I don’t care how early the stores string up lights and put up Christmas trees, it’s not officially the holidays for me until I buy enough hot cocoa to last me through winter, make sugar cutout cookies to share, hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” and Nitty Gritty Band’s “Colorado Christmas“ on [...]
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One of my fave shops in little ole Longmont, Colorado, is Nest. Technically located in Prospect, a hip modern eco neighborhood that claims its own altitude on a sign as if [...] Confession: I kind of want an old pickup truck. Being that Longmont has its roots as a farming community (it wasn’t always Digital Globe, IBM, Amgen, Seagate), I often see these old timey pickups in a variety of faded candy colors around town and in traffic. They make me smile, bring joy to my [...] Confession: I should have been a farm girl. The Kid’s birthday is between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a hectic time of year anyways, and then to throw on top of that, the financials of throwing a birthday party AND guilting friends and loved ones to spend more money on birthday gifts and/or travel just seems [...] I realize it is already a week into fall, and October is this weekend (zomg) but in Colorado the temps are record highs of 80s and so I still feel summer lingering on. I’m not quite ready for it to be over.
Confession: I enjoy hay bale season in Boulder County. I know, it doesn’t make sense. Allergy-burdened that I am, finding the simplest pleasures when local farmers head out into the fields, cut grass, shape them and cart them off. You [...]
Is it really already mid July? The Kid and I have developed a Dairy Queen habit after her swim lessons. The only rule is we buy one cone, usually a medium vanilla soft serve, and she *has* to give me a lick, which she begrudgingly does. Sometimes I can convince her to [...] The world was so big, and I was so small. And your voice was always the loudest of all. “The Backyard” by Miracle Legion photo by Neal Obermeyer Colorado weather is wonky. Mere days ago it was in the high 80s. I wore flip flops. I got a sunburn. Today we had the [...] I am not usually at home during the weekday so when the doorbell rings at 1:30p I immediately think it’s 1. proselytizers 2. solicitors for yardwork, painting, cabinets, security systems and the like. I will have none of either. So when I crept up to the peephole and saw dear Stephanie, fellow mama who is [...]  |
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