The Writer
Skip to contentHow much hope is enough? How much is too much? Hope comes in different shades. We all hope for better lives for ourselves and our loved ones. This kind of hope — let’s call it “ambient hope” — is a … Continue reading
There’s a unique moment during the airport screening process when a TSA agent sizes you up. You stand on the “suspicious side” of their wall of machines, but the “all clear” side is within sight, beckoning like the Promised Land. … Continue reading
OK, kids, sit down and let’s talk. I’ve changed my mind about tattoos. What? No, I’m not kidding. I accept that they’re an important fashion statement for your generation, no less than bell-bottom jeans and platform shoes were for mine. … Continue reading
Sigh. I want my editorials to be positive, but it’s just not in me. February, the worst month of the year, is just three weeks away. Each month has a unique character. February’s placement mid-winter makes it particularly bleak and … Continue reading
To understand why the statewide teachers union is right to ask a judge to strike down new rules requiring parental notification of teacher arrests, look no further than today’s headlines and the examples of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Casey Anthony. These … Continue reading
Sad but true, I spend more time with Luci, our family’s border collie mix, than even my wife and kids. You see, Luci can’t be left alone for long because she becomes unhinged and chews doors and furniture, so she’s … Continue reading
I’ve been waiting eagerly to write this column. Now that it’s arrived, I’m relieved, at least for now. I once read we spend 18 percent of our lives waiting. How absurd. It depends on what waiting means. There’s big waiting, … Continue reading
I’ve got no business pretending to be a self-help guru, having spent years turning up my nose at those quick to tell us how to live. I shake my head as Deepak packs another auditorium, Dr. Phil fills our ears … Continue reading
Frank Davis, an excellent craftsman, was working with me on a roof leak on our house when he asked, “How does one get to be a columnist for the newspaper?” I reassured him that because they’d accepted me, the bar … Continue reading
Judging by the friends overflowing into the lobby and hallways beyond the funeral home’s greatroom, many people in our Fort Collins community were deeply saddened when 14-year-old Urangua “Sisi” Mijiddorj was killed on Aug 20. Of course, no one in … Continue reading
