Annalise Grueter ❌️👑
ag2wildspirit.bsky.social
Annalise Grueter ❌️👑
@ag2wildspirit.bsky.social
Colorado girl, global citizen.
Author of Colorado Alpine Trail Runs.
Freelance writer, wild spirit, wanderer, traveler, peakbagger, environmentalist, feminist, nerd.
www.wildspiritco.wordpress.com
This month's Roaring Fork School District Report covers food, enrollment, and policy developments in November.
#schools #education #roaringforkvalley
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RSFD Report: State grant funds locally-sourced food, Bridges principal plans exit at end of school year – The Sopris Sun
In November, the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) Board of Education held one regular meeting. The Nov. 12 session included an update on student
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November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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It’s sad that “soldiers shouldn’t commit crimes” is a brave position for a Republican to take.
Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In this weekend's column, I open a time capsule to a community ritual I first got to participate in 13 years ago.
#aspen #ullr #skiing #snow
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Grueter: November 2012 and the soul of a ski town
It was twilight when I met my friend Jon at the bottom of the dirt road that led up the designated mountain. We were both optimistically dressed for more snow
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November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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And it has indeed come to pass.
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”

TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”

ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Honored that the great el Sol del Valle team translated my recent piece on local concerns about public lands protections.
#espanol #periodico #roaringforkvalley
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El cierre federal pone presión sobre tierras públicas, gobiernos locales y organizaciones sin fines de lucro – el Sol del Valle
El 11 de noviembre, el gobierno federal llevaba más de 42 días consecutivos cerrado. Mientras que algunos empleados de distintas agencias continuaron
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
As the year comes to a close, RFTA Roaring Fork Transportation Authority is looking forward at grant applications and backward at projects and successes.
#publictransportation #buses #localgovernment #roaringforkvalley
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RFTA Report: Board approves grant applications to CDOT to support planned purchase of 23 new buses – The Sopris Sun
As the calendar year heads to a close, Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) is preparing for future grant opportunities and long-term projects.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Calling ICE on your neighbors is a hate crime
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
In this week's column, I contemplate Kauai's sacred wild chickens and airplane anxiety. And maybe one or two things about writing.
#kauaiwritersconference #writing #travel #chickens
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Grueter: Of chickens, airplane anxiety and burning ambition
There was a loud, sudden squawk. It wasn’t from the chicken. I’d been staring into the middle distance, looking but not really seeing the pool, the...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.

Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Last week, Lorelei Cloud of the Southern Ute Tribe and Johnny Le Coq, founder of the brand Fishpond, visited TACAW to speak about the importance of water conservation and advocacy.
#conservation #wateradvocacy #utetribe #IndigenousVoices
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Ute traditions inform water conservation in the Shining Mountains – The Sopris Sun
“If we take care of that water, we know that water is going to take care of us,” stated Lorelei Cloud, who has spent a lifetime advocating for water
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November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Q. Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18?

Jeffery Epstein: Though I'd like to answer that question, I'm going to have to assert my Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendment rights.
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For a valley surrounded by White River National Forest, the federal shutdown strains on public lands and the local economy have been significant.
#roaringforkvalley #publiclands #federalshutdown #localnews
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Federal shutdown placed public lands strain on local governments, nonprofits – The Sopris Sun
As of Nov. 11, the federal government had been shut down for over 42 consecutive days. While some employees in various agencies remained at work with or
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November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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There's an army of people out there telling us change is impossible.

Only that it is not.

10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.

Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Long stable families are finding themselves at food banks. Trump's response? "I don't want to hear about the affordability."
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Come with me on an autumn excursion up La Plata Peak, Colorado’s fifth-highest mountain. There's a little thing called type 2 fun, and I'm a big fan of it...
#mountains #hiking #14ers #writing
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Grueter: Something about the mountains
I can’t feel the front of my right foot. That’s not entirely true. I can a little. That little being a dull ache and slight burning sensation, the kind that...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A November update, mostly about my writing ambitions and progress, but with a few societal musings too.
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Slippin into the future ✨️
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve quoted Antonio Gramsci this year.  ‘The old world is dying, and the new world struggl…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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THE HARDEST CONVERSATIONS ARE THE ONES DEMOCRACY NEEDS MOST

1 in 5 Americans has ended a relationship with a friend or family member due to political differences. 2 in 3 actively avoid political conversations with coworkers, friends, or family.

Let that sink in.

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The hardest conversations are the ones democracy needs most.
When We Stop Listening, Democracy Starts to Die
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November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A Glenwood Springs elementary school has added supplementary science lessons to its curriculum this autumn, with help and facilitation from a local non-profit and an accessibility grant.
#primaryeducation #STEM #science #nonprofits
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Aspen Science Center sparks curiosity at Sopris Elementary – The Sopris Sun
This school year, students at Sopris Elementary School in Glenwood Springs have run experiments in building and propulsion engineering, DNA extraction and
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November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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🔥 ZOHRAN: “My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo all the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name — as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to the few.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM