February 2025

Books read: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner The Air They Breathe: A Pediatrician on the Frontlines of Climate Change by Debra Hendrickson Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation by Michael Powell Trails walked: West Rim trail near Taos, NM (Feb 4th) South Boulder Creek Big Bluestem loop near Boulder (Feb 21st) Lindsay Ranch in Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge near Superior (Feb 25th) Song(s) of the month: Guy Clark - Dublin Blues and The Cape February Summary: I thought about writing a diatribe on the insanity sadness whirlwind that is our current administration in Washington DC. There is so much I would like to say about it, and I'm having difficult discussions with my conservative friends these days. But I decided that there are way more talented people than me out there writing and speaking brilliantly about it ( Rebecca Solnit , Susan B Glasser , Heather ...