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Local photographer offers breathtaking mountain art and portrait work

I’m always on the hunt for great photography to feature here and in my home. (After all, what’s a great Colorado mountain home without...

Injured or lost hikers. Trapped climbers. Missing backcountry campers. We hear the news stories all the time. And although we don’t like to...

If you travel or live in western mountain towns, you’ve probably seen or picked up the Mountain Gazette, a free monthly magazine focused on...

The night sky in the mountains has been breathtaking the past few nights, and for mountain dwellers, a good star map is a must. Ours is the old...

I recently heard naturalist and author Kathleen Dean Moore read from her latest collection of essays at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver. I...

I recently reread one of my favorite books, a book of memoir-essays by Wyoming writer Mark Spragg. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys...

It’s easy this time to year to be grumpy about snow shoveling. After all, where we live at 10,500 ft. in the mountains, we’ve been...

With the winter cold and frigid winds of the high country bearing down on us so many months of the year, we can go a long time without being able...

A Simple Pinecone Ornament Says "Colorado." Want to make an easy handmade ornament that says Colorado? Try this oldie but goodie that I...

Want to give a toy this year that says "Colorado" at first glance? I found a seriously great gift idea for any young kiddo on your list ...