Mountain High, Dining Delight: Discovering the Culinary Gems of Gunnison and Crested Butte, Colorado

Gunnison and Crested Butte, Colorado, are not just havens for outdoor enthusiasts – hikers, mountain bikers, skiers, snowboarders, splitboarders, and all manner of backcountry enthusiasts – both towns

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Gunnison, Colorado: A small town with a BIG Music Scene

Gunnison, Colorado is a small town with a mountain-sized music scene. There are always live music events happening, from small, intimate shows to large festivals. Whether you’re looking

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Book Review: Dream Big by Kat Kronenberg

Dream Big by Kat Kronengberg is a lovely book for young readers. Kat Kronenberg’s Dream Big was an accidental find for me. I was in search of a book

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Book Review: Dream Big by Leslie Zimmerman

I learned about Leslie Zimmerman’s book, Dream Big, while I was reading George W. Bush’s Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors. Dream Big

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Rising to POPSUGAR’s 2017 Reading Challenge

Oh, the places you can go in the pages of a good book! Who doesn’t like reading a good book? I’ve not ever tried a particular reading challenge,

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Book Review: Jump by Steve Harvey

Louellen on her first skydive jump. I’ve been reading a lot of fiction lately, and with the new year, I thought it might be good to peruse a

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Little Elm: A Town with a Lake Attitude

It’s been almost 20 years since Duane and I happened to come through this part of North Texas to visit some friends. As we drove through the downtown area

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Book Review: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is a classic novel that is subtly powerful.Photo by Louellen S. Coker I’m not sure how I stumbled upon Betty

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Texas, My Texas!

When you ask me (or Duane) where we’re from, we’ll tell you Texas. Duane and Louellen overlooking Palo Duro Canyon. And if you ask further, what heritage we are,

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Living with Gratitude

Photo by Louellen Coker. Las Flores Surf Resort, El Salvador Life is hectic and often stressful. Overlooking great things that happen in our lives is easy because they

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