November 1, 2026
Susan related a story after tennis class one day. She and her husband have a place near Kenosha Pass between Bailey and South Park, Colorado. A friend was taking her dogs for a walk when they startled a mother moose with calf ambling beyond the aspen trees. Moose are very protective and weigh around eleven […]
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October 27, 2026
It was late May in 1969. The school year had just ended at Mesa Junior College in Grand Junction, Colorado. Mike Hayes, a cowboy, and a couple of other friends were engaged in a spirited competition on our favorite pinball machine named MIBS. All of a sudden, there was a commotion to our right. A […]
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October 20, 2026
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. Exhausted, he eventually gathered what he could and managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions. He prayed feverishly to be rescued, and everyday he scanned the horizon […]
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October 11, 2026
Cody is caught in the middle. As an only child, there was no one he could turn when his parents began arguing last spring. It was obvious to him that this was not how families should get along. As the fighting intensified, Cody would huddle on the floor in his closet with the door closed. […]
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October 5, 2026
The sidewalks were sizzling as the temperature climbed above one hundred People flooded to ice cream parlors….. movie theatres….and the library to find relief from the heat I had just pushed the down button on the elevator at Koelbel library when a woman in her seventies entered the front door She was assisted by a […]
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October 2, 2026
In the late fifties and sixties, it seemed as if The New York Yankees won The World Series almost every year. In that era, many of the games were played as day games much to the chagrin of a die hard baseball fan named Tom Finholm. We attended St. Anne’s grade school in Prairie Village, […]
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September 25, 2026
He was successful and forty-something when throat cancer paid an unwelcome visit Think again if you believe this story has a sorry ending No, it’s about hope and faith and the power of people coming together in times of crisis Someone at his church started the ball rolling and it picked up speed like an […]
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September 25, 2026
I wish I could take the prayers of all the people who love you and paste them on your bedroom wall That they would lift you up before you fall Oh, that I might take a picture of you when you’re at your very best I’d enlarge it and surround it with lights so you […]
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January 29, 2024
My bucket list is far more basic than my wife’s with hers being adventures to Africa and Italy. Some might say my items need to be revamped to put a bit more life in my life. Ok…I’ll address that soon enough but today…on the urging of my good friend Doug, I checked the box near […]
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September 22, 2022
Recently, famous golfer Rory McIlroy hit his tee shot into gnarly rough…so feisty that it was hard to see his ball. After much consultation with his caddie, the weight room junkie McIlroy decided to avoid a penalty shot and just hack it out. He took a mighty swing and when he looked down, the ball […]
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June 6, 2022
I questioned Sally after my last workout at the gym…”Honey, you know I’ve been working out 4-5 times a week for the past year or so. There’s a lot of guys at the gym who wear these muscle shirts to show off their physiques…do you think you can order me a handful from Amazon?” ”You […]
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March 18, 2022
More than sixty years ago, a group of young boys were hoodwinked. Yeppers…we actually believed that professional wrestling was legitimate. Four of us would gather down the street on Saturday nights to view the action. We loved the names and the characters that put on such a display of wrestling prowess. Our two favorites were […]
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March 17, 2022
The year was 1960 and three curious and harmless ten year old boys were seeking adventure. We followed the narrow, winding creek that bubbled along behind Neal Dufur’s house. A large snapping turtle confronted us and seemed to hiss and growl simultaneously. We continued on for more than a mile and our hearts beat faster […]
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March 1, 2022
A long retired former golf addict spoke today with a great friend I’ve known since 1966. He lives much of the year in sunny Arizona and plays golf as much as his body will allow. I asked if he had played recently and was impressed with his story of a round this week. The gentleman […]
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November 23, 2021
A very young cowboy heard a story a few years ago. A wise man said there are over 300 Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament. He said that One Man in history fulfilled each and every one. Then, he gave an example I will remember forever. He stated that the odds of One Man fulfilling […]
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June 9, 2021
Sally suggested a book that I subsequently picked up at Koelbel library. Every Man A Hero…A Memoir of D-Day by Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice. Mr. Lambert is a decorated medic whose courage that day and in the war were extraordinary. Here is an excerpt. “Working my way across the beach, I found a man […]
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December 5, 2018
I opted out of a fishing trip today to watch the memorial service for #41….George H.W. Bush. It was a good choice as it was a very moving ceremony. I was all decked out in my favorite blue and white fishing shirt and the car was packed to the hilt. A bit later, Sally asked […]
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December 2, 2018
In the far distant past, a very young cowboy had just moved in to Aspen Hall at Mesa College in Grand Junction. My roommate was a defensive back named John Maurer. One day, there was a knock on our door and a couple of his newfound football buddies entered the room. I had never heard […]
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November 29, 2018
A very young cowboy was asked about his fishing trip on Monday. ‘Caught a 38 incher.’ ‘No way, dude…tell the truth.’ ‘What I meant is that I caught 38 inches of trout…an eleven incher, two ten inch browns, and a three and a four inch small fry. Yeppers…38 inches of trout if you add them […]
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October 4, 2017
The year was 1975 and a very young cowboy was working as an apprentice boilermaker in Kansas City, Missouri. The word apprentice is entirely accurate as the supervisor named Abe had to put labels on the tools so the rookie could recognize them. We used to do a job in the late spring called a […]
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