Rex

February 18, 2016

Haley had a really odd request when she visited the pet store. ‘I’m looking for a dog that makes me smile….no, scratch that….I need one I can laugh out loud with at the end of a tough day.’ You be the judge.

No fooling

February 18, 2016

‘I am not sad and don’t let this look fool you. Now if my nanny would just bring lunch like she promised, you’d see my face light up!’

Heather

February 14, 2016

Heather’s dad is on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan. She can’t wait for his return in May. How thrilled she was today when he called to wish her a Happy Valentine’s Day. Heather obviously loved the card and balloon that was delivered yesterday.

Unfair

February 13, 2016

I tell you…it’s unfair. Graham is one of those young guns who flies his hybrid forty yards past my driver. And….he makes it look so easy. I have a call into The USGA to see if they would consider having these bombers play with year-old range balls when playing with us seniors. Stay tuned for […]

Second fiddle part two

February 13, 2016

No, this is not a painting. This here is where my wife and her friends will be in ten days. This is their second year in a row in Cabo but no need to worry. She’s purchased four boxes of shredded wheat and four frozen pizzas for her kitchen challenged husband. The fellas realize we […]

The way back

February 13, 2016

Taylor had experienced a tumultuous year losing his job and girlfriend. Friends tried to help but, more often than not, he wouldn’t answer the phone. The former football player had lost twenty pounds and knew that the word ‘depressed’ fit him like a glove. After two days of self imposed exile in his apartment, he […]

A patriot

February 13, 2016

Gale (left)is the ring leader of a terrific group of senior tennis players who play feisty doubles every Tuesday and Friday year round. His good friend Jim (right) is quite a character. Whenever his partner hits a particularly good winner, the ebullient Jim breaks out in song that can be heard from four courts away. […]

Placid

February 13, 2016

There is a placid place deep inside. Infants dwell there each time sleep overtakes them. The dying return there in life’s final moments. You visit briefly on special vacations to beaches and mountains….only to return too soon to the traffic and the noise. Maybe a bracelet would help. The word ‘NOW’ etched in blue. It […]

Astounding!

February 13, 2016

Heroes come in all sizes. One day at a time, they focus on putting one foot ahead of the other as we marvel from the sidelines. What special grit….what incredible spirits that link our hearts to theirs. You go….Berkeley….you are astounding!

Gone fishin’

February 11, 2016

Jonathan’s dad baited the hook and showed his son how to set it should a perch or sunfish start to nibble. What neither of them knew was that Otis Perkins had pulled a sixteen pound catfish from this exact spot two days ago.

Epiphany

February 11, 2016

Every now and then is a picture that appears to be alive. You close your eyes and might hear the gentle lapping of the waves on the sand. Reflexively, you slow down and pay closer attention. Somewhere in your soul comes the realization that you weren’t meant to live your life in overdrive. Off with […]

Posture plus

February 11, 2016

You can learn a lot about a person by the gleam in their eyes and their posture. Do they….like this buck, look like they own the world? Or, have their circumstances caused them to go about with slumped shoulders and shark like eyes? How about you? Are you in it to win it or just […]

Heroes

February 10, 2016

343….60….8 When the towers collapsed, these are the numbers of firefighters, policemen, and paramedics who sacrificed their lives for us that day. Maybe we should give their fellow first responders more respect today.

Caleb

February 10, 2016

“If ya want to know the truth, I slept right through the second half…didn’t even know that The Broncos won until the screaming woke me up. Now they want me to wear an orange jersey with #58 on it and go to a parade tomorrow. I’m good with that…my first parade and a ride on […]

Olympic training

February 7, 2016

Katie Cochran and her hubby qualified for Mixed Rafting Event in the summer Olympics. They decided to begin training in New Zealand and who could blame them?

Proceed with caution

February 7, 2016

About twice a week, an unsuspecting motorist is pulled to the curb near Arapahoe High School. One can only think that their minds are darting to the future and they don’t see the flashing yellow light and the 25 mph school zone sign. On a fishing trip to the Blue River years ago, my good […]

Momentum

February 7, 2016

Richard Gasquet is the number 10 ranked tennis player in the world. He is The defending champion of the Montpellier tournament in France. Today, he faced Dustin Brown who is ranked #133. Gasquet broke his racquet at O – 2 in the second set after losing the first set 1-6 in twenty-six minutes. At the […]

Choices

February 6, 2016

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. Paramahansa Yogananda

No déjà vu

February 6, 2016

Here’s hoping that Clyde and the rest of Bronco Nation doesn’t feel this way after the first play of tomorrow’s Super Bowl.

Food for thought

February 6, 2016

It occurred to a very young basketball fan that….just like Elle and her teammates, All Souls share a common connection, an invisible thread that bonds them together. *** for a great read, check out An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff A terrific story of an eleven year old panhandler and his remarkable encounter and friendship […]