Since moving to the cottage in Emerald City a half dozen years ago, I’ve made a tradition of celebrating my Birthday by riding my age on the glorious gravel of the Eastern Colorado High Plains. This year I turned 63, so I had to find a fun ride that was at least 63 miles long. […]
Pita Chips and Hummus are very close to the top of our snacking list. I’ve even been known to make an entire meal of them. But more often than not it was a last minute thought, as we browsed the grocery store aisles. That changed recently as I’ve become quite the connoisseur and collector of
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Inspiration to get over the hump. “Tears are words that need to be written.” ― Paulo Coelho
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Old And In The Way Telluride Bluegrass Festival Town Park June 18th, 1998 * Vassar Clements – Fiddle * David Grisman – Mandolin * Peter Rowan – Guitar – Herb Pedersen – Banjo – Jim Kerwin – Bass One of my favorite Bluegrass bands and perhaps my favorite venue. Three of the five that played
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I remind myself daily that life’s not a race, it’s a journey. A creative quest, meant to be experienced and mastered; not completed as quickly as possible. In other words – Slow Down. The path that leads to your Destiny is a challenging, circuitous route, rife with risks and rewards. It’s a “Hero’s Journey” that
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“A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.” — Abraham Maslow Maslow wrote “A Theory of Human Motivation.” An interesting, important and classic, psychological theory that examines the hierarchy of human need. The paper is so important, we keep a copy readily available here at 3mph. Food is at the top of the physiological
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“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.” ― Immanuel Kant
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THE RADIATORS January 22nd, 1994 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO Ed “Zeke” Volker – keys, percussion, horn, vox Dave Malone – guitar, vox Camile Baudoin – guitar, vox Reggie Scanlan – bass guitar Frank Bua – drums, percussion Glenn “Kul” Sears – percussion A new, old “Radiators” show from about 30 years ago in Denver got
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“It isn’t magic, but who’s never felt better after a cookie?” ― Rosie Pease Who doesn’t love cookies? The thing is, almost every pre-pack cookie in the Great Wide World is loaded with sugar and a variety of other genetically modified components that just aren’t healthy for you. Even homemade cookies are filled with one sweetening agent
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Inspiration to get you over the hump. A flower blossoms for it’s own joy. – Oscar Wilde
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Little Feat Paul’s Mall Boston, MA April 1st, 1973 Special Guest – Bonnie Raitt Here’s a fifty year old Little Feat show, featuring Bonnie Raitt on the first song, (Sailin’ Shoes). An FM broadcast that includes the middle 8 tunes of the 13 song show. A nice set of songs from the bands direction change
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I checked the weather forecast again, to confirm the wind speed and direction. So far April has looked a lot like March; cold and windy. The wind’s been ferocious for several days now and on the High Plains, the wind doesn’t blow, it sucks. I wrote a poem about it around this time last year,
I lost part of myself a few weeks ago. It wasn’t a big surprise, I’d been expecting it for awhile. I went to the dentist to have a tooth extracted. Number 13, the back, upper left bicuspid. Along with the other seven bicuspids, it has served me well for a very long time. There’s a
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