Fond memories and thin pillows
Dear Editor:John Colson on David “El Sordo” Bentley (“Longtime Times staffer answers call of the mountains,” July 1) jogged my Zero-K (memory) hard-drive: Boulder, Colo., Autumn ’66, I am standing on “The Hill” scanning the classifieds in the Daily Camera. Out from Clancy’s Books comes this wild blue-eyed, black-haired dude and goes: “Hey, looking for a place to stay? You a grad student? I can’t hear you – my battery is low. Share my apartment with me. Just look at it – it’s not bad.”So that led to a semester of cohabitation and several midnight rock-scrambles.I complained bitterly about the apartment decor and the extra-thin pillows on my bed. He grabbed a thick tome, “On Being and Nothingness” (Jean Paul Sartre) from his shelf and shoved it under my pillowcase. “There you go,” said he. “It’ll also give you a shitload of ideas for your thesis topic (theoretical physics).” It did.Asit Bhat “The Brahmin”Philadelphia
Support Local Journalism
Support Local Journalism
Readers around Aspen and Snowmass Village make the Aspen Times’ work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.
Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.
Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.
Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil.
If you don't follow the rules, your comment may be deleted.
User Legend: 
Moderator 
Trusted User
Colorado begins planning to reintroduce gray wolves
Planning efforts to bring the controversial gray wolf back to parts of Colorado’s Western Slope are officially getting underway.
