“Tell me, is this any good?” I hate that question. I hate it because I have to answer in a way that will cause them angst…
Category: Essays/Poetry
BOOKISH: Stand and Deliver
And writing is physical. You sit in one place for hours, striking keys. You feel guilty if you get up…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Ragwater’s Supernatural Rite of Spring
But calling this pagan phantasmagoria a mere “concert” would be a gross understatement. This was something out of a goddamn Stanley Kubrick movie…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: What Matters Most
The morning sunlight filters through the closed blinds signaling a brand new day. Our bedroom basks in a soft, warm glow…
BOOKISH: The Woman in the Minivan
My writer friend is very nice to everyone. She is a volunteer at schools, reading to children. What’s her novel about? It’s a murder mystery, she tells me…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: By Inclination, a Researcher
I am becoming ever more convinced that I began my education after learning not to take anything, or anybody, too seriously…
TROOPER TIPS: Safety During a Change of Seasons
Sliding cars perpendicular on the roadway in blizzard like conditions have been replaced with Bambis and Thumpers…
PHOTO ESSAY: A Satisfying Lunch at the Pagosa Senior Center
I noticed they had Crispy Cod on the menu. I made a reservation with a phone call and showed up about 12:30…
ESSAY: I Moved to New Mexico to Report on the Aftermath of a Massive Wildfire
The federal government had accidentally triggered the blaze; now the Federal Emergency Management Agency was in charge of distributing checks to compensate people…
Hail to the Chief!… Fond Memories of Warren Grams
Warren had been around for quite sometime. As it turned out, 86 years. And those were good years, well spent, but I wasn’t quite ready to say goodbye…
ESSAY: Up for a 7-day Kindness Challenge?
An Oxford University study showed that doing a kind action every day for seven days increased people’s happiness…
ESSAY: Money, and the Great Transition
We are currently experiencing the final stage in a great 10,000-year human cultural transformation…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Spectator of Human Folly
I’m just a couple of years behind Mr. Koehler chronologically. But I’m not quite ready to “give up”…
ESSAY: Caring Can Be a Fickle Thing
At the moment, I’m in Colorado enjoying vacation with my family. We have a large house stocked with plenty of food…
ESSAY: Red Rover, Red Rover…
I can feel the wind on my face, the gravel at my feet – oh so minutely, but with enough realness to pull me back seven decades…
ESSAY: With ‘White Christmas,’ Christmas Became a Holiday All Americans Could Celebrate
“White Christmas” has resonated for more than 80 years, and I think the reasons why are worth understanding…
PHOTO ESSAY: Pagosa Peak Open School Presents Annual ‘Snow Show’ at PSCA
It was the school’s third year of presenting the “Snow Show” — and the first year the school presented at the Pagosa Center for the Arts…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?
Yet I have a story about one of the greatest evangelists in history. And he only converted one person in his life…
The 2023 Christmas Cookie Inflation Guide
We might be told that inflation is up only 3.2% (3.3% for food), but in my reality I’m paying 12% more for baking ingredients than I paid last year….