Category: Essays/Poetry

I’ve been captivated by the heritage, beauty, and diversity of cultures in this region where I’ve lived and raised our family for almost forty years…

This fall, 8th grade students at Pagosa Peak Open School are studying storytelling and different kinds of poetry…

Perhaps I’ll stand up and give Kirk the recognition he so deserves. Maybe a few funny anecdotes would be in order…

This summer, I finished one of the hardest and most meaningful adventures of my life: the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail…

Backing up Kirk was fun — about as much fun you can have with your clothes on. And, man, could that boy play…

Last Saturday a substantial VIP crowd enjoyed a delicious meal, libations, good company and great performances…

For the next several hours I called friends for information while watching this fantastical, private air show – the whole thing seeming more surreal by the minute…

In 1979, Peter Sellers starred in this satirical comedy-drama written by novelist Jerzey Kozinski…

I imagined that we’d sit around the kiva fireplace singing Christmas carols while enjoying the fragrant scent of burning piñon…

What Fran and I learned in Indonesia stays with us: that even in silence, people can carry hope; that even within oppressive systems, breakthroughs are possible…

As usual the weather was just like you like it.  Seeing friends, making friends.  Singing along with local musicians and all the people watching…