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- Pamela Clare
- I grew up in Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, then lived in Denmark and traveled throughout Europe before coming back to Colorado. I have two adult sons, whom I cherish. I started my writing career as a columnist and investigative reporter and eventually became the first woman editor of two different papers. Along the way, my team and I won numerous state and several national awards, including the National Journalism Award for Public Service. In 2011, I was awarded the Keeper of the Flame Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalism. Now I write historical romance and contemporary romantic suspense.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
A white Christmas in Colorado
A view of the foothills taken out my car window during my morning commute. The temperature was -8 F/-13 C.
Una vista de las estribaciones tomado la ventana de mi coche durante mi viaje matutino. La temperatura era de -8 F/-13 C.
Green Mountain and Bear Peak with the Flatirons. This is just down the street from the newspaper.
Green Mountain y Bear Peak con el Flatirons. Esto es sólo por la calle del periódico.
I wanted to share a glimpse of what I was seeing this morning. Fortunately, they haven't yet made it illegal to take digital photos while driving. The mountains are so incredibly beautiful with snow on them. When I was a little girl, I always thought it looked like someone had dipped them in powdered sugar.
QuerÃa compartir una visión de lo que estaba viendo esta mañana. Afortunadamente, no han hecho todavÃa es ilegal tomar fotos digitales durante la conducción. Las montañas son tan increÃblemente hermosa con nieve en ellos. Cuando yo era niña, siempre pensé que parecÃa que alguien habÃa sumergido en azúcar en polvo.
Strangely, Christmas in Colorado is rarely white unless you’re high in the mountains. I remember Christmases where it’s been 60 degrees outside — sunny and warm. But every once in a while, we end up with snow on the ground. It’s snowed for the past two days almost non-stop, so there’s about a foot of freshly fallen snow, and it definitely makes my holiday brighter.
Curiosamente, la Navidad en Colorado es raramente blanca a menos que esté arriba en las montañas. Recuerdo que en Navidades ha sido de 60 grados exterior - soleado y cálido. Pero de vez en cuando, nos encontramos con nieve en el suelo. Es nevado durante los últimos dos dÃas casi sin parar, por lo que hay alrededor de un pie de nieve recién caÃda, y sin duda hace que mi dÃa de fiesta brillante.
I know some of you will celebrate Christmas tonight. In Europe, most of you are either home making dinner and preparing for a wonderful, magical evening or you’re rushing home from work to do just that. I don’t celebrate until Christmas morning, which is good because I haven't finished Christmas shopping yet.
Sé que algunos de ustedes se celebrará esta noche de Navidad. En Europa, la mayorÃa de ustedes son su casa haciendo la cena y la preparación para una noche maravillosa, mágica o estás corriendo a casa del trabajo para hacer precisamente eso. Yo no celebro hasta la mañana de Navidad, que es bueno porque no he terminado todavÃa las compras de Navidad.
My younger son is spending the holiday with his father on the other side of the mountains, while my older son will be coming to my place tomorrow morning. He works full time and can’t get away until late tonight. So it will be just the two of us.
Mi hijo menor es el gasto de las vacaciones con su padre en el otro lado de las montañas, mientras que mi hijo mayor va a venir a mi casa mañana por la mañana. Él trabaja a tiempo completo y no pueden salir hasta tarde esta noche. Asà que será sólo el dos de nosotros.
I didn’t put a tree up this year because I haven’t had time. But there’s a wreath on the door. I might hang some lights around the house this afternoon if I get time between baking, shopping and wrapping my son’s gifts. (We work till noon at the paper, then have the rest of the today and tomorrow off.)
Yo no puse un árbol de este año, porque no he tenido tiempo. Pero hay una corona de flores en la puerta. PodrÃa colgar algunas luces alrededor de la casa esta tarde si me da tiempo entre la panaderÃa, de compras y envolver los regalos de mi hijo. (Trabajamos hasta el mediodÃa en el papel, y luego tener el resto del dÃa de hoy y mañana libre.)
I hope you’re all doing well and that the craziness of the holiday season is settling down to peace and quiet.
Espero que todos están haciendo bien y que la locura de la temporada de vacaciones es de ponerse a la paz y la tranquilidad.
Happy Christmas Eve!
Feliz Navidad!
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7 comments:
Beautiful pictures, Pamela. Have a happy time, and give yourself a break!
Merry Christmas, Pamela! Hope you enjoy your beautiful white Christmas and time with your son.
Thanks for the beautiful pictures! I swear every time I read one of your books, or see a post like this, it helps feed my conviction that I need to live in Colorado
Merry Christmas! My boyfriend spotted the pictures over my shoulder and it made him nostalgic; he hails from the San Francisco bay area and he misses mountains, which are completely nonexistent in this part of Ohio. Thank you so much for sharing! Good luck getting your last minute Christmas prep done, I know I'm cleaning the house top to bottom today to get ready for my family tomorrow.
I think we might have a white Christmas. It's been several years since the last one. Merry Christmas.
Thanks, Linda. I wish I'd had time to get real photographs, because it really was breathtaking. I have now finished shopping and am going to make fudge (white chocolate) and chill out! Thanks!
Hi, Rita — Thanks! Merry Christmas to you, too! And thank you. I'm sure it's going to be very relaxing — especially when I break out the Riesling. :-)
Hi, Christine — As you can see from the photos, there is plenty of room here. It is a beautiful part of the country. I used to wonder why anyone would live anywhere else, but then I traveled to Europe and visited upstate NY and Oregon and Washington State and Virginia... There are lots of really beautiful places. Still, Colorado is special.
Hi, Rachel — Good luck with the cleaning. I did that last night until late. Today it was grocery shopping and last-minute gift buying. Now for baking and candy-making... I imagine someone from San Francisco would miss the mountains AND the ocean living in Ohio. I've been to Ohio. I've got some good friends who live there. I remember lots of corn fields. I wanted to see Lake Erie, but I never got the chance.
Hi, Jane — I hope you get your white Christmas. Merry Christmas to you!
The mountains and snow are beautiful. At least with the snow there are the mountains, not here.
I drove through a blizzard with whiteout conditions from work. We were sent home early and what is normally a 20min drive was 2 1/2hrs with several detours and many prayers.
Merry Christmas!