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guitars and mandolins, racing bicycles, black-powder target rifles, equipment for feeding livestock, coffee roasters, medical diagnostic kits, furniture, and so on

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…needlepoint prayers, alligator skulls, gravity deer feeders, pecan rolls, toffee…

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Bob Dylanbot

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Maybe I’m old fashioned, but most of the time when I think about music I totally forget that Built to Spill is a band that a lot of people like.

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1. Go after what you want.

2. Get what you need.

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1. Create a world in your head

2. Get a head

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two stock tanks with rusted-out bottoms, a cattle oiler, and a row of protein tubs

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Wings Over the Rockies

Packed up the pups and toured the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum this weekend with the Grandgrowns and cousins.

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12 miles and plenty of smiles

Today we split up the otter pups. The older otter went with momma to the aquarium in Denver and I took the other otter hiking up Green Mountain. Aside from getting a little cold near the top, she did great! Nearly four hours on the trail and smiling at the end.

Here’s the gear we used on the hike:

Osprey Poco LT Child Carrier

Hiking poles

Sunscreen

Two water bottles (a 2 liter and a smaller bottle for quick sips)

Snacks

Warm coat for the otter pup

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It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered. The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness.

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Roadin’ it.

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New dinner routine

We started giving the otter pups their own meal time while we cooked dinner for the growns. We used to have everyone sit down together for a family meal, but the oldest otter never ate and sleep times started too late. In the new routine the pups are fed by 5:30 at the latest and getting a much better sleep.

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There are several reasons and no one is exactly sure why, but it doesn’t hurt to get ‘em ou-side.