Boulder, Colorado resident and blues musician Otis Taylor grew up in Denver, but like the old blues song said, he was born in Chicago in 1948. According to Taylor his parents were both jazz fans. "My dad worked for the railroad and knew a lot of jazz people. He was a socialist and real bebopper." His mother loved everything from Etta James to Pat Boone. The first instrument Taylor learned to play was the banjo, but he soon rejected the banjo for its association with the racist American South. Taylor would eventually return to the banjo upon discovering its African roots...
Boulder County Buzz - June 2020
"From high above we're all the same down here
Without a map the lines all disappear
We're so tired of our senseless fight
The one thing we can all do right
Is come together, come together, come together.”
-Anastasio/Nicholson/Greenberg
It's clear that emotions are running high right now. We have been completely shaken by the impact of this pandemic. We’ve lost jobs and loved ones. There is deep political discord. It feels like we are now more divided than ever. Racial tensions are elevated. And so it’s easy to feel discouraged, to harbor anger and fear and to be discouraged. But change is on the way and I say stop watching the news and go out and take a hike and breathe the air and touch the trees or the grass out there. Be the change by being happy and alive. Do what you love. Find something, or better yet, find someone to celebrate. Consider holding those who have lost something. It’s time for us to rise up and come together!
And what better way to rise up, than to get down; like with our friends in the Acoustic Ambush band who played live at Chautauqua Park. What a celebration!
For me and my real estate business, I couldn't be busier today. The market is returning to some normal behavior after weeks of the covid19 chaos. It’s not all the way normal but it is more vibrant than we maybe expected. Thank you as always for finding me and for referring business. Pease stay tuned for a new featured listing in the Lower Chautauqua neighborhood in Boulder coming later this week. This home at 2132 Bluebell Avenue is a 2-story, 4bd/4ba, 4,300sqft Craftsman-style home with a double lot in the best neighborhood in Boulder below Chautauqua Park. A deep lot on this lush and wooded property designed by nature especially for your tree-climbing adventurer. Priced at $1,985,000. You will want to check back in on this one soon for gorgeous virtual tours!
Thank you all for being you and for staying positive!
HATCH
FROM THE TRAIL, #43 - with ACOUSTIC AMBUSH
When the friends we know put smiles on our faces in a time when life is weird, it’s liberating, it’s observing the silver linings and for some, it’s just downright awful and sad. Thank you to Acoustic Ambush; Chris Alaimo, Russ Grabski, Dave Haynes and Jeff Lyons for lighting up our Chautauqua Sunday with amazing beats and ridiculous jamz and bringing in special guest Lily Fangz. She killz it! #acousticambush #LILYFANGZ
HATCH FROM THE TRAIL #41, WE WILL GET BY, WE DID SURVIVE!
Hi friends, I wanted to tell you our story of dealing with the CV19 and that we survived and made it through a nasty bout with so many awful symptoms for almost 2 weeks and that Kristin and I are on the other side and feel 100%. And out kids never got sick thankfully. Please call us if you have questions or concerns or if you need anything at all. And remember to please thank your health care provider and local restaurants and retailers and check in with your parents obviously and make sure they're tucked in and safe. Love to all, HATCH
HATCH FROM THE TRAIL #40, THE VIRUS
This message went viral in Italy last week... let's follow suit? “We come to understand that this is a struggle against our habits and not against a virus. This is an opportunity to turn an emergency into an opportunity of solidarity and unity. Let's change the way we see and think. I will no longer say "I'm afraid of this contagion" or "I don't care about this contagion", but it is I who will sacrifice for you. I worry about you. I keep a distance for you. I wash my hands for you. I give up that trip for you. I'm not going to the concert for you. I'm not going to the mall for you. For you! For you who are inside an ICU room. For you who are old and frail, but whose life has value as much as mine. For you who are struggling with cancer and can't fight this too. Please, let's rise to this challenge! Come together...nothing else matters.”
On the Corner Vol. 13 Issue 4
Racing uphill to his to his family’s home at 16th and Mariposa, with a beat up, second-hand banjo under his arm, Chuck Ogsbury was beaming with joy. Out of breath, he rolled open the garage door, laid the banjo down on a workbench and with eyes wide open he brushed his open hand over its broken strings. He smiled.
FROM THE TRAIL - PART 38
Boulder County Buzz - January 2020
Goodbye 2019 and hello 2020!! I prefer even years anyway and I think if I were to look back, the even years in my life win. Do you remember where you were 20 years ago for Y2K? I was at the Hotel Boulderado, in Boulder, trying to capture what would ultimately not be a mayhem moment. The Daily Camera newspaper headline the next morning read, “ALL POP, NO FIZZ.” It was okay that crashing computers and an end to world functionality as we know it came and went with much ado about nothing.
FROM THE TRAIL - PART 36
“On June 30, 2016, I was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive tumor on my brain stem. "Without surgery," my doctor said, “You have less than five months to live.” With multiple, complicated surgeries, I could recover fully in time. But there were big risks. After two massive craniotomies, a neck fusion, and months of daily, proton-beam radiation therapy, the tumor is inactive and I am thriving.”
