With spring upon us, I daydream about all the hiking I will embark on this coming season. I feel my heart pounding, and this time it isn’t an anxiety attack. It’s the excitement of spending a

Springtime is the season of renewal, with trees budding new growth, annual flowers beginning to sprout from the newly thawed ground, and the elusive human recluse emerging from the cabin after a

Some words for the week this morning light and moisture conspire to cast a sheet of gold over the valley edge hung above like some new soft sky the river frozen the deer

Some words for the week the tree I can see from my table the one I try not to hit when I back up my truck in the morning on the way to work the one with some scarred bark in the

[caption id="attachment_110484" align="alignleft" width="237"] Spreading joy: Brandon Busch, center, stands with two employees at the factory’s small shop. [/caption] According to many

The Garden of Earthly Delights opens its gate as the Sun enters Taurus on the 19th of April. We have been astounded and healed by the total solar eclipse. We have looked backward and rearranged

Some words for the week sawdust like bloodstains remnants of ruin remands of ravage only remnants remain there is a new pipeline going in it follows the road so does the

Spring has sprung, and the signs are becoming more and more apparent by the day! First blooms are being spotted, bluebirds have been seen flitting about the meadows, and the daylight hours are

I Was Wrong and I Apologize In 1985, while attending Squadron Officer’s School in Montgomery, Alabama, I took my girlfriend to see Pale Rider. I was twenty-seven. Three young men sat

Some words for the week the sky like mill scale steel scratched up blue black no stars no moon just a sheet of dark at almost day I start the truck and the air steals the

Soon, hummingbirds will begin to appear, and there will be more warmer afternoons than colder ones. The sound of rain hitting the ground will start spring’s transition into summer, and I am

This month we break out of our regular mold to remember an American hero, a giant of space exploration, and an extraordinary human being, Apollo astronaut and Air Force General Tom Stafford who

Fellow Americans: Following a recent incident in California, some Americans are again sowing the ugly seeds of discrimination in the fertile soil we have cultivated throughout our history.

Some words for the week another spring snowfall presses a strange pause on this place it’s like we’ve never had a storm like this cars sit buried and stuck people hoard

Long-time residents may reflect on many years of stopping along the Boulder/Gilpin County line on a drive along the Peak to Peak highway to enjoy the stunning view of Baldy, and if lucky, catch

Some words for the week worries about wildfires and war and genocide and bad bosses and the too fast passing of all the days I want to hold still and so much dying and not

As I work in my home office, I take a moment to look outside. It’s mostly sunny and reaching the low 50s. I open my front door to let some fresh air in with the knowledge that in a couple of

Aries, the equinox, the start of the astrological year, Mercury reversing and a solar eclipse are all on the event horizon. On March 19 the Spring Equinox opens the gateway to renewal, celebrated

I had a lot on my “to do” list today. Legal work. Pay bills. Work out. Watch old “Gunsmoke episodes.” But today’s weather was awesome, so I blew all that off and went walking. Which got

With winter winding its way into spring, initially I had planned on writing this article with the challenge of seeing who might capture the first glimpse of one of the earliest signs of spring we