Milk truck incident
The milk man took the corner too fast and a crate of full bottles flew off his truck–right onto my street. Some neighbors came out to help clean up. Some just came out to take pictures for their blog.
View ArticleBesides breweries and bicycles: The Romero house
Imagine you build a house out of local and renewable materials. And you build it only 500 square feet for the whole family, in walking distance of your job. The yard is big enough for a significant...
View ArticleThe irrigation tell: Snow on Longs Peak indicates water supply
“See the man in the mountain?” this old farm boy asks me. I am at a party at his childhood home and I don’t know anybody. So I stand outside looking at Long’s Peak, and he comes up and says that....
View ArticleAnarchy in the FC: Lone protestor on College
Chris, musician and anarchist, near the corner of Mulberry and College 3/29/2009 I’ve known about three kinds of anarchists in Fort Collins. 1. Those who break windows anonymously and then claim...
View ArticleDo we still need the Food Co-op?
Beet Street, an enterprise formed to bring tourist dollars to downtown Fort Collins, recently announced a “Homegrown Fort Collins” event for late September. It has something to do with eating local....
View ArticleCunningham Corner: A 1970s Fort Collins barn band
Cunningham Corner is a condo complex on the corner of Horsetooth and Shields in Fort Collins. It’s also the name on the barn that sat at that corner before the condos (the barn has since been declared...
View ArticleThe recycling tub paradox
Old bins (middle) and new (right) Recently, the city of Fort Collins adopted changes to ordinances that, among other things, require trash haulers to offer new, larger recycling bins. This as part of...
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