“Remember when we were kids and a field like this would be buzzing with bees? We were always afraid of getting stung.”
My friend Jae Gregory said that while standing in a meadow near the Maroon Bells that was bursting with dandelions. And she was… read more →
Thunder River Theatre’s latest play made me writhe, because it’s the story of my life. Or darn close to it.
“Tribes” is about a deaf child born into a hearing family. During the first scene, the family carries on a fractious, backbiting argument, replete with outsized,… read more →
On my way to Denver for the weekend, my last stop was the Little Free Library on Eighth Street.
I don’t know how long it’s been there. I noticed when I was helping members of my congregation purchase a parsonage on Cleveland Place. At first I thought it… read more →
I recently heard the term “market failure” on an NPR interview. Pundits Elaine Weiss and Gina Adams were commenting on a $1 million childcare investment proposed by the Trump administration’s budget. Ivanka Trump, who advanced the proposal, characterized the childcare market this way: “You have care providers who… read more →
A little less than a year ago, Franchesca Campione attempted to learn how to walk to the bus stop — a daunting prospect for someone who is blind.
Although it’s less than a quarter-mile, the route first follows a section of street that has no… read more →
Several of my friends have described me as “fearless,” but it’s not true. Since adolescence, avalanches have left me frozen in fear.
Like so many mountain folk, I knew someone killed by one.
I remember the anxious buzz that rose in the ski patrol… read more →
Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) brings John Steinbeck’s depression-era novella vividly to life in “Of Mice and Men.”
The action opens with George Milton (Corey Simpson), chiding Lennie Small (Owen O’Farrell) for drinking water from a muddy stream while rough-camping near Soledad. George and Lennie are two “bindlestiffs”… read more →
“I’m kinda discouraged.”
Today, that was how Mason responded to my daily “How are you?” question. My query isn’t just a routine. Every morning we both awaken to find ourselves in one another’s company is a blessing.
The cause of Mason’s discouragement… read more →
More than 125 local cops, doctors, teachers, philanthropists and citizens recently gathered for the biggest anti-human-trafficking conference ever held on Colorado’s Western Slope.
That one-day summit happened because Glenwood Springs Attorney Angela Roff asked Carbondale resident Beth Klein to make it happen.
Beth… read more →
Although I’m seriously opposed to armed insurrection, I empathize with the folks who have assaulted driverless cars in Arizona.
In Glendale, there have been least 21 attacks: by assailants wielding guns, slashing tires, throwing rocks and even threatening a driverless van’s attendant with a chunk… read more →
