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Where’s My Donkey Cart?
By Margaret Hedderman Backpacking is kind of counter intuitive to evolution when you think about it. Throughout the history of human beings, we have created and/or discovered methods of getting out of work. Like inventing animals and cars. So, when … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Margaret
Tagged backpacking, Canyonlands National Park, nature romanticism, Thoreau
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That’s What She Said
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. – Gertrude Stein
Posted in Margaret, That's What They Said
Tagged gertrude stein, google glass, information overload
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Life Lessons and Running #1
By Margaret Hedderman The last time I ran with another person was at the New Mexico High School State Track Meet in 2004. Over the course of nearly 10 years (oh crap), I ran with my dog or by myself, … Continue reading
The Weekly Urchin Recap
By Margaret Hedderman A trip to the Canyonlands. Falling shadows on the sandstone. Mandatory Darwin fence. Dusty snow on distant La Salles.
That’s What He Said
Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. – Edward Abbey
Posted in Margaret, Politics & Global Issues, That's What They Said
Tagged edward abbey, Occupy Movement
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When Money Buys Lives
By Margaret Hedderman Yesterday President Obama called the Senate’s defeat of numerous gun-control bills “shameful.” Is it shameful? Absolutely. Is it logical? You bet. Is it surprising? Not a bit. When it came down to it, the Senate’s decision to … Continue reading
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Tagged gun control, Joe Biden, President Obama, size of gun industry
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That’s What He Said
There are things you just can’t do in life. You can’t beat the phone company, you can’t make a waiter see you until he’s ready to see you, and you can’t go home again. – Bill Bryson
A Year in the Life of That Tree
By Margaret Hedderman Mark Hirsch drove past That Tree everyday for years without ever snapping a photo of the old Bur Oak presiding over the corn fields. Then, one day on a whim, Hirsch took a photo of That Tree … Continue reading
Save Your Seat!
By Margaret Hedderman I probably won’t go to the movie theatre this year. It’s a lot of effort and I don’t want to catch something in that confined space. I’m not a germaphobe, but I did see Outbreak. (Not in … Continue reading
Weekly Urchin Recap
By Margaret Hedderman Last night the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour came to Durango. In the five years since graduating from a film and television program, I believe I’ve sat in a movie theatre all of three times. As … Continue reading
