Farmers' markets in mid-summer in small towns abound with flowers, honey, vegetables and fresh fruit from local trees. Locals sitting in the backs of pick-ups talking with friends, selling my favorite green gage plums, grapes, chile and other summer produce are a lovely reminder of small town beauty. A Saturday morning in the center of …
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I taught a writing class back when I lived in the city and I started with the question of "universal beauty." I asked my class is there was anything that everyone would agree was universally beautiful. There was much discussion, much theorizing, and finally the class decided upon rainbows. They couldn't think of anyone across …
La Veta is nestled at the base of the Spanish Peaks, two mountains at the southern most border of Colorado near I-25. The Spanish Peaks have been among the most important landmarks of the southwestern United States, guiding Native American tribes, trappers, and American settlers. The Ute, and other, earlier Indian tribes held the Peaks …
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Tomichi Pass, takes us to a site of an old mining town. The town had a population of 1500 during the boom years of the 1880s. The silver crash of 1893 brought an end to the town. In 1896 a few prospectors returned, but most were killed in 1899 when a snowslide destroyed the town. …
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