Musings

This is the way I view life

The Boyce Bed Part One

November 6, 2011
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The Boyce Bed Part One

I designed the bed you saw in the previous post for the smaller bedroom at Creekside.  But that was a few months ago.  John had a better idea after seeing a rustic coat tree at a place in Salida.  Why not take 6 inch posts and cut slabs off four sides, leaving bark on...

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Goodbye old friend

November 19, 2009
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Goodbye old friend

The passing of J. Ralph Carter on November 17 has hit me harder than I thought it would.  After all, in the news business we see and report on death all the time. This time it’s different. I mourn not only for life lost, but for the end of this man’s influence on our...

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Amtrak, the cross country marvel

August 29, 2009
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Amtrak, the cross country marvel

I’m sittin’ in a railway station, got a ticket for my destination… It’s 1:45 a.m. and I’m in the Amtrak Station in Hastings, Nebraska. I’ve driven my daughter to college, left her the car, and I’m heading back to Denver. Unlike Paul Simon, I am Homeward Bound. The train should be leaving now, but...

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I stumble on my own bear in Ouray

August 12, 2009
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Five days after a bear killed and dined on an elderly woman in Ouray, I am here myself. I don’t worry much about bears in Colorado mountain towns — they usually don’t want anything to do with you. Though a face to face with a Grizzly in Glacier National Park back in 2005 did...

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Newsroom Quotes

July 23, 2009
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Newsroom Quotes

Elaine Sheridan: I understand they think there are more in there? James Muller: How would they know?  Drop in a cow? Subject: Large, carnivorous pacu found in a Pueblo pond and featured on News First. Wild Catch

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