Tag Archives: Cañon City

A Bush A-Buzz with Bees

Posted on May 14, 2022 by bullersbackporch

Our son popped in briefly yesterday and as he was leaving, he spotted a bunch of bees buzzing around our lilac bush out front. Sure enough, I walked out with him and there’s a few dozen of them flying around … Continue reading →

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Hunkered in the Bunker

Posted on February 13, 2021 by bullersbackporch

We’re already mostly homebound here, both by choice and by continued pandemic safety precautions, but today and tomorrow’s wintry blast is hitting us hard, even here in Cañon City, the Climate Capital of Colorado. We’re warmer (by degrees) than our … Continue reading →

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Small Business Revolution Visit in the Cañon City Rear View

Posted on February 5, 2019 by bullersbackporch

Following up on yesterday’s blog about my Top 5 reasons Cañon City is #1, here are a few articles and videos related to last week’s visit from the Small Business Revolution crew, headed up by Amanda Brinkman. Ryan Stevens, our … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Reasons Cañon City is #1

Posted on February 4, 2019 by bullersbackporch

Cañon City has been selected as one of the Top 10 in the Small Business Revolution competition to be the focus of season 4 of their Hulu video series. They came to town last week to close out their tour … Continue reading →

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Cañon City Hits the Top 10!

Posted on December 13, 2018 by bullersbackporch

We made the Top 10 in the Small Business Revolution — Main Street! This competition selects one small town’s Main Street to feature in their original series, now in its 3rd season. The selected town — and six of its … Continue reading →

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Back Porch in the Rear View, 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by bullersbackporch

The end of the year is awash in people’s lists: 10 Best Movies, Top 10 International News Stories, 12 Stories You Missed, and the like. So why not a list of stories told on the Buller Back Porch this past … Continue reading →

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Trajectory Towards Transformation: Part 6 — Breaking Rules

Posted on June 4, 2017 by bullersbackporch

Continuing our Trajectory Towards Transformation… We broke all the rules of relocation, starting with the most basic of them all: Never relocate to an unfamiliar region/state/city. The number one nightmare many people report is moving somewhere on a whim without … Continue reading →

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Trajectory Towards Transformation: Part 3 — Scouting Expedition #1

Posted on May 23, 2017 by bullersbackporch

For a couple of years prior to our launching on our Trajectory Towards Transformation, I’d been fighting late night financial despair demons plaguing my thoughts by cruising on-line realty sites like Zillow. So I had a pretty good idea of … Continue reading →

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