September 30, 2016
Congratulations to the Kent Denver V2 Tennis Team! Way to finish strong by winning your last 15 matches. What a treat to work with you all! Front row: l to r Ben Carpenter, Kohl Terry, William Coors, Tucker Hamilton, Nick Krauss, Alex Hsia Back row: l to r William Hunt, Henry Brown, Jack Elliott, Jacob […]
June 27, 2016
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 […]
June 27, 2016
Our brother Chris has been gone for more than twenty years. I miss him today as The 4th. of July approaches. I miss his zany sense of humor and the devilish twinkle in his eye. Chris was clearly the most fun-loving of the five boys in our family. You would have loved him in minutes […]
March 2, 2016
On a rainy April afternoon in 1996, Shannon Baker was rummaging through old photos and memorabilia in her attic. The children would be home soon and she hoped to find a picture of her parents wedding for their golden anniversary celebration on Saturday. She didn’t find a picture…..but what she did find shocked the world. […]
January 2, 2016
Hillary never expected this. She and Matt began dating in their sophomore year and the two were nearly inseparable. After dinner one evening, they took a walk and Matt summoned up the nerve to tell his girl why he’d been acting a bit odd lately. ‘Hillary, you know that I love you and that you […]
December 25, 2015
“If your career path doesn’t seem to match your heart’s longing, it may be you have a skill that doesn’t match your passion. You can’t escape that there are hopes and passions inside you, waiting to come alive. You know there is much more you have to offer, though you do not say it out […]
December 8, 2015
Don finished packing, kissed Jill goodbye, and headed once again for the airport. His small law firm had been acquired by a ‘major player’ based in Los Angeles. Since the papers were signed three months ago, he’d made a dozen flights and the strain of the travel was beginning to wear on him. Don had […]
November 30, 2015
This is a notice to Colorado chefs, cooks, and friends that we will be forming teams to compete in The World Championship Squirrel Cook Off held annually in Bentonville, Arkansas. The event is held in September and we will charter a flight for sixty squirrel lovers. A local airline has agreed to paint a squirrel (Rocky) […]
November 26, 2015
Bruno Nydam is one heck of a practical joker. Some would say he’s ‘world class.’ He has been known to scare the living daylights out of people like Teri, Eileen, and Lisa. Last April, it was payback time as his car was filled with balloons and hilarious messages written on his windows. Rumor has it […]
November 9, 2015
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. […]
November 5, 2015
John Chapman was born in Leomeister, Massachusetts in 1774. His dream was to produce so many apples that no one would ever go hungry. He always carried a leather bag filled with apple seeds he collected for free from cider mills. He soon became known as Johnny Appleseed. Legend has it that he was constantly […]
October 24, 2015
Julie had made a chicken dinner and the kids were ready to spend some quality time with their dad at a nearby park called Grandpa’s Acres. They were loading the car when Brad called to say that a business meeting was going longer than planned and he would not be able to make it. The […]
October 21, 2015
Vicki, Grace, and friends play doubles every Thursday morning on court four at the bubble near downtown Littleton Some might call it “senior” doubles but every week I’m amazed as Grace blasts her topspin forehand past opponents who look on in wonder She races around the court like she’s in her thirties and gets to […]
October 18, 2015
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, […]
October 1, 2015
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 […]
October 1, 2015
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 […]
September 21, 2015
It began with a simple poem I’d written to inspire public speakers. The poem was read at a national speaker’s convention and subsequently mailed to my e-mail distribution list. One of the people I sent it to was Cheryl Spicer in Australia. I became acquainted with Cheryl’s talents and work with disadvantaged people in Australia, […]
August 26, 2015
I make a point of reading the PERSPECTIVE pages in The Denver Post every Sunday morning. There are interesting letters to the editor and articles on politics and current events. This past week, there was an interesting piece on Seeing The Light. “Reverend Robbie delivered an enlightened talk on the need for all of us […]
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