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Tagged With: copper mining

The Ferris-Haggarty Mine

Last Sunday, I got to go to one of my favorite places in the world – the ghost town of Dillon and the Ferris-Haggarty Mine. If you’ve looked at the pictures in my gallery on this website, or if you’ve read Mountain Time and/or Peaks and Valleys (which I hope you have!), then you know … Continue reading »

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Mountain Time has been released!

Wow, I can’t even describe the mix of emotions I have felt this week.  My first published novel is now available for the public to read.  I’ve gotten lots of congratulatory emails, and friends are ordering copies and reading it.  Excitement, pride, total fear.  This is different from anything I have experienced. To announce Mountain … Continue reading »

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The middle of August

The middle of August is always a busy and crazy time for me.  I start my summer with a huge list of things to get done, so I feel rushed to check off as many things as I possibly can.  This year, I am changing schools, though happily not grade levels, so I have been … Continue reading »

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Let’s Get this started!

Haggarty Creek gurgles and frolics down the ravine.  Peace reigns.  The lodgepole pines whisper in the gentle breeze.  A grey squirrel chatters like a crabby old man.  A shiny green hummingbird hovers nearby. Five hundred cubic centimeter engine beneath me, all four of my low pressure, high traction knob tires grabbing at every rock, my … Continue reading »

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