Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time.

Tour Divide—officially known as the Great Divide Mountain Bike Race—is an underground-over-ground, point-to-point ultra endurance fest with nary more than a website as the organizing cement.

And that has made all the difference.

And other ontological issues that matter to New Mexicans.

Once upon a very long time ago, I owned a red and white hard-shell kayak.

Even though I've mutilated plenty of brain cells during my years in Telluride, I still remember clearly what a local told me back in the '90s.

With a faux antler handle, mild steel blade and can opener, three-tined fork and shallow spoon, my unbranded "boyscout knife" is easily outdone.

The fury, venom, and the hatred was for naught. The world changed and moved on.

Discuss.

The one keepsake I have of my grandfather's is a letter he wrote to the Times News denouncing the Army Corps of Engineers.