Some words for the week sometimes in the longest days I feel like I’m the only thing left living that the crows are just shadows in the sky and then I realize this

Some words for the week The plow makes a cutaway of the frozen snowbank at the roadside a two foot straight slice a subtle geology of this winter layers of ice and mud and

If you like eclipses (and can we agree that eclipses are fabulous?), then late March and early April are shaped-up for fun. Here in Nederland, we’ll have a near-total eclipse of the moon on the

The intensity of how drastically life continues to change - every six to 12 months for me - since the pandemic has me feeling confused. Though I practice self-love and gratitude for all things in

“Dude, you look high. You been smokin’?” “No, man, I just watched this YouTube video that blew my mind.” “What was it about, man?” “Man, it was about the free market

Hi! My name is Dylan Archer and I have Type 1 Diabetes, and I LOVE to race! Type One is NOT stopping me!! When I was 5 years old, way back in 2013, Dad picked me up from school and (as usual)

Some words for the week I drive up the canyon under a moon like a broken shining plate no stars no streetlights just me and the truck and the faint snow drizzle on the

Some words for the week the way the clouds sit just below the horizon line makes the nearest mountain look like the last edge of the known universe but that’s just another

Have you been waking up late at night to a bit of yipping and barking outside in the yard over the last month or so? Are the dogs getting riled up a bit more than usual? Well, it’s that time of

Design 2024 to be just the way you want. The astrological signs make this happen. The new year started in January, with Capricorn providing the architectural plans for the months ahead. Then

I just survived a knife fight. A fight with my own knife. Don’t worry – I’m okay. (Sorry, MAGA.) Looking back, I see that this was unavoidable. Tonight’s altercation began with my

Some words for the week another dead fox at the edge of my road highway hit broken legged wide eyed and matted I hope it’ll be gone by the time I come home but here it

[caption id="attachment_108489" align="alignleft" width="256"] Nature’s strength and games: A playful moment with nature becomes a clear sign of courage.[/caption] It’s no secret that I love

Some words for the week I’m told it’s possible that the moon was once a part of earth and in some cataclysm our planet split apart and a piece floated up into the night

While nature’s beauty comes in countless forms, some of the most stunning displays are the painted skies of sunrise and sunset. While we thankfully enjoy the simple action of a rising and

Nothing disrupts the peace and beauty of mountain living like transplants and tourists. Unless it’s a transplanted moose. They are the biggest transplant of all, bringing in more tourists and

Some words for the week every year now I write the same sort of poem about forgetting the possibility of summer sun and heat in this time of long cold and low light when the

I don’t think I’ve cried as much over anything as I have over the passing of my mother, except when I lost a pet. Reflecting on the past few years, I’ve realized I’ve cried more than

We’ve all been there: You head down the canyon from Nederland for Boulder and you come up behind a tourist whose edibles-down-the-hatch delayed reaction has suddenly kicked in after they

You know, Barb, the stress of being a Mountain-Ear columnist sometimes takes a greater toll than I think you realize. I mean, here I am at my compound at Christmas, in a secure, undisclosed