Column by Hal Walter
Cabin Fever – April 1997 – Colorado Central Magazine
This winter I’ve been half-jokingly referring to my life in the Wet Mountains as “The Struggle.” I coined the term one starry bone-chilling night after arriving home from a part-time newspaper gig after 1 a.m., only to have to trudge through the snow and ice to deal with an inside room temperature that was barely above freezing, and hungry jackasses that were loudly alleging negligence. This late-night survival drill clearly identified three necessary-for-life commodities that make “The Struggle” for real — firewood, hay, and money.