Polly Oberosler: A Lifetime of Caring for the Gunnison Country
This website is a place where I share my writing and thoughts about the Gunnison Country. My blog sometimes touches on national politics, which might feel disconnected from small-town life—mostly because of the scale and the money involved. I look at the world through the eyes of regular folks—people who work hard, get their hands dirty, and do their best every day.
Read Polly’s Book,
The Low Down from the High Up
My pondering of life has led me to heights unimaginable to me as a child, and it has served me in the circle. This book represents a small part of who I am, where I have been, and where I might go. Each story will mean something to everyone, and serve to fill your mind with wonder, curiosity and some history. My writings are of the woods, the natives, ranchlands, my beginning, and my life.
The Latest Posts
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Artists on The Rocks
Wandering the lower hills as I do fairly often, I came upon a small rusty paint tin that at one time held watercolors and a brush and in the middle a mixing well. We have all seen them and perhaps used them as kids. I was on a no name ridge at the time of…
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Great Read!
“The Low Down From the High Up” By Polly Oberosler
This is collection of some of my writings over the last 25 years or so.
It covers rural mountain life in Colorado, personal musings while sitting around the camp fire, growing up, etc. There is something for everyone!
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Rescuing a treasure from the West’s golden age
A grassroots nonprofit aims to turn Alonzo Hartman’s elegant 1890s castle into a public house and event venue.
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Simple Potatoes
Busy? These are SO easy and SO good!
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Imagination of a Country
In the late 1600’s and early 1700’s people began to come to this country in large numbers. The young men of Ireland, who climbed aboard merchant ships often became indentured servants. Their passage was anything but easy, and many died on the hundreds of voyages from scurvy, viruses or injury as the ships made their…
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