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On the Age, Size, and Expressions of Aspens
Most of our campsite on the Grand Mesa in Western Colorado is surrounded by young aspen trees, 5 to 10 feet tall. Here in late September, their dancing leaves present every variety of gold: pure, stunning, solid gold that pops in the golden sunlight, all gradations of green-gold, including that gentle green of leaves with…
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How my writing demons point the way forward
I write constantly. My writing demons help. Usually, I write with my expensive fountain pen collection, occasionally at a keyboard on my Mac or iPad, and rarely by dictating audio recordings. I have thousands of handwritten pages and thousands more e-notes, on hundreds of topics and themes, created over the last decade or so. Some days…
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The Ballad of Woody, the Stealth Bong
When Colorado became the first state to legalize pot in 2016, I was proud! I wanted to beam myself back to 1975, to tell the 17-year-old me growing up in Denver and buying and using grass illegally — and using a lot of it — that my fair state would eventually be the first in the union to do…
