It wasn’t much of a hike, although the terrain would qualify. My destination was the lunch at the end. It was an hour or so drive north through the mountains to the little town of Nederland. The Nepali restaurant there was worth a visit, however infrequent. It had been a while. I used to haveContinue reading “A fall hike”
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Wind, waves, water
I’ve watched the movement of seasons and natural elements as I walk my favorite places. Spring, summer, and fall along Georgetown Lake and Silverdale trail in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Silverdale was a mill town back in the old mining days and is now a warren of former horse trails and wagon roads. The openingContinue reading “Wind, waves, water”
Ode to a tree
My home is perched on the side of a mountain, at the edge of town. In an earlier essay (Thoughts for the new year), after a devastating fire near Boulder, I wrote about fire danger in my mountain neighborhood. There are a few houses above mine, but only a few. The landscape and a rockyContinue reading “Ode to a tree”
Remembering a friend
Sitting in the stuffed, upholstered chair that I grew up in, reading now as I did as a child, curled up in the chair, I am sad that my parents are gone, but pleased to have rescued this chair from my childhood. I had it repaired and recovered a few years ago by a skilledContinue reading “Remembering a friend”
