Restaurant Re-invention

Restaurant Re-invention Sadly, the Level Red public health order may have a serious impact on restaurants, especially if it becomes a drawn-out process. What, then, can restaurants do to re-invent themselves? While alcohol sales contribute much to the bottom line, perhaps the focus needs to be placed elsewhere in the short term. How about high-quality […]

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Bedrooms are for People

Bedrooms are for People This movement is getting attention in the City of Boulder, and perhaps in time it will spill over to the county. Boulder County is definitely a place of privilege as a domicile—largely thanks to the long-term vision of the senior Parks and Open Space planning staff over the years. The county […]

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Dog Distractions

Dog Distractions Our dogs never cease to amaze us and make us laugh a lot. There is no such thing as a transition from sleep to wake. It is instantaneous.  The younger one greets every day with boundless joy but the elder sage knows we do mundane things like ablute and brush teeth before anything […]

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By the Stroke of a Pen

By the Stroke of a Pen 2013 brought a calamitous flood, certainly. For many areas it was a one-in-five-hundred-year event. For others it may have been bigger. Since then the creeks and canyons have been cleared of obstacles and re-engineered, presumably now better able to cope with an equivalent event. But on top of that […]

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Changing of the Guard

Changing of the Guard Our principle in the office has been selling farms for longer than we would care to admit, and the farmers of yesteryear have all but moved on. The seasoned farmers in the game are now younger than we are but there is a fresh wave of protagonists in the business with […]

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In The Blink of an Eye

In The Blink of an Eye Accidents happen. One moment things are moving along just fine; life is routine, and everyone is relaxed. But in a split second life can be changed by an event unanticipated. In our case over the weekend it was a horse kick to the head and chest. Nobody saw it […]

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