Route 66: Finding the Mother Road

I had the ride, but not the road. I was living in Tennessee, and I’d bought my dream car, a Big Bird or 1963 pearl white Thunderbird complete with a 390-cubic-inch Ford V-8 engine, brushed a...

Poster child comes up short

Conservative groups are highlighting the case of Michael Cerpok, who has leukemia, whose insurance plan was canceled because it didn’t comply with the Affordable Care Act. A news...

Sometimes, there’s no place like home

Some health care done in a hospital or doctor’s office can now be done at home. It’s effective, convenient and usually less costly. Medicare might pay for health care you receiv...

Focus with tenets of faith

It was the first Sunday of the month. I was preparing for worship at about six in the morning. I come to church early to be alone with the Lord – to quiet myself and get focused. ...

The freedom and foundation leading to faith is like a goat rodeo

A musical friend recently blogged about attending a concert of The Goat Rodeo. While I am familiar with some of the musicians that make up the group (Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan and...

Fall into healthy eating

Fall is here with its busy “back to school” schedules and iffy weather. Even in these conditions, with a little creativity and improvisation it’s possible to keep up healthy practices. ...

Getting students to write about democracy

Summer is almost gone, children are back in school, and high school football is in full swing. The younger kids are also playing football and soccer after school at the city parks. ...

Thank you, John McPhee

In the final part of John McPhee’s 1971 classic, Encounters with the Archdruid, David Brower and Floyd Dominy — both men I would have loved to meet — raft the Grand Canyon together. ...

Responsibility vs. unreliability

Knowing and doing what is expected of me. A responsible person does not wait for a “to do” list. Responsibility is knowing within one’s self what needs to be done and carrying the...

Washington dysfunction hurts rural Colorado

One sign of the dysfunction in Washington these days is that the conversations there have completely detached from the ones happening in kitchens and living rooms across Colorado and the cou...

Traveling and enjoying three weeks of heaven

Three weeks of heaven ... For the past three weeks, my family and I vacationed in Santa Fe and Taos, N.M., Flagstaff, Ariz., and Carlsbad, Calif. Put another way, over the past three weeks I...

Looking Back Which came first: the chicken or the chicken ordinance?

From the Cortez Sentinel, March 21, 1929 CHICKEN OWNERS Notice is hereby given that henceforth chickens must be kept on the premises of the owner. Allowing chickens to ...