Author Archives: Roger

Working for Birds

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Roger

I took another day off work to bird. But where? I’d seen the majority of the common birds that can be easily found this time of year. A day at Black Forest or along the creek would have yielded a … Continue reading →

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Lake Pueblo State Park

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Roger

I took today and tomorrow off work to get my 2020 year list off to a fast start. I spent almost all the daylight hours at Lake Pueblo, first by the south marina where the gulls hang out and then … Continue reading →

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Columbus

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Roger

We spent three days in Columbus at the beginning of Thanksgiving week. The weather was pleasant — not like the heavy snowstorms back in Colorado that shut down work for two days. It’s taken us a while, but we’ve finally … Continue reading →

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Otherworld

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Roger

Otherworld is billed as an “immersive art experience.” It’s housed in an old theater in a nearly-abandoned shopping mall southeast of Columbus, Ohio. We drove down right after we landed in town and arrived when the place was not at … Continue reading →

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Things I’ve Learned Recently

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Roger

The cubicle did not get its name from its shape, but from the Latin cubiculum, meaning bed chamber. A male Brown Thrasher can have more than 2,500 separate songs in his repertoire. Creede, Colorado, was named for prospector Nicholas C. … Continue reading →

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