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Annalise Grueter ❌️👑
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Colorado girl, global citizen.
Author of Colorado Alpine Trail Runs.
Freelance writer, wild spirit, wanderer, traveler, peakbagger, environmentalist, feminist, nerd.
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Oh right
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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In this weekend's column, I offer a spotlight on the Aspen High School cross-country running team and the season they just completed.
#highschoolsports #roaringforkvalley #running #writing
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Grueter: For the love of running
Two girls move through a field quickly. Dry wild grasses as tall as their thighs, occasional thorny brambles from tenacious wild roses. Their ponytails...
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December 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority has been negotiating with local counties and cities to help secure finding for the Hogback commuter services in coming years. Read more in this week's Sopris Sun.
#localtransportation #buses #budget #colorado
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Negotiations secure Hogback bus service in 2026 – The Sopris Sun
In early November, Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) CEO Kurt Ravenschlag presented to the Garfield County Commissioners. He was speaking to
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December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
sanho.bsky.social Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 7d
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard Commandant United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, DC 20593-7000 Staff Symbol: CCG Phone: (202) 372-4411 5730 31 ост 2025 The Honorable Rand H. Paul United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Paul: In response to your letter dated October 6, 2025, regarding the Coast Guard's efforts to interdict illicit drugs headed towards the United States since September 1, 2024, I offer the following: 1. From September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority, interdicted 212 suspected drug-smuggling vessels at sea headed toward the United States. Of the 212 interdictions, 41 vessels had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 24 of those 41 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. 2. Of the 212 total vessels interdicted during this period, 69 vessels were interdicted in the Caribbean Sea by Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority. Of these 69 interdictions, 14 had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 11 of those 14 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. Of the 69 Caribbean interdictions, 14 vessels were interdicted off the coast of Venezuela. Three of the 14 vessels interdicted near Venezuela had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted, but one of the three violated other U.S. federal criminal statutes. 3. The Coast Guard did not use lethal force against any of the 212 vessels interdicted at sea during this period. The Coast Guard used non-lethal force to warn and/or disable non-compliant vessels suspected of smuggling on 105 occasions during this period. 4. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Guard from September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, 208 were interdicted in international waters. 5. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Gu…
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
We’ll take “Things You Say When You Poop On Golden Toilets” for $1000, Alex
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Some musings about Thanksgiving, rituals, and practicing gratitude.
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Grueter: Let’s talk about gratitude, hey?
I’m not sure the first Thanksgiving was on Turtle Island. Ooh, did I ruffle any feathers with that statement? I hope so. I’ve been mostly focused...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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A bit about books and the Kauai Writers Conference in the most recent blog update.
#writing #reading #books
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Books books books: read and to read
I’m happy with the amount of books I’m reading this year. I haven’t averaged more than 30 books a year probably since my early twenties, but I’ve been making a concerted eff…
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November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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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.
jael.bsky.social jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 14d
Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
Lisa Murkowski : Senator Kelly valiantly served our country as an aviator in the U.S. Navy before later completing four space shuttle missions as a NASA astronaut. To accuse him and other lawmakers of treason and sedition for rightfully pointing out that servicemembers can refuse illegal orders is reckless and flat-out wrong. The Department of Defense and FBI surely have more important priorities than this frivolous investigation.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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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.
beijingpalmer.bsky.social BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 20d
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.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20d
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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thetnholler.bsky.social
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
ag2wildspirit.bsky.social
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
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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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Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows
Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows
Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage Some of the first homes in the UK designed to meet new building standards put less pressure on the electricity grid than expected, a study has found. The all-electric properties in Handsworth, Birmingham, have heat pumps, which use electricity to provide heat rather than oil or gas. Continue reading...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:04 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
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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.
The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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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
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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