Diane Aronovic's (darono) Blog

Traffic jams are the bane of industrialized countries. Just when you get a great job, you are forced to sacrifice your mental health with the trial of commuting. I've commuted at various times in my working life. When I worked in New York City, I commuted from both the Upper West Side and Connec...

All of the indications we are getting from the US economy show that things aren't as bad as we had been led to believe. Unemployment is slowing down, the latest rate of 9.7% is well below the 25% number economists were bandying about a few months ago. Although the Federal Reserve's stimulus packa...

All of Colorado, including Crested Butte, has been experiencing more bear sightings and confrontations than usual this summer. There has been 1 death of a woman near Ouray who insisted on feeding the bears, despite cease and desist orders from the DOW and likely any neighbors with any common sens...

  Flashback to 2006-2007?   “Real estate market sees major boost in July sales”. That was the front page headline in last week’s Crested Butte News. Huh? A major boost in real estate sales while most other markets are still slumping? Actually, it makes sense and is correct.   Recently, a house in...

Living in bear country makes for interesting times. Although I live in Crested Butte town proper, I get lots of not always welcome wildlife visitors. In the past week alone, my backyard has been host to a fox, a coyote that had just caught another creature and a bear. And those are just the ones ...