Behind Aspen’s international skiing luster lies a deep, competitive hockey culture that makes for a tough beer league. A drive to win the bragging rights to the battered Pell Cup turns architects, bartenders, contractors, lawyers, teachers, ski bums, and friends into fierce, fist-throwing rivals…former pros, Division I college players, and old goats—or, more accurately, has-beens […]
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Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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What happened?
The worst ice storm I’ve lived through. Still possible problems due to strong winds tonight which could take out tree limbs weakened by ice that could come crashing down and take out power lines.
I so hope you guys are OK. I remember an ice storm like that in the 1990s in New York State when my parents were still alive.
We are OK in our little piece of OK. Thanks for the concern. The newspaper this morning reported still over 200,000 without power around the state. The yard looks like hell. But no one is in the hospital and no one has perished in our household.
We just went through hurricane Zeta. Just got up. Will have to assess the damages. I think climate change might be real.
Climate change is real. The only argument is how much is caused by people vs natural cycles. I am in the natural cycles camp and believe humans have made the situation worse.