This fiftieth celebration of Earth Day should serve as a celebration of the work that has been done — our skies, lands, and oceans are significantly cleaner…
Category: Essays
ESSAY: The Theology of Pandemics
Indeed, the Bible teaches that God often sees fit to test precisely those that are good and righteous…
HMPRESENTLY: The Liston/Clay Fight & The Global Citizen Concert
What a match! Brash, 22-year-old Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, defeated heavily-favored Sonny Liston…
ESSAY: Nocturnal Visitors
The night light revealed a little girl standing at the foot of her bed, yanking her toe and giggling…
OPINION: The End of War
If human beings behaved rationally, they would certainly recognize their common enemy and back this proposal…
ESSAY: The More Things Change…
On this trip, she caught the “Spanish” flu and subsequently died, as did the local doctor who cared for her…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The ‘Secret War’ in Southeast Asia
I spent a year at Nakon Phanom (NKP) Royal Thai Air Force Base… in northeast Thailand, directly west of the DMZ in Vietnam…
HMPRESENTLY: Horns, Drums, The CALLIOPE!
When the circus rolled into town, you’d hear the music…
RANGER STATION: A Chilling Tale
My adventure started Christmas Eve. It was cold and blustery and I had the park mostly to myself…
PHOTO ESSAY: Charter School ‘Food Security Task Force’ on Research Mission
“They were very scientific, but we learned about the shelf life of produce and how hard it is to grow in a 90-day growing season”, said 4th grader Zaiden….
ESSAY: We Went to Jail for Our Granddaughters
This essay by Emma Marris originally appeared in the High Country News on January 14, 2020. Every year, the same bald eagle appears in the READ MORE
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Killer Bees
They returned with an arsenal: pump spray tanks, gasoline, overalls, goggles, bandanas, helmets, gloves, duct tape, and of course, a 500,000 BTU portable propane torch kit….
OPINION: How Long, Oh Lord?
How much more time do we need? How much more time do we have?
ESSAY: Oh, Come Let Us Adore Him
This Christ-child was both God and man. He wasn’t an angel-spirit. And he lived a human’s life in the flesh and blood…
FICTION: The Flatlanders in Pagosa
Earnest had told ghost stories while the girls roasted marshmallows over an open fire. They all remember that magnificent Pagosa moon rising over Square Top…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Send In the Clowns
The strange noise was still reverberating in my head. It had abruptly awakened me from a deep, dreamless sleep…
PHOTO ESSAY: The New (and Returning) County Crew Gets Sworn In
At Judge Wilson’s prompting, the officials, one by one, promised to uphold the US and Colorado Constitutions and to fulfill their duties, and then signed a copy of their oath…
EDITORIAL: My Father’s Notebook
I can imagine twenty Army Air Corps cadets frantically scooting their chairs over, to be closer to the two men in the room who would be easily able to identify an enemy plane…