Elephant Boulder.

14/07/2024

Please be safe, Boulder. Please no backyard campfires, no cigarette butts, please don't mow or drive during the day as possible. It's hot. It's dry. We don't want to lose 1,000 homes as we did in the middle of winter a few years back.

04/07/2024

Featured in Boulder Collective: Ryan Van Duzer and Gold Hill and the Fourth! With cameos by yours truly. Note my intro: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bouldercollective/posts/3345435292426106

02/07/2024

If you answer yes to these three questions, you are in a sturdy relationship that may stand the test of time:

Partners who can’t or don’t know how to control their heightened emotions are either in unhappy relationships or jump from one relationship to another without realizing that their

01/07/2024

beautiful read:

Basil Camu is on a mission to save trees, even the dying ones. His unconventional approach: Let it be.

01/07/2024

uh, oh.

30/06/2024

Took Winnie for a dip in the Boulder Creek on the way to Trident cafe to send out wedding invites.

20 feet west, a child is playing in the water. 40 feet east, a young man is fishing. 10 feet away, a couple is picnicking. Etc. etc. etc. etc.

Many communities have many public bathrooms. Paris has 100s of them, all over. We can blame the homeless, but I'd rather fix the system than hate the player. Sadly solutions and actually doing the work of helping is not what local politics are about... they're mostly about teams, performative ideologies, and blame.

29/06/2024

“The idea behind the choosing of the tree is a suggestion that men would get more compassion from a tree. That sharing feelings with women can lead to men struggling with rejection, embarrassment, or discouragement. That it’s difficult to be vulnerable. That a tree would not answer back. A tree would be peaceful and comforting.”

We are all responsible for our own health and well-being. And again, we see the contradiction that men are not emotional and don't need to talk about their feelings like women; yet, they are killing themselves and they are killing women, all because they are emotional and they do need to talk about....

27/06/2024

Boulder: Driest May in 50 years.

26/06/2024

Much-needed rain!

26/06/2024

Hardly any rain, super hot, high winds, backyard fires and folks flicking ci******es out of cars, which also spark, and now fireworks! What could go wrong!?

"fire risk aside they are annoying as hell to dogs and cats, not to mention all the wild animals"
..and toxic to humans and animals, freak out wild animals and birds to point of death, heart attacks, erratic behavior...

26/06/2024

Same goes for today! Super inspiring, shared up on my social repeatedly...*and* confounding how normalized single-use waste is.

25/06/2024

What's the difference?

While many products at, say, McGuckin or N**e Foods are affordable and already here (better than overnight shipping, which is tough on our planet and workers both)...why is it worth shopping local vs. Amazon?

Because you're paying for those green-vested experts to help advise; to create community that adds value to where we live. Those experts have what we used to pride ourselves on—middle income stable jobs with health care, they often work there for life, and more local taxes (roads, education, parks) and donations flow from local shops and shopping. We can try out purchases in person, and get personally-tailored advice before selecting.
And on the other side Amazon is gutting industries and Bezos can't fit his superyacht under bridges.

Why else?

25/06/2024

Who's biking to work tomorrow?

24/06/2024

Attended MacBeth yesterday with Kelsey, as part of the long-running and nationally-prominent Colorado Shakespeare Festival. It took place inside the lovely Roe Green Theater--lovely on the outside, at least--on the inside it was thoroughly modern, would have appreciated at least some historical preservation, a sense of beautiful architecture.

I'm concerned about the...dramatic gutting and remaking of the legendary, simple, lovely, treed, starred red rock amphitheater that is the outdoor venue, closed for renovations for two long years. Sometimes old is lovely, and what ain't broken don't need fixing.

The stage and production were wonderful, dramatic, savage, dark, comical at moments yet overwhelmingly heavy as the play doth dictate. While a tragedy doesn't make a typical date, Kelsey and I popped by Cafe Aion before and thoroughly enjoyed the production, the look inside fear around female power, ambition, guilt, the cycle of war and aggression.

Thank you, Colo Shakes!

21/06/2024

Have you signed yet?

Waylon features Julie and Samantha from Cats Aren't Trophies Colorado.

14/06/2024

“When our source of happiness becomes our source of misery, we refuse to accept that something might have changed. That is exactly why we stay in abusive relationships and toxic jobs.”

In Buddhism, upādāna (attachment) means clinging to anything that could make us happy. Even though the pleasure might be short and temporary, we cling even harder in order to feel safe, secure, comfortable, and in charge.

05/06/2024

9. They keep things in perspective.

The ability to form a long-lasting, happy relationship requires willingness and resilience. When challenges arise, successful couples know that the most important factor is their

03/06/2024

Becoming McGuckin Member = Official Resident of Boulder Kelsey

03/06/2024

“Genuine kindness doesn’t ever go away. It is constant and unchanging. It is promising. But kindness that’s full of manipulation always leaves us disappointed and hungry for more.”

I've been hurt and disappointed more times than I care to remember because of other people’s manipulative kindness.

02/06/2024

“Kahlo overcame many challenges in life, and more importantly, she developed wisdom over time that helped her set a good example.”

Kahlo has taught me over and over again that life’s most difficult obstacles require patience and hope.

01/06/2024

What do you look forward to Boulder this summer?

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Me:

Eldo Pool reopening, if it does. Jumping in the Creek (showering after), pools around town.

Farmers Markets.

Biking around in flip flops and shorts.

Sunday music at Spruce on West Pearl.

July 4 at Gold Hill.

I miss Outdoor Cinema.

31/05/2024

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31/05/2024

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30/05/2024

I wish folks in Boulder would act like climate crisis is a crisis.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on how to overcome the “soft” climate denial that keeps us buying junk.

29/05/2024

Sounds like a man in a ski mask tried, & failed, to drive his SUV into the Bolder Boulder.

28/05/2024

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28/05/2024

Kelsey and I are traveling for 12 days soon (I might be asking her a particular ?, shhh).

Looking for eco-minded 🏡 housesitter—would you be interested, or would you know anyone? I have a young dog, Winfield, and she has a young cat, Cat Stevens. And I have 50 plants that need watering, regular walks, and singalongs.

I have mannnny pup playdates set up in my backyard, which is fenced, so shouldn't be much "work." Hot tub, treehouse, bikes, near parks, near downtown, zero waste and vegan household. Mid-Sept. Don't want to pay much since it's a sweet situation but stipend okay.

28/05/2024

Traveling for 12 days soon. Looking for eco-minded🏡housesitter—know anyone?

27/05/2024

Injured as I am (though not as badly as I thought the first few days, ayay!), I couldn't run the Bolder Boulder, today, and was sad to miss out on the tour of Boulder and community magic. But it was community magic getting to watch the 1,000s of runners and walkers and families and pros, and chat with friends and hang with Winnie as he got used to the crowds and noise.

This is me some years ago, when my ribs weren't ouchy.

27/05/2024

“Stillness grounds us into the present moment and takes us away from the illusion of control. It tells us that being ourselves and being present in our own body is safe and where we need to be.”

While most people think slowing down and being still is something to stay away from, the fact is that being still and mindful of our inner world is the most beautiful gift we can give to ourselves and the world.