-Susie Rinehart, writer, ultrarunner, activist and mom from Boulder, Colorado
Boulder County Buzz - October 2019
Autumn Has Arrived in Boulder County!
The autumn season has arrived with nippy nights and shorter days. We had a brilliant fall foliage display that was almost cut short by the season’s first snow and freezing temperatures. I witnessed the most stunning color in late September at the annual Aspen Golden Leaf Half Marathon where the aspen tree leaves along the Government Trail were at the peak of their bright yellow beauty. We've also been able to drop the dory into the river a few times this fall and the fishing has been amazing. It really is a spectacular time of year to live in COLORado.
FROM THE TRAIL - PART 35
What are you grateful for? Is it peeling away life's vicissitudes with friends? Well, from the Rio Nunya in Northern Colorado, I crashed Lynner, Seth and Mike and Mimi's outdoor adventure and came away with FTT Gold, I think. Please watch and I hope you enjoy! Love, HATCH
FROM THE TRAIL - PART 35
"I guess I'm just an obstacle. A thing to overcome. If I could sneek around myself. Again I'll know I've won. The moment seems to hang and float. Before me with no end, 'till I'm released, awaken beast. I'm on the road again..."
Part 34 FTT! What are you grateful for? 80's music? I like the nightlife baby. And moving in stereo!!
Boulder County Buzz - August 2019
This summer has been awesome! A balance of lots of work and fun trips Montana, Ohio, Maine and Philly to see family and friends and Phish and camping with Krissy and the kids! It’s always such a busy time, with so many festivals and events. And there's never an end to fun things to do in Boulder County! As summer starts to wind down, with kids going back to school, and pool season coming to an end... we're so close to enjoying the cool relief of fall and an end-of-summer party at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. I hope you've made lots of great summer memories in 2019 with your friends and family. I can't wait for a beautiful fall that's coming up fast!
FROM THE TRAIL - PART 33
"The #33 is a vibration of number 3 that appears twice and enhances its significance and influence. Number 3 indicates an increase, expansion, spontaneity, encouragement, broad-minded thinking, skills and talent, communication and self-expression, assistance, and manifestation. Angel number 33 shows the energies of blessings, companion, honesty, inspiration, courage, bravery, and discipline and symbolizes guidance..."
Boulder County Buzz - July 2019
The hottest part of the year is here in Boulder County, finally. We asked for summer — we got it! The Boulder Creek is now about three times higher than it was at this time last year. In fact, the city needed to push back tube-to-work day by a couple weeks to let the high run-off subside for tuber safety. Suffice it to say we didn’t tube for my daughter Phoebe’s 15th birthday this year.
Boulder County Buzz - May 2019
Spring is finally in full swing, and summer is only a month away, which is hard to believe. Now that we've surely seen the last of the snow and cold, it's time to think about our gardens. The Hatches raised garden beds are starting to see sprouts from radish, kale and beet seeds pushing through the soil. And the hops vines are reaching higher by the minute. I have a great article here on container gardening, and some helpful guides from Colorado State University with a lot of info if you're just starting out as a green thumb.
On the Corner Vol. 13 Issue 1
On the Corner Vol. 12 Issue 4, Q4 2018
I was recently rummaging through old interview notes for On the Corner newsletters and I found some pretty neat history published in OtC the past 13 years. Seeing the stack of hundreds of copies of past newsletters, it reminded me what a wonderful neighborhood of people in the LC. I’m not sure there is a more rich neighborhood in Boulder.
HATCH SELLS LOWER CHAUTAUQUA!
Dear neighbors and friends, this year marks the 13th anniversary of the very first edition of your On the Corner newsletter. I began publishing OtC in the early days of my real estate career as a way to bridge my professional photojournalism career and my real estate career. It’s kept me very engaged in this neighborhood, which has so many stories to tell. This spring also marks my 15th year in the real estate business. It’s awesome to have grown such a successful business. I’ve worked really hard to make it this far and I definitely recognize that a lot of my business comes from right here in the neighborhood.
On the opposite of this big card you’ll see homes that I sold here in 2019. Each of them are so different and they all have such interesting histories. Like many homes here, they also have been through different transformation over the years. The homes built in the LC have just as interesting stories to tell as the residents that call Lower Chautauqua home. “If these walls could talk,” right? Such rich history here, and that’s why I appreciate it so much. And I appreciate you. You’ve entrusted me to market and sell your homes and you’ve trusted me to help you buy the house here that you now call home. The many homes I’ve sold here dot the neighborhood from Bellevue Heights to Interurban Park and from the Cul-de-sacs off King Avenue to Baseline Road. Many of you have referred business to me over the years and for that I am grateful and truly appreciate your business and your referrals! I’d like to continue to earn your trust. Please contact me anytime to discuss selling or buying real estate. I’m happy to offer a market analysis of your home anytime, with no strings attached! Sincerely, HATCH