Marlene Hazen

Marlene Hazen

Position: Rico Report

Alpine Society has trail groomer

Guess what! (Haven’t we heard that expression a million times from our children?) Our little hamlet up here in the San Juan Mountains found out how the green Grinch (tried) to steal Christmas many...

DATE: Dec. 17, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

40-ft. tree delights all

Well! Would you believe that we reached (unofficially) -10 degrees Monday night? Interesting, though, that Denver has been experiencing colder temperatures than our area lately, and we live at...

DATE: Dec. 10, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Nature’s wealth brings much to be thankful for

This is our Thanksgiving week and it is hard to keep one’s mind on anything that might be of more importance at this moment in our lives! So, in making that comment, let’s continue on with what is...

DATE: Nov. 26, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Rico snowbirds take flight

Hello to my Rico Report friends.The Rico community seems to be settling down and preparing for another lovely winter in paradise. Actually, Highway 145 is dry and safe except for a couple of shady...

DATE: Nov. 19, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Old-timers make Rico special

Our quaking aspen leaves have been falling because of a slight breeze, and our streets and yards are covered with gold — leaves, that is. Actually, we are more fortunate than our neighbors way back...

DATE: Oct. 22, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Falls brings colors, hunters

Hello! I hope that your day is as beautiful as ours is up here. That early snow is lingering in the shadows and, combined with the orange, red and gold of the forest, the leaves that still cling to...

DATE: Oct. 15, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Expectation of snow mounts

Hello friends! As I begin today’s Rico Report, I just want to let you know that most of the fall colors remain even though we have had a shower or two and an occasional breeze. Travelers over...

DATE: Oct. 8, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Fall colors will peak soon

Hello to my faithful readers!We observed the “changing of the guard” last Thursday, the 22nd, the last day of summer for 2011. The next day, autumn took summer’s place. Before I prepared this...

DATE: Oct. 1, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Rico racer endures in Baja

Our summer has been trying to hang on in desperation, but the autumn season just keeps pushing the temperatures down, down, down. Well, that is not as bad as it sounds, but the 32 degree mark keeps...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Rico fires up stoves, Fun Run

Hello!There is that feeling in the air that it is time to get to work and bring in five to six cords of wood for the wood-burning stove. Having the privilege of a wood-burning stove sounds like a...

DATE: Sept. 17, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Hagans return from high seas

Happy news. The sailing Hagans have returned. Mary and Mike, and children, Ava, Lydia, and Noah, left for the high seas more than a year ago.Besides being tutored by their mother, these three have...

DATE: Sept. 10, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

Time for Bermuda shorts, elderberries

We didn’t need to call our weather friend Duane Holt last week because there was no precipitation — and about the same situation up here as last week — but I called him anyway. Turns out we...

DATE: Aug. 27, 2011 | COLUMN: Rico report

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