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Susan Richards is a retired editor/publisher who believes old editors never die, they just revert to type.
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Foliage fling
Fall foliage photos are a dime a dozen in Colorado, but this one really caught my eye. I’ve tried for years to describe a brief walk I once took near Estes Park, and have always failed. This picture comes very… Read More ›
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Summing it up
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Trump, from the standpoint of stupid
Need I say more?
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Time’s up for #MeToo
My son started to ask me a question yesterday, and the minute he said “Kavanaugh” I knew what he was thinking. I’d been thinking the same thing all day. Why is a woman, Christine Blasey Ford, only just now accusing Supreme… Read More ›
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Hail summer
Last spring there was a wind storm here that blew down fences, knocked over a large woody bush in my backyard, and peeled shingles off the house across the street. Maybe an 80% chance to get insurance to replace my… Read More ›
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Nature makes amends
If you can’t get into the mountains to enjoy the fall color, just watch the horizon at sunset. If you can’t see the western horizon from your location, there’s always this webcam in Denver’s City Park. I check it every… Read More ›
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Bring on the Blue Tsu
I want more than a mere Blue Wave of Democratic votes in November. I want more than a Big Blue Wave. I want a Blue Tsunami. A gigantic Big Blue Tsu. It won’t fix everything, but it will be a… Read More ›
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Through the clouds brightly
This is Colorado Springs, Colo., (elev. 6,035 ft) viewed through the clouds from a webcam on the summit of Pikes Peak (elev. 14,114 ft). I love the city’s glow on the underside of the clouds. Not something I see very… Read More ›
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Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen
Following up on my post yesterday about the anonymous op-ed author, don’t miss the Washington Post’s article “Who could have written the ‘resistance’ op-ed?” It lists no less than 26 Washington insiders who might have written the piece. With each… Read More ›
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Anonymous author: Hero or heretic?
By now you must have heard about the op-ed published in the New York Times two days ago, the one by an anonymous senior official in the White House. It’s titled “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump… Read More ›
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The leaves they are a changin’
Okay, Colorado leaf peepers. Hope your car is gassed up and ready to go. The local forecasters have been reporting for a week now that the leaves in the high country are starting to turn — at least a week… Read More ›
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McCain Senate Office Building appears on Google maps
This week, after a proposal from Sen. Chuck Shumer (D-NY) that the Russell Senate Office Building be renamed to honor Sen. John McCain, a hacker decided to see how it would look on Google maps. (Maybe it was the same… Read More ›
