Uncle John. Photo: Aaron Plant

Letters #185

by Mountain Gazette January 3, 2012 January 2012

Letters to the editor from Mountain Gazette readers.

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Charles Clayton's Great Grandfather and neighbor butchering a cow in Fraser circa 1918 or so.

The Lost Art of Treating Animals Like Animals

by Charles Clayton January 3, 2012 January 2012

We think of our animals as extensions of our families, and we treat them like people. Such attitudes would have been almost unthinkable a century ago.

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Country music lyrics in action on the bar at Kochevar's in Crested Butte. Photo: Dawne Belloise

Regrooving Country in the Rockies

by Dawne Belloise January 3, 2012 January 2012

You won’t admit it, even though your bluegrass friends might be more understanding, but you are secretly amused by the emoto-schlock lyrics served up by classic country music.

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Colorado Songs

Colorado Songs

by M John Fayhee January 3, 2012 January 2012

Get Rocky Mountain High on these songs about Colorado.

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Freedom, Death and Glory

Freedom, Death and Glory

by Jay Cowan December 29, 2011 Features

The art and soul of freeriding.

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A Wheel Well for a Pillow: Getting By In Breck

A Wheel Well for a Pillow: Getting By In Breck

by Mike Sudmeier December 29, 2011 Features

At home in a free parking lot.

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Lexi Tuddenham takes aim. Photo: Lance Waring

Gun Control: Reflections from the Shooting Range

by Lance Waring December 29, 2011 January 2012

I’ve decided my life-and-death decisions should originate from choices made while climbing or skiing instead of from the flash from a grey-blue muzzle.

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