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On Labor Day in 2010, the Fourmile Canyon Fire outside of Boulder, Colorado burned more than 6,000 acres and destroyed 169 homes.
One of them was mine.Click here to read my story from the beginning.
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Category Archives: Chautauqua
Lost and Found
Tweet November 7th, 2010 Two Months After the Fire English mapmakers used to place the phrase “Here There Be Dragons” at the edges of their known world. If you sailed past this point, they said, you would end up in … Continue reading
Posted in Chautauqua, Nellie the Dog, Yellowstone
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Life On The Edge
Tweet October 22nd, 2010 Six and a Half Weeks After the Fire Hello Friends, Tonight is the beginning of a big football weekend at CU Boulder. Chautauqua is booked up, and all the vacation cottages are rented for the weekend. … Continue reading
Posted in Chautauqua, PTSD, Spiritual Experience
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Nellie’s Little Halloween Adventure
Tweet October 31st, 2010 Believe it or not, there is another small fire burning in Boulder Canyon today, about two miles from us. It started on Friday, and is now about 70 percent contained. My friend David could see the … Continue reading
Posted in Chautauqua, Good Moments, Nellie the Dog
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Bad Dreams And Good Dreams
Tweet September 21st, 2010 Two Weeks After the Fire Hello Friends, I took Nellie on a walk around my cottage at Chautauqua this evening, as the sky was darkening and the air finally cooling off. It was as if I … Continue reading
Posted in Boulder, Chautauqua, The Kindness of Strangers
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A River Runs Through It
Tweet September 9th, 2010 Two Days After the Fire Hello Wonderful Friends. I am spending tonight at a small inn by the river in Gallatin, Montana, where they filmed “A River Runs Through It.” Thunderstorms have been rolling across the … Continue reading
Posted in Chautauqua, Friends, Good Moments, The Kindness of Strangers, Yellowstone
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