Month: January 2005

  • Lake Agnes Trail

    Today we rally for our first trip into the mountains outside Ft. Collins. At home it’s warm and sunny out. The drive up the Poudre canyon to Cameron Pass is a long and twisty one, during which the sky slowy darkens and the light strains into a pale yellow before turning grey. It’s an hour…

  • Live Music: The Reverend Horton Heat

    It’s been a long time since we’ve been to a live show, so when Ann told me the Reverend Horton Heat was playing the Aggie Theater on a Thursday night in Fort Collins I said, “Let’s do it!” It soon becomes obvious I’ve forgotten everything I ever knew about seeing a show. It was billed…

  • Movie: The Meaning Of Life

    I haven’t watched this Monty Python movie since I was teenager. What a different movie it is as an adult! The over-the-top, rebellious crassness of it appealed to me as a raucous youth. Now, I understand what the crassness is making fun of! It’s not the fat guy puking all over the place that’s funny,…

  • Book: WILD ANIMUS by Rich Shapero

    I’ve now finished this book, after discussing it with the author here a few weeks ago. It’s a challenging book, more interested in probing a character most of us would immediately dismiss as a nut than trying to entertain the reader. I’m glad I stuck with it. My own explorations of my connection with nature…