Well it finally arrived. Yes that's right the Fall has fallen here in the mountains. While it had snowed on the peaks it hadn't really settled in here in the high alpine valleys. But this weekend brought cold, rain , and light snow here in Ouray. I have always liked the fall here but this year it feels different to me. The fleeing of summer and the deterioration of the summer foliage makes me feel a little dower. The state of affairs here in the mountains has turned the way of the rest of the country, down. While the major cities out west like Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles felt the recession and the scourge of unemployment early, it took a while to settle in here. Now we are losing our variety store, our school is in financial jeopardy and the prospect of having any sort of cash flow business is on hold.
I would love the opportunity to start a new creative business here in this community to bring in jobs, but what can survive here? The local population is squeezed by the high cost of living and relatively low wages, so the chance of marketing a product to the local community is limited at best. You can make products here to sell elsewhere but the overhead of a production space, even if small, is cost prohibitive and too risky.
So here you sit, kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown, waiting for something or someone to show you they way.
So the fall is here and as a last statement of summer I put together a small movie called my Summer of Music.
At least I have my memories of the cool summer breezes, with music floating through the air to get me through the long winter ahead.
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