Ps & Qs

“I’ve never felt safer.” I pulled my mask down and leaned over to yell in my friend’s ear during the #BLM march in Rifle last month. As I said it, there were half a dozen Harleys revving past us as we marched along the sidewalk and police from several municipalities st...

I have come to a crossroads in my career path. Well actually, it’s more like one of those corner roadside stands in Mexico where they sell any/everything from fresh fruit to furniture… After twenty-five plus years of administrative work in myriad industries: art/entert...

With the Michigan Militia bringing guns to a drone war, wild-eyed and bed-headed drivers yelling at Denver nurses in the crosswalk, and every liquor store full of masked patrons, it seems as though the US has totally lost the plot. This pandemic really brings out the c...

I feel like I’m doing the time, without having done the crime. In order to stay mentally and physically healthy while serving out this self-imposed sentence, I’ve created my own quarantine routine. I get up and make myself a simple, just-add-water breakfast that consis...

Turns out I am an introvert. I like staying home, and there’s nothing like a little self-quarantine to get that spring cleaning started… I’ve been busy: clearing out drawers and closets, sorting through old photographs and papers, binge watching classics like Knight Ri...

My maternal grandmother was Canadian and lately I find myself contemplating about the bureaucratic process to obtain dual citizenship, along with the cost of gear needed to survive a Canadian winter… If it really comes down to fight or flight, I may just flee. Because...

My horoscope said I may be experiencing an ‘existential crisis’ this week. Nailed it. Luckily, it’s not a permanent condition, and according to the stars, should clear up by the weekend…

After a natural disaster we often see people who have just lost everything wanderin...

In the words of John Hughes, master movie maker, “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

A wise man recently reminded me that my life is like a movie, and it’s up to me to decide what kind of movie I’m making. In my t...

Mom was our world. Or rather, she was the sun that we three planets orbited.

In 1979 Mom packed me and my two little sisters in her old Datsun and we hit the road. With pitstops, it took us two days to drive from Woody Creek to Denver, and we camped for the night on Ind...

I’ve had enough. I’m sick and tired of having to pony up more money to support things like libraries, schools, libraries in schools… I pay taxes and that is where I want the money to go, not to the military industrial complex.

Today in Capitalism by Iraq Veterans Agains...