A friend of mine says that when the going gets tough, the tough drink hot cocoa. There are places on this earth where the going is tough. There are houses built on slews, and cinderblocks and tin roofing, and streams for landfills and drinking water source. There are dead-end jobs and places that feel like prisons. There are prisons too. And there is greed and oppression and marginalization and censorship and under all of these forces there are people living and feeling the pain of all this.
And also there is "Middle Earth," where life is not a daily struggle against dragons, but where the sunshine still burns the skin. This is a world where there are holes in some socks. Dishes don't match. A dinner party involves sitting on the floor. Friends give each other discounts from their respective places of employment. The library trumps the bookstore. "Going to a show" means watching your friend play original songs in a bar that has bins of free pretzels.
And then, there is the Vail Athletic Club.
To be continued...
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