tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post1106603396669345543..comments2024-01-29T08:28:26.187-05:00Comments on Nellie Blog: Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-82182243144341199422010-04-22T20:02:03.872-04:002010-04-22T20:02:03.872-04:00Actually, Maggie, I missed it -- I came to Colorad...Actually, Maggie, I missed it -- I came to Colorado about six weeks later, for a writers' conference at CU, and ended up staying for 16 years. Got my first non-collegiate byline in the "Straight Creek Journal" which morphed into "Westword." My first byline that came with a check was in the Rocky.<br /><br />Those were the days, my friend.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-37733332301151948482010-04-22T14:05:56.196-04:002010-04-22T14:05:56.196-04:00Hi Nellie -- I was there with you at Currigan Hall...Hi Nellie -- I was there with you at Currigan Hall and vividly remember Gaylord Nelson's speech. Thanks for the info about it being the 3rd largest inaugural event.Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16421721401742236006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-21759869229409137962010-04-22T13:06:26.533-04:002010-04-22T13:06:26.533-04:00Interesting - and that got me to google thistle! I...Interesting - and that got me to google thistle! I had no idea it was an invasive-species problem.Nostalgic for the Pleistocenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369449719832190810noreply@blogger.com