over the motel there’s a near slope just beyond the edge
where people funnel into a trailhead
a gildedness
an allure beyond the dull green of the motel color
from the forest ranger’s uniform the familiar aesthetic
that slope not taken for a Tuscan influence
the dry creeks’ confluence on the other side of town
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I’ve lived in Boulder Colorado since August 2005, and moved here to write about something I know while I live in the Rockies at the same time. The town I grew up in, Potsdam NY, gave the name to a special red sandstone called Potsdam Sandstone, which was first quarried in Potsdam. And after the sandstone, an entire geologic layer of the Earth is named The Potsdam Layer. Here in Boulder the character of the town is marked by its sandstone buildings, which are lighter red than Potsdam sandstone, and softer. There are scattered in isolated spots some buildings, mostly churches, that have a few pieces for color of the deep red Potsdam sandstone.
Mt. Sanitas from my little deck
uncut raw sandstone
A building of Potsdam sandstone in Potsdam
Wells Fargo Bank building, Boulder
a business on Pearl St. mall
This Church in Boulder uses colored bricks to match the sandstone trim
Here the town I live in now and the town where I grew up become one trope
I’ve lived in Boulder Colorado since August 2005, and moved here to write about something I know while I live in the Rockies at the same time. The town I grew up in, Potsdam NY, gave the name to a special red sandstone called Potsdam Sandstone, which was first quarried in Potsdam. And after the sandstone, an entire geologic layer of the Earth is named The Potsdam Layer. Here in Boulder the character of the town is marked by its sandstone buildings, which are lighter red than Potsdam sandstone, and softer. There are scattered in isolated spots some buildings, mostly churches, that have a few pieces for color of the deep red Potsdam sandstone.
Mt. Sanitas from my little deck
The Potsdam contains within it fossils from the trilobite's era of life on earth.
uncut raw sandstone
A building of Potsdam sandstone in Potsdam
Wells Fargo Bank building, Boulder
a business on Pearl St. mall
This Church in Boulder uses colored bricks to match the sandstone trim
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