In several dictionaries, ‘Gadzooks’ is defined as a mild oath. But in at least one dictionary, it’s “an explanation of surprise”…
Category: Essays
HMPRESENTLY: A Crick or Two
I mean… driving is great, and all, but not so much when things get crazy on the roads…
HMPRESENTLY: Me and Citizen Trump
As a former President, citizen Trump is sending out “occasional” press releases, but they “rarely are going viral…”
HMPRESENTLY: A Little Nuts?
You can spend your whole adult life and career working at shaping opinion, without really knowing, for sure, if you’re succeeding…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: A Refuge in Aspen Springs
When I die, spread my ashes on this land; and when you hear the wind gently blowing through the pines, it is my voice, singing to you from afar…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Pornography vs Online Shopping
One was carrying an Amazon package and said, “I’d be rich if my wife quit ordering from Amazon!”…
ESSAY: Building Community, One ‘Little Free Library’ at a Time
Tor Hessman thought it would be a good project for the building trade students at Pagosa Springs High School, and they are currently building five…
HMPRESENTLY: Shadowy Words…
Another email, starting out with “Dear User,” said I have some “Annual plan” that I do not have. And that I could click on a tab in the email, or call, to check billing information for the phantom plan…
HMPRESENTLY: Misleading Words?
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, was on TV the other day, with words about the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party, too…
EDITORIAL: Just Your Average American
We write about ‘averages’ here in the Daily Post, on a pretty regular basis. The average wage in the local hospitality industry, for example…
HMPRESENTLY: All This Stuff is Giving Me Religion
“The election technology company, Dominion Voting Systems, with main offices in Denver and Toronto, filed $1.3 billion defamation lawsuits…”
HMPRESENTLY: In The Same Boat?
And then I’m thinking… Heaven help us! We may be going down similar paths. Or the same collision course with an iceberg, the doomed ship…
HMPRESENTLY: Oldies But Goodies
‘Pickle.’ That’s another oldie but goodie when, rather than saying someone’s in a real bind, one says ‘What a pickle’ someone’s in!
ESSAY: I Cried in Front of My Teenage Students — with the Camera On
Similar to many of my teenage students, I feel trapped in my apartment, tethered to an online school bell…
HMPRESENTLY: That’s It? That’s All They Want to Do?
We four elected folks, and our community manager, meet virtually during the pandemic, to address what’s on each agenda…
HMPRESENTLY: Knowing What’s at Stake in Pagosa Springs
I remember small shops near residential neighborhoods, with vegetables for sale, and butcher shops and bakeries, and small restaurants….
HMPRESENTLY: Legislators, Mucking Around?
‘Muck around’ is an idiom, defined in the Free Dictionary as “doing something without much purpose….”
HMPRESENTLY: Don’t Get Cute With Us!
Then, for some reason, I’m associating that old expression with something having to do with a Texas lawsuit…