Hardscrabble Times

While Covid continues to rage and Russia threatens to invade the Ukraine, I feel it only fair to alert ya’ll that The Blur is officially driving. He was awarded his learner’s permit last week. After failing the test by one question the first try, there was nobody in the Cañon…
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At dawn on Christmas morning I was making kindling out of an aspen log when a flock of roisterous piñon jays descended into the surrounding Ponderosas…
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School is out for the holiday break, but I was a busy “guest teacher” the past few weeks, as some teachers were sick, others had family and business…
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It was — according to The Blur’s indelible memory — 2014 when we traveled to Buena Vista one sunny afternoon for the Christmas Equine Parade held there…
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The Blur goes to Texas, runs a personal best instead of a personal record.
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When students write apologies to their sub.
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Today was National Signing Day for 2022’s crop of collegiate athletes. While future sports stars were signing contracts nationwide, one lesser-known…
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It's all one big film in my mind.
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