Art, culture, travel and adventure in Northern Colorado.
Dan and I have a new way to get out of the house while staying socially distant: kayaking. Technically, Minerva is a packraft, not a kayak. Same diff. It inflates in a snap. Why “Minerva”? Recently I’ve been inspired by a piece of local history. In 1910, an entrepreneur named Oliver Toussaint Jackson founded the […]
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We went back! And why not? Our rental is less than a mile from the Monument entrance, and we have a National Parks pass burning a hole in our pocket (thank you, Jan and Phil!). If you missed the first round of Colorado National Monument pictures, you can see those here. P.S. We drove the […]
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Dan and I are wrapping up our week-long work-cation in Grand Junction (read more and see pictures of Colorado National Monument here). Below are a handful of additional photos from the week. The view from our borrowed kitchen: Our rental was advertised as “Frank Lloyd Left”: Dan took me on a bike ride along the […]
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Dan and I take social-distancing very seriously, only venturing out for groceries, exercise, and the occasional curbside pickup. However, as we pass the three month mark of our quarantine, we are finding the need to shake things up in a way that feels safe but sanity-restoring. Dan and I both work remotely, so this week […]
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I recognize that it can be challenging to be my friend if you don’t love being photographed. If you’re ever caught in that position, I hope you can understand how the people I spend my time with are more important than the places that I go. (Linda, in particular, is one of my most important […]
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Dan and my anniversary has come around again! (In 2020: 11 years together, 4 years married.) In this bizarre year, we celebrated in a few different ways. The night before, we made the lasagna that we usually save for Christmas. On our proper anniversary (June 6), we hit the road to the northwestern corner of […]
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Instead of canceling the 2020 Cincinnati Fringe Festival due to the pandemic, the producers at Know Theatre put the festival 100% online. While the video format cannot come close to the experience of in-person theater, I am glad that these artists have a chance to earn some of the revenue they would typically receive during […]
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I would not have considered myself a cyclist until about two years ago. Now I cannot live without my bike, which I take on several rides per week with Linda and Tony, and use to run errands whenever I can. The thing I don’t usually do is ride with Dan, who usually prefers solo mountain […]
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