Elephant Boulder.

16/05/2025

Putting my home sweet home on Zillow...after working to make it fun and eco for a family for so many years...feels like a passing. Will someone steward it, or erase its charm?

The house became a home. And now it's on Zillow. The funny thing about selling a house, if it’s a home, a home sweet home, is you have a relationship with that house. ​And seeing it on Zillow is...

22/04/2025

"They may still try to come, and if they do, we’ll be ready. Thanks to Boulder’s local network, we know how to drop everything on a workday and show up."

On Monday morning, I was one of many who got a heads-up text from a friend: DOGE was coming to NOAA in Boulder—be ready. Then came the confirmation: DOGE is in the building.

20/03/2025

I nearly bought a Tesla a few years back. Why? I like biking, but a car is good for a few things. And EVs are good, or at least better, at not destroying our liveable planet and polluting our air (I have solar on my house, which helps)...

I nearly bought a Tesla a few years back. Why? I like biking, but a car is good for a few things. And EVs are good, or at least better, at not destroying our liveable planet and polluting our air (I h...

03/03/2025

“To humiliate a man, you treat him like a woman. You interrupt him when he talks, you gaslight him, you tell him he should be grateful, you question his legitimacy, you comment on what he is wearing…”

We are all Zelensky in that Oval Office. I don’t mean to compare our position to his. But most of us have an experience imprinted in our body of being bullied by someone

26/02/2025

Buddhism 101: Books we Recommend.

Most people don't really want to become Buddhist, or any religion particularly, but everyone wants to be happy. ~ Waylon Lewis Buddhism 101: Books we Recommend. If you want to check out Buddhism or l...

06/11/2024

Let's talk and listen and mourn and share.

28/10/2024

Two parties already interested in Elephant's downtown office.

27/10/2024

Who all's going to the Nutcracker, this year? Dressing up and going with pals has been one of my favorite traditions for many years. Last few years have felt less community-ish, though still wonderful in many ways. More confusing, more bland, less cultural detail. I get not wanting to fall into stereotypes, but bland-washing the story loses the magic of adventure and travel. There's got to be a fun way forward here. Also, seems like the children, choir, are less involved?

Looking at going Saturday Matinee, anyone else wanta join? Kelsey, me, Andrew and Lauren so far. We got to Aion on the way, first.

25/10/2024

City of Boulder whiffs again—first Daily Camera building, now St. Julien, allowing developers to promise, then steal, community space.

19/10/2024

Kelsey spent 9.5 hours in the ER today, after our visit to Urgent Care. She's spending the night in the hospital, on a nicer wing than the ER that reflects things have taken a better turn but are still, as one doctor put it, "legit pneumonia."

Turns out after Leo was sick when we picked him up though on the mend...then her and then me getting sick this week, and Leo and I getting mostly better...she got pneumonia. Nausea, pain breathing, rough for last day or two. So glad she got insurance through mine only a few months ago after many years of not having it

[lesson: vote for those who support healthcare, health should not be a privilege of the rich, today would have easily cost $5,000 plus overnight and tomorrow being much more without coverage)...
..and so glad she insisted on going to Urgent Care. After most of my life not having healthcare coverage, I try to ride things out.

She's stabilized better now thanks to her bravery and steadiness and the Boulder Community Hospital folks--the majority of whom were not only skilled but kind, personal (two were the opposite, downright rude).

Her little Leo was a darling fun low-maintenance pal all day, amazing at 4.5 years old. We had a lot of fun, and he helped me as I ran around doing everything I could. For myself, proud of myself despite being tired and still sick that I showed up fully and did everything and well and caringly I could for my love, including bedtime back home with Leo and potty stuff and brushing teeth and driving about as I've tried to do well last few days for my wife (!), and she did for me on the first day I got really sick and was down and out and she was feeling better that day.

Thanks too to Kelsey's family for great doctorly advice, and Leo's papa understanding and care, and my Dr. Tusek's advice, and dearest neighbors for tea, bringing their dogs by to play with Winnie, and thanks to lonely Winnie for going without fun or routine for so many hours. A lot of thank yous though this ain't the Oscars...and boy is sure ain't our honeymoon anymore. This is real life—and I love you, Kelsey! See you in the morning!

Photo: Leo and a volunteer hospital cheerer-upper pooch saying hi to each other.

12/10/2024

Gross.