ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - As the seasons turn, so do the signs from nature signaling the changes. While we are still in the throes of winter, some of the signs of the shift toward spring are just now beginning.   One of the biggest...

Though I’m not much for celebrations, as most require interaction with too many people, I opted to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I decided to buy myself flowers. I picked a bouquet with the most varied blooms. That evening, I started the fireplace...

stars are echoes cast out into the dark which tumble through the nothingness and in a forever we could scarcely imagine if we take a moment to look up reach our eyes these blips of long ago light gone from where they came from but...

Psychic Pisces provides the potential for power for the zodiac. The final sign of the zodiac has long been associated with intuition and compassion. This time around, the fish become powerful in the sea in which they swim. This power comes from...

mostly a house sits empty it is built to hold lives and those who hold those lives in their bodies must work to afford the house and so a house sits empty but sometimes we are home this is when we are in the house our two lives who this house...

BARR LAKE STATE PARK - A recent morning of observing a few juvenile bald eagles at play has had me enjoying a bit of research that I decided would make for a great “Life in Nature” article this week.  I have been diving a little into the...

PEAK TO PEAK - “We’re here to work on our communication,” Sue said as she and her husband sat down. “I don’t think we know how to fight.”  “Know how to fight?” said her husband Eric. “I’m sick of fighting! I want to be able to communicate...

Bursting with energy, I craved a challenging hike, but it was snowing and a foot of accumulation was expected. I opted instead for a spin on my bike. No music played gently in the background this time. I wanted to feel my heart rate increase and...

Nederland February Night Skies Frank Sanders Tungsten Valley Last month we used Mars’ currently backward (retrograde) motion, in Gemini, to pose the question of why planets sometimes go in reverse across the sky. This month, we interview our...

I often write about how humans are supposed to be the shepherds of nature how our place in the world was to tend to the forests was to tend the animals was to help the cycle of coexistence not to break it but I realize now the limit of my...

waiting for a light to change I watch the snow melt into long drops of water on the windshield of my truck it’s so cold today that I can feel my nostrils freezing as I step outside but the sun still shines and turns ice to water turns snow to...

we are working on a house where a fire came through less than five years ago I remember right after the thing was contained driving through these woods it looked like a bomb went off a metal garage had melted into a puddle which shone dully in the...

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - Winter in the mountains is no joke, at least for us humans.  As I write this article, the snow is falling along with the temperatures, and we are about to take our first dip into the negatives for 2025. This...

The Sun in Aquarius is the visionary who assists us in designing our future. This sign is the new power in the stars, because Pluto has entered Aquarius for a 20 year stay. In order to understand the bearer of electrical energy better, let us...

Regardless of how I feel about someone, I would never intentionally hurt them. It’s not my nature. I’m an empath filled with compassion and patience. I accept everyone as they are, without judgment, even if I’m not given the same...

NEDERLAND - The bedrock that underlies Nederland contains evidence of ancient submarine hot springs, known as black smokers, 1.7-2.2 billion years ago. During the earliest beginnings of the earth, the first strains of bacteria flourished around...

I go to the grocery store and Los Angeles is on fire and so is the Middle East but in a different way and somebody behind me in line says it’s the driest January in one hundred years and I buy some apple sauce and some cough syrup and some sliced...

WATERTON CANYON - The natural world is the epitome of efficiency, and the study thereof is the basis for all advances in technology throughout the entire span of human history.  Every “leap forward,” from the use of prehistoric tools all...

everything feels different  on the last day of the year  it’s a small sort of death  the last sandwich for lunch  the last gallon of gas  the last long drive home  in after work traffic  the last credit...

As I contemplated how I should continue to discover Colorado in 2025, I decided to trudge around the property, admiring the freshly fallen snow, glistening in the sunshine. The wind made me grateful for the heavy coat I wore. I climbed above the...