December 3, 2016
Kansas City, Missouri 1961. Number 7 of the New York Yankees strides confidently to the batters box on a Sunday afternoon in June. There’s a buzz that comes from the 34,000 fans as the announcer says, ‘and now, hitting for The Yankees and playing center field…Mickey Mantle.’ The buzz doubles in intensity as if it […]
December 1, 2016
Once upon a time, there was a very successful restaurant chain with multiple locations in Denver, Colorado. They had a devoted following of dedicated and discriminating patrons. The chain had won organization of the year on two occasions and other premier awards from The Colorado Restaurant Association. In August of 2016, a new management group […]
December 1, 2016
Before you were born before you came to be I dreamed a love song on a butterfly sea The waters that day whispered truths in my ears Of hopes for you, Love for your life through the years May your feet trace new patterns on warm, sandy shores May you dive into waves and yearn […]
November 28, 2016
Robin loves the tranquility of this place. She breathes deeper…and more slowly. Her mind doesn’t flatline but seems so at ease. Robin doesn’t worry about tomorrow here. The enchanting blue water and the seagulls remind her that fretting is such a misuse of time. Some of her most creative ideas and solutions have magically come […]
November 25, 2016
It’s common knowledge that whales can communicate from thousands of miles away and that dolphins have their own unique form of communication. The truth is, most fish have a language all their own.
November 25, 2016
A very young cowboy has been looking forward to tonight for six weeks. Friday, November 28th. at 7:00 p.m.. Nat Geo Wild is showing their special on the fiercest animal predators on the planet. I’ve long been fascinated by mountain lions and leopards and tonight’s show will feature them cheetahs and gigantic crocodiles. In cowboy […]
November 25, 2016
Rick and Marsha were married in Vail in 1982. They honeymooned in Hawaii before settling into life in suburban Denver. Rick loved his work as a corporate lawyer and usually was the first one to arrive at his office in The Denver Tech Center. Marsha was a fifth grade teacher at Franklin Elementary school in […]
November 22, 2016
What can you learn from this photo? He’s playing on what surface? His focus on the ball indicates he’s been coached to ‘Track it …..? You finish this phrase. He is six to eight feet behind the baseline so he is striving to play this ball four to eight feet above the net. It would […]
November 16, 2016
So much to look forward to these next few weeks. Thanksgiving…Christmas and New Year’s not far behind. Sure, there will be snow and cold in Colorado but this too shall pass. It will be April in no time with spring flowers in bloom and rivers swollen with snowmelt from on high. What’s not to love […]
November 16, 2016
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops…at all And sweetest…in the Gale… is heard And sore must be the storm That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm I’ve heard it in the chillest land And on the […]
November 15, 2016
Through thick and thin…for better or worse. A very young man was reflecting recently on how his wife wears these words on her sleeve. It brought a smile to my face to realize how unconditional her love is. There is not enough space here to describe the hundreds of times she has been tested and […]
November 14, 2016
Dave fought for The United States of America in Operation Desert Storm. He was badly injured and spent nine months recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center. Today, Dave is jobless and homeless. PTSD haunts him constantly but especially on the Fourth of July. Last week, he heard a car crash and dropped to his knees […]
November 12, 2016
My sister Cheryl lives about forty minutes from Brisbane on The Gold Coast of Australia. She mentioned the other day that she might be making a trip to the USA next year. It was more than ten years ago that our family flew fourteen hours to visit her and her husband Bill. I hope Cheryl […]
November 10, 2016
Give me the eyes of a child for just a day. Let my imagination once more know no limits that I might view each day as an unrepeatable miracle.
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