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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Changes of the West
Changes of the West “After feeding this morning, I cleaned ditch with the ditcher, also some with the shovel. This afternoon I plowed and harrowed 5 acres.” Those words were my Father’s, recorded March 19th, 1934. He kept a daily diary that year from his one-room range outpost in Rangeley, Colorado and his description of…
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Animals Say the Darnest Things
Animals, particularly dogs have been studying humans for centuries. Since dogs proved they were better companions than meals they have heeled mankind across the globe, often herding game for them and cleaning up the scraps around camp that would otherwise lure bears or other unwanted pests. Humans learned to understand that animals warned of danger…
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A Barometer With Fur
On a random winter evening I can hear one of the chairs in the living room, wham, wham, wham as it slams back and forth on its’ rockers. When I go to investigate, I see Erma the cat, wide-eyed, fur roughed up on her back standing a bit askew and motionless before she jumps back…
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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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“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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