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Boston Mine, Mayflower Gulch – Colorado, U.S.A. A passed note, an invitation to a tête-à-tête, between classes, amid firehouse red lockers. A surge of backpacks, books folded tightly under arms and against chests, carry me there, racing against the tardy bell….
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Fowler Trail, Eldorado Canyon – Colorado, U.S.A. Jabu and I once tried to ring in the new year among the heaving, confetti-dusted crowds of Times Square. It was cold and blustery that night. We’d traveled from Washington, DC, to be…
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Mts. Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln – Alma, Colorado, U.S.A. Honestly, I had never heard of a “fourteener.” That time on Deer Mountain, three months after I arrived to Colorado, when the members of my hiking party sounded off their fourteener status–“I’ve…
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West Maroon Trail (#1970), Crested Butte and Aspen– Colorado, U.S.A. I think she’s there–my niece, in the back of my mind–when I set out in the cold rain and mist, darkness melting into silver daylight, sticky mud sucking at my…
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Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs – Colorado, U.S.A. Years ago, when I first started blogging, I created a website with the tagline, “Keep Moving.” The slogan captured both my reality and aspiration–to never stop, to always be going somewhere,…
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