Getting out there in Durango

To the editor:

As I aimlessly wonder about downtown Durango, I experience the richness and depths of the mysterious mind. A connection has bonded the inner emotions to the amazing town itself. I puzzle what could possibly fuse the two, but the answer hides somewhere in another galaxy.

For so long, I have whimpered of small town boringness with many other youth. Yet somehow I have begun to find a silent beauty within the town as I age. I often stare into the sky or gaze upon the surrounding mountains and find myself in awe. The feelings spiral through my mind, piercing any logic in the way.

At times reasoning attempts to ponder these sensual emotions. I then realize; the answer shall never appear. It will let my mind go through eternity before it reveals itself. I believe this unknown answer creates the mysterious hidden beauty of Durango. I may never quit asking myself, is it the girl in the coffee shop? That awesome hippy place? The crack in the sidewalk that looks like a tree?

Who knows... ?

– Donnie Grotts,
via e-mail