All around me people are driving angry, shopping furiously and preparing to rage vote next year…
Category: Essays
ESSAY: ‘Caveat lector’… Let the Reader Beware, Part Two
“Helicopters in residential areas are completely inappropriate. The noise is overwhelming. I know because I live where the Durango Flight for Life helicopter flies over my home…”
ESSAY: ‘Caveat lector’… Let the Reader Beware, Part One
Apparently, the article I wrote a few weeks ago about a proposed private heliport/helipad project hit a nerve… and it wasn’t the funny bone…
ESSAY: ‘Dia de los Muertos’ Looking More Like Halloween
Halloween’s influence is transforming Día de los Muertos into a hybrid cultural tradition…
ESSAY: Issues Hover Around Proposed Terry Robinson Road Helipad, Part One
I’m a sucker for a good cause and a great story. This issue seemed to have both. I was beginning to recognize why I might care…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: My 55th High School Class Reunion
We came of age in the turbulence of the 1960s, graduating high school in possibly the worst year of that decade…
ESSAY: Attending College While Raising a Child… in Colorado
She couldn’t find daycare for her son, Ramiro, and her grandparents, who were supposed to watch him, were sick…
ESSAY: A ‘First Day of School’ Ritual
When we came back to school this year, everyone knew it would be similar to last year…
ESSAY: Growing Healthy in the Garden
Gardening has been shown to have many mental and physical health benefits by getting people outside and working in the soil…
PHOTO ESSAY: Annual Spanish Fiesta a Big Success
A group of over 20 different families came together to rekindle the fondly-remembered Pagosa Springs Spanish Fiestas…
ESSAY: Giordano Bruno, 475 Years Later
We need to revive his legacy, because Bruno’s life and thought evince the virtues of which we are in such short supply…
EDITORIAL: Celebrating Freedom
I know very little about most of these 250 independent nations. I was not expected to learn much about them, during my public school education…
HMPRESENTLY: Comparing Demographic Cohorts’ Lingo
So, let’s say you’re in the Gen X cohort. You were born between 1965 and 1980. Would ‘feh’ be familiar to you?
ESSAY: Which States Celebrate Juneteenth?
Other states that weren’t part of the Civil War, like Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho, New Mexico, and South Dakota, which do celebrate Juneteenth…
EDITORIAL: A Trip to Washington DC, Part Two
Lily and Ursala had learned a particular style of weaving from their mother, Clarissa Rizal, who was herself a fairly renowned weaver and weaving teacher…
EDITORIAL: A Trip to Washington DC, Part One
Lily and Ursala — my two daughters — had been invited to Washington DC to participate with four other contemporary American Indian artists in a show entitled, “Sharing Honors and Burdens”…
HMPRESENTLY: The Unique Language of Business
Like top 10 songs on music charts, certain words become top 10 favorites. Like the rather popular word… ‘stakeholders,’ for example…
HMPRESENTLY: Oldish but Goodish
I was behind the wheel of our aging, but delightfully functional vehicle. There’s something about old stuff that my crusty, old inner self truly appreciates…