Rough as a cob...

All I can really remember about today is losing my temper and doling out some pent-up wrath.  Abe and Jamuna will be going gadget-free for a few days. I think this will have the greatest impact on Jamuna as she seems to spend so much time on Facebook, Gmail, and texting.  It will be a nice break for all of us.  So, Maya and I had a nice walk to the library today and Maya enjoyed a totally private ice skating lesson today.  Abe and Jem sat and watched, and I swam some laps.

I have been collecting photos of unusual modes of travel we see in Aspen.  There are quite a few.  I plan to post a photo-montage one of these days (if there is ever a dull day around here), but here is one we saw outside the library today.  It may be hard to tell this is a 3-wheeler.  Vehicles like this barely get a second look around here, except from small-town folk from South Dakota.

A picture doesn't always tell the whole story.  I think Maya was traveling about 90 MPH here.  I could be wrong.

Oh, about the cob.  Not only was it a rough day in terms of discipline, we had some delicious local corn with supper last night. We bought it at the fruit stand.  My complaints about taxonomic incongruity fell on deaf ears.

We did attend the Opera Aria Master Class tonight.  I was surprised that the program was nearly sold out when we arrived to get our tickets.  FYI, many of the programs that are open to the public have admission fees ranging from $40-$70 or more but if seats are available within an hour of start time we can flash our AMFS ID cards and waltz right on in.  It turns out that the "master" tonight is apparently quite famous in the opera conducting circle.  His name is James Conlon and he was quite entertaining and the student talent was again outstanding.  We didn't stay for the duration but I'm glad we went.

Somewhere in this day I walked over to the market with my medium-size backpack and picked up some stuff for dinner.  On the walk back it started to rain.  It was quite pleasant and refreshing.

I saw this sign on the way to the grocery store and collected these photons.  I hope to understand it one day soon.