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ShalomSeasons

Alone again. I see the silence still has a place for me. - Robert Sund

the seasons change and so do I

ShalomSeasons describes my all-season sojourn in the Colorado high country at our family cabin named Shalom. I continue to add insights about living alone in an isolated, snowbound cabin as well as weather updates, photos of scenic Taylor Park, and more. Scroll down this page to see my occasional blog posts in which I am experimenting with writing down some of my thoughts; the Day to Day page documents general happenings at the cabin.

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Actual Super Bowls

Several of us took advantage of a run of great weather to travel over Napoleon Pass between the old mining towns of Tincup and Pitkin on ...

Life Leaves Tracks ...

... from darkness into light. Click on the first image to start the photo essay.

Enchantment

I am enchanted by snow. Fallen snow is sinuous and soundless. Falling snow is hypnotic, whether viewed on my 80” flat screen world wide w...

The Wooden Ship

I once went on a journey, not knowing exactly why, but I have tried to find out. We wound our way along the game trail near the creek and...

Merry Christmas

Christmas! What other celebration expands to include an entire season? We have family traditions, either decades old or new in the making...

Winter's Night

One of the more memorable visions of my life came on a cold night on the shore of a mountain lake somewhere in Colorado. The temperature ...

Wednesday in the Park, not to be confused with the 4th of July *

I am so busy, I don’t know how I had time to work. Such a well-worn phrase, but I am wearing it well, I think. Days are filled with watch...

Gray Jays

Gray Jays are great companions. They mostly just want to be fed twice a day, especially when the unruly gang of ten blue Steller's Jays a...

Waiting for the Storm

We have been receiving a fair amount of snow the last few days with more expected. The transition from Fall to full on Winter comes with ...

Catching Up - May 26 - November 23, 2016

I arrived at Shalom May 26, after having retired from my full time job. Since I had been working since 1969, this adventure is a long ant...

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