This stare down between a mountain lion and a house cat happened last week, in the foothills of Boulder, Colorado. Here’s what they said: Cat: Tough luck about that glass door, eh? Mountain lion: Guess you won’t be coming out for fresh air anymore, eh? Cat: I’m cool. I don’t mind mind watching Wild Kingdom…Continue Reading…
That was the headline of a book review I wrote years ago about Boulder, Colorado being stalked by mountain lions. When I briefly lived there in the late 2000s, some of the natives (okay, they were my colleagues) sniggered at my histrionic fears. Now it looks like the wildlife in Boulder is getting even peskier. Check…Continue Reading…
Well that didn’t take long. In the space of a few days, my two year old has gone from watching the fox scamper past our front door to skipping on subway grates.
If Mike Judge wants endless material for his new show, he should be getting Boulder, Colorado news feeds, such as this one: A nudist couple living in north Boulder is complaining about discrimination after being asked by their landlord to “dress appropriately” when outside of their unit.
No one knows more about the history and ecology of fire than Stephen Pyne. “Australia,” he writes today, “is a fire continent: it is built to burn. To this general combustibility its southeast corner adds a pattern of seasonal winds, associated with cold fronts, that draft scorching, unstable air from the interior across whatever flame…Continue Reading…
Residents in Boulder, Colorado got spanked by their sheriff this weekend, for their chuckle-headed behavior during a January 7 fire that forced the evacuation of 25,000 people. At a community meeting, the lawman chastised homeowners who filled pickup trucks with numerous personal items and left them parked in front of their driveways until they had…Continue Reading…