I like having a pair of binoculars slung around my shoulder (and using them). It makes me feel purposeful, curious and ready. I have always loved the original Dr. Dolittle books by Hugh Lofting (although the racist messaging in them is gratuitous. I wrote an essay analyzing this for 10th grade history class — that’s […]
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Playful soft thunder directly overhead. I’m sitting in a cave at — well, I don’t know the exact elevation because my GPS isn’t working, I’m in a cave. Somewhere far above where you’re supposed to be during a thunder storm. The nearest trees are a dark smudge in the basin below the basin below me.
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The other day I came upon a roadside kiosk with brochures made by local people about the history of Colorado’s West End. One about petroglyphs ended up on my dashboard. This morning I left the confluence, followed the road by the puddles that remain of the Dolores, and found my way to a deserted gallery
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