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Colorado Beasts and Pics in Snow. A Colorado State Open Thread, January 15, 2024
I’ve been posting a number of Open Threads that focus on political subjects lately, including my second-most recommended diary in my seventeen years here, and quite honestly, I have resolved to not do...
View ArticleArrrrooooooo!!!!!!! A Colorado State Open Thread, January 22, 2024
The Colorado State Open Thread is used to bring together people interested in our beautiful state, whether they’re interested in the people, politics, natural beauty, denizens, purple mountains...
View ArticleColorado's Arrested Candidates. A Colorado State Open Thread, 1/29/2024
The Colorado State Open Thread is devoted to our square(ish) state and those who care about it. You can participate in this whether you live here or not, whether you care about Colorado or not, or...
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Cheers! A Colorado State Open Thread, February 5, 2024
This Colorado State Open Thread highlights a growing industry in Colorado, that of craft distilling. For many years, Colorado has been a home to the craft brewing business, where people brew beer in...
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Fake News, Cats and Puppies, a Colorado State Open Thread, 2/12/2024
Welcome to the Colorado State Open Thread. I could have chosen to do something Valentine’s Day themed, but I will honor a mother cat who came to us from the Denver Dumb Friends League with her four...
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Have you voted yet? A Colorado State Open Thread. February 19, 2024
The act of voting will be really tough if you’re registered for the Democratic presidential primary here in Colorado. No matter where you are in the state, you’ll have a choice among the following...
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Notes and Mares Eat Oats, A Colorado State Open Thread, 2/26/2024
I have left this Open Thread until 6PM (and my target for publishing is always 7PM) so obviously this will be a well-thought-out Open Thread with tons of content and links to the best sources in the...
View ArticleColorado - Have You Voted Yet? A Colorado State Open Thread, March 4, 2024
The Colorado State Open Thread is for people who care about what happens in Colorado. Not just in the various capitols down in Denver, but also for what happens in the rest of the state. All the...
View ArticleA Colorado State Open Thread, 3/11/2024
What do you think about no Colorado State Open Thread? It leaves me a little … empty.I would hate to do that to you, both because I like reading them (and writing them), but also because I think you...
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Scenes from a spring snowstorm. A Colorado State Open Thread, 3/18/2024
The big excitement here on the front range was the snowstorm that started Wednesday of last week and finally ended some time after midnight on Friday morning. I went out around 3AM and there were no...
View ArticleCoal to Newcastle. A Colorado State Open Thread, 4/22/2024
Sure, Colorado has quartz and fools gold. I have never seen it arranged in such a pretty pattern. So this 11 pound rock is coming to my home in Colorado. I found it in a rock shop in Hong Kong,...
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Trying to get back in the swing. A Colorado State Open Thread, 4/29/2024
It is good to be back in Colorado. Oh, I could show you pictures of beautiful Thai beaches where I spent my last couple of days in Thailand. Beware, the temperatures were over 100 degrees and the water...
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Colorado State Open Thread, May 13, 2024
Any time I don’t have a title image, I can just go outside, point my camera on my phone at Rocky Mountain National Park, and get a beautiful image. I was unable to see any of the Northern Lights this...
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Indigenous and Political people in Colorado. A Colorado State Thread
As a reminder, the Colorado State Open Thread is a place for those who have heard of the state of Colorado, who may have an interest in learning more about us, or maybe have a beef with Colorado, to...
View ArticleHappy? Memorial Day? A Colorado State Open Thread, 5/27/2024
I cannot remember which of the many travesties that Shrub committed that caused me to put this up over my garage. I think this was on a 4th of July. Maybe it was after one of the measures that allowed...
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Calling Colorado Birders, A Colorado State Open Thread, 6/3/2024
I have agreed to lead a birdwatching group for the Estes Park Newcomers group for the next year (which runs July to June). The previous leader of the group was in failing health and while she could...
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July 20th, Save the Date! A Colorado State Open Thread, 6/10/2024
The Colorado State Open Thread series was begun to help bring Coloradans closer together, and occasionally have meetups. We have had meetups at my houses in Morrison, Denver and on the Pikes Peak cog...
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Voting, then Colorado Critters, A Colorado State Open Thread, 6/17/2024
Today was the last day to mail your ballot and be (pretty) sure it would arrive by next Tuesday’s date. If you still haven’t voted yet, drop it off at a county clerk’s office or one of the voting boxes...
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The High Plains of Eastern Colorado and Kansas; A Colorado State Open Thread,...
I will be stopping periodically to take photos of my journey back using I-70, from Eastern Kansas on up to Estes Park. Last Friday I went east, using US Highway 36 for most of the way, just to see a...
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Colorado Monolith - Do You Believe? A Colorado State Open Thread, 7/1/2024
Looking for something to take my mind off last week’s upcoming debate, last Thursday I drove northwest of Fort Collins to see the “monolith” that had suddenly started making the news. Despite spending...
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