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Doug Kinzy
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Biography

With a master’s in electronic engineering, Doug worked for major companies in that field before switching to real estate for 12 years. From that experience, he hatched the idea for Colorado Serenity and never looked back. Over years past, Doug filled his spare time with mountain climbing, skiing, cycling and programming. He now fills his time working with his wife, Serenity editor Holly Jorgensen, making Serenity the best it can be while occasionally running off to favorite Colorado hideouts.

ARTICLES

Evening Campfires

Frosty’s May feature, “The Celestial Magic of a Campfire and Friends,” and several conversations reminiscing about backcountry hiking, got me to thinking of a column I wrote in July of 2017: It’s raining again today and I love it because it reminds me of the many...

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Six Things to Love About Where We Live

Okay, at the risk of being accused of preaching to the choir, here goes... Four seasons: For some people, this is the biggest reason why we moved here and are going to stay forever. I’m from Southern California, which has only one season, except for the week in...

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A Business of Your Own!

Dreaming of owning your own business?I think it is safe to say that everyone in our community will be rooting for your success. Surely no one would prefer a large national chain moving into town. That said, there is a limit to how much we will spend to keep your dream...

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Take Nothing But Pictures

This is the time of year when the throngs of city people start thinking about their first foray into the Colorado backcountry. After all, it has been a relatively mild winter, so they won’t have to worry about snow blocking the trails and passes. In fact, they will...

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What a Guy!

All the people that we really enjoy in our lives will fit many descriptions such as: funniest, most entertaining, smartest, most honest, best looking, would give you the shirt off their back and will always have your back, to mention a few.  But, it’s a once in a...

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The Blizzard of March 2003

About this time every year, Dougbook sends me this memory of being snowed in at my cabin in Beaverbrook Canyon. The storm snowed for 3 days straight, leaving up to 7 feet of heavy spring snow. It took the county road grader 5 days to reach my cabin. That turned out to...

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The White Weasels of Winter

One of the really cool things about my morning solo walks in the woods is that, given enough time, I will eventually observe forest life that no one else sees or even knows about. So, a few days ago, I bundled up and headed out when the temperature was hovering around...

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Flooded With Thoughts

I don’t know what I expected for January, but what I got was a flood of thoughts across the emotional spectrum of joy and sadness.  One cannot help but share an immense sorrow for the California families who, in a matter of hours, lost everything. I can’t stop...

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Giving Thanks

This year, I want to give particular thanks to having my wonderful wife, Holly, in my life for the last 15 years. She is absolutely the most amazing woman I have ever known. She is always there for her daughter, Carina, and me no matter how badly the wheels are...

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Make It Simple

Long ago, I recognized a pattern in my design efforts. It takes me many creations of workable solutions before arriving at what I consider an elegantly simple design. Most often, looking back at my first design, I can be harshly critical, as in: How could you be so...

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Mountain Pine Beetle

At the risk of being called “Captain Obvious,” I want to draw attention to the comeback being staged by the Mountain Pine Beetle in our “Evergreen” forests. I say comeback because there was a major infestation in the late 1990s. That’s when Summit County was hit so...

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Fly and Grace

Wow. As I sit here writing, I just noticed that it’s raining again—one of those delicious, soaking showers. It must be almost a week now that the Global Warming Gods have taken pity on us! Now, let me share with you two of my favorite verses from John Denver’s “Rocky...

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Something Difficult

Life’s journey is littered with choices between taking the easy road or the one more difficult. We often find the choice is driven by pragmatism—i.e. “This is not that important to me. I need to find the easiest way to move on.” But, what if you find that nothing is...

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