Efforts to better safeguard firefighters increasingly depend on the ability to turn their experiences into measurable evidence that can guide prevention, policy, and long-term care…
Category: Essays/Poetry
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Seventeen
In 1986, I got together with hot guitarist, Chris Donahoe, and rockin’ bassist, Mark Mendleski. Together we formed the Santa Fe classic rock trio called The Ravin’ Brothers…
ESSAY: Potholes in Rural America’s Future?
Those who remember the 1973 OPEC oil embargo could not have been surprised that the 2026 closure of the Strait sent the price of oil skyrocketing…
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Sixteen
Finally, it was the day of the parade. We assembled near De Vargas Mall. Behind ‘Samba Loca’ was our Senator, Jeff Bingaman, readying for his ride in a Cadillac convertible…
The Living Universe Story, Part Four
To participate consciously in aligning our stories and institutions with the deeper now unfolding story of integral spirit cosmology is, I believe, the great calling of our time.
The Living Universe Story, Part Three
The stories we tell our children today will shape the institutions they participate in creating and inherit tomorrow…
The Living Universe Story, Part Two
Thomas Berry captured this when he wrote that “the human is the universe reflecting on itself…”
The Living Universe Story, Part One
These ancient stories did not deny conflict or suffering. They acknowledged the human capacity for violence and excess…
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Fifteen
“Hell, if it wasn’t for music, I wouldn’t have no friends at all…”
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Fourteen
She was an accomplished singer/songwriter from Texas who played keyboards. I had heard the name, Dee Moeller, in Dallas…
BORDERLANDS HEALTH: When Silence Ends, What Comes Next?
Chairs will be set close enough for people to see one another, but with space for those who need it….
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Thirteen
I had set about to create an album of original songs about my adventures in Panama…
45 DEGREES NORTH: A Few Tips About Rural Restaurants
Not every meal comes with a floor show like Porky put on. But every place has its quirks…
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Twelve
The band consisted of Jimmy Russell the ‘Love Muscle,’ lead vocals, keys and flute; the amazing Terry Diers on guitar and vocals…
ESSAY: ‘Suddenly Amish’ Takes Rural Reality TV to the Extreme
Notably, the Amish reality TV sub-genre inherently targets a community that can’t fight back…
Colorado Convenes Its Constitutional Convention, March 13, 1876
“We have endeavored to take a middle ground, believing it to be more safe, and in the end that it will give more general satisfaction…”
EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Eleven
And now… I was with the Family Lotus on the road to Taos. What a delightful coincidence…
INTERVIEW: The Decline of Religious Participation in America
“I didn’t just see it in the spreadsheet, I saw from the pulpit on Sunday for 18 years…”
Colorado Constitutional Debates in 1876 Foreshadowed Populist Backlash Against Railroads
“The effects of evils to which we have briefly adverted are already apparent — in stagnation of business, the difficulty of collection, the collapse of private enterprises…”