested Butte local John Norton get inducted into the Colorado Snowsports Hall of …
Read More »A home run — and a swing and a miss….
Dropping into the skatepark this past weekend (figuratively, not literally), I saw the stragglers from the Evergreen Skateparks crew loading up …
Read More »Embrace the weird
Don’t be afraid of the weird — embrace it. As the summer season winds down, there is time to appreciate the …
Read More »Primum, non nocere (First, do no harm)…
About the time the winning duck crossed the finish line at Totem Pole Park on Sunday, we probably crested the summer …
Read More »Three judges, a book ban question and a suit
For I think the second time since I moved to Crested Butte, I put on a suit last Wednesday. The first …
Read More »Sound of Freedom in a warm CB theater
I don’t easily buy into conspiracy theories, but I read recently where, in an effort to discourage people from going to …
Read More »July is a stretch. Two examples—one good and one bad…
Ahhhh, July. July is the month when everything gets stretched a bit too much at 9,000 feet above sea level. Patience …
Read More »A wedding, 100 degrees…and 100 trees
My son’s wedding in Park City last weekend was wonderful and fun and pointed to an optimistic future for him, his …
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