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Haute Mamas

What’s flying at your face?

So I’m sure many of you are wondering how I’m doing now that I don’t have an office job to keep me acting right weekdays from 8 to 5. The polite answer is: Just fine, thank you. The realistic, Robin answer is: Crazy busy. Followed by: There are a lot of animals trying to … more

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Oh Really?

It took 10 years to find out that

Aspen is populated largely by the self-absorbed, preening, overweening and pretentious? Seriously?  … more

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Let's Get Dirty

More straw bale pics

It's amazing what you can find after you've had a decent night's sleep. Here is the picture of the battery-operated pump put together by one intrepid straw bale gardener.  The hose is connected right to it and they've attached a small sprinkler which can hit about half of … more

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Horseplay

SIRENS, UMBRELLAS AND FLAGS, OH MY!

Turk and I had a great weekend at the Ted Holland clinic this past weekend. Ted is a mounted police officer with the Mountain Village at Telluride, but he spent 25 years as a mounted police officer in the St. Louis area. His clinic is part despooking, part learning the proper techniques to … more

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RealPolitik

Udall gets new press officer

Mike Saccone, who left the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel in 2009 as its political reporter to take a job as communications director for Republican Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, is leaving that post to be the press officer for U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, a Democrat. Saccone replaces Tara … more

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The Outdoor Junkie

Shakedown Canyon

I headed out for the first backpacking trip of the season this last weekend. It was a good opportunity to pull the pack together, make sure I had everything ready to go for the summer, test out some new gear and just generally blow out the cobwebs. I thought I was doing quite well … more

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