Peter Moore

2 months ago | coloradosun.com | Peter Moore |Dana Coffield

In Aspen, the stars come out during the day. A recent, highly reliable assessment, based on an Instagram account, ranked Aspen the No. 2 spot in the world for close encounters of the celeb kind, with 151 celebrity sightings per hundred people. That means that everybody in town sees approximately half a famous person every year. Which is about right for Kylie Jenner. The number No. 1 celeb spotting place, you ask? The Watch Hill neighborhood in Westerly, Rhode Island.

2 months ago | backpacker.com | Peter Moore

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Have you heard about the "inverted U theory" of peak performance? I'm going to start packing it, along with my compass and emergency gear, on hikes. Simply stated, it posits that boredom and terror are the enemies of performance.

Feb 14, 2025 | kunc.org | Peter Moore

On the morning of our most recent snowstorm, I woke up early, like a schoolkid eager for a snow day. I’m a huge fan of snow, and Big Weather in general, as long as it doesn’t bury, blow, swamp, or burn my house down. Those four horsemen of the climate apocalypse are real possibilities, for all of us. I eye the skies warily, and with awe. It’s the Irish curse: may you live in interesting times. And so we do, conveyed to me through my Weather Underground app, of all things.

Feb 9, 2025 | coloradosun.com | Peter Moore |Dana Coffield

You’ve taken the Love Language® quiz, right? The one where you answer a bunch of weirdly repetitive questions to discover what says ooh là là to you? My wife and I clicked through it, and learned that we are utterly unmotivated by gift-giving. Now, Valentine’s Day is a bargain! Cancel that Amazon delivery! Our particular Love Language® — quality time — is a Colorado specialty. Point us toward the mountains and we go all gooey. But our lovely state is reluctant to hug us back.

Jan 19, 2025 | coloradosun.com | Peter Moore |Dana Coffield

Most therapists tell you the most effective personal habits, rather than demonstrate them to you. But as I wander the stalls and arenas at the National Western Stock Show, I’m learning important stuff all the time, and not just from my personal spirit animals: sheep. If you look, listen, and even sniff closely enough, there are all sorts of principles being mooed, whinnied, clucked, yelped and otherwise baaaaa-andied about. For instance…One way or another, they’re going to leave you.