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May 28, 2004

and now for a brief pronouncement:

things discovered while hanging about the greater denver metropolitan area:

-all cars are sold by two people - burt or jon elway. seriously. i haven’t yet seen a dealership not owned by one or the other. and i have no idea who this ‘burt’ character is either. sounds shady…

-they’re not joking when ‘they’ talk about the smog in denver. it hangs over the city like a giant, brown, slightly transparent lump.

-an entire private city/office complex/golf course with its own logos, street layouts, sign posts and such. one wrong turn and i was stuck there for the better part of an hour trying to find my way out of the winding streets. the streets all turned back into the center of the place with just a couple of exits out to the real world.

-the mountains are beautiful. that is, of course, when you can see them through the smog.

it’s an odd place this, not bad, not good, just not for me.

some friends to see tomorrow and then on to cali and the summer employ.

May 26, 2004

gathering no dust...

the westward movement begins. to california and sequoia national park i go!

May 16, 2004

green machine

came home to southern mn yesterday for a bit in the travels…

it’s been raining here recently and when the greens of the fresh rain meet the blue skies of the southern minnesota plains, magic happens. there are no two colors (and their various shades) on this planet that go together quite as wonderfully, no view that feels as fertile, and few sighs (at the sight) that are leave one so utterly satisfied.

it’s been some time since i was last here during the right mix of season and weather to catch the view.