Fear, excitement over wolves in Colorado
In 2004, a wolf was smacked on I-70, the first known native wolf in Colorado in more than 50 years. Now, as we near reintroduction, we have reported cattle loss.
Help from a boy who came from Searchlight, Nevada
I am grateful for the role of the late Harry Reid—a very large one, as the Senate majority leader—in getting Obamacare passed.
Gosh, I’ll miss the voice of Greg Hobbs
The death of Greg Hobbs causes me to celebrate two sides of this former state justice: his work as a lawyer specializing in water and his heart as a poet of mountains and plains.
On the road to New Mexico — and back
Traveling along I-25 toward Santa Fe on the eve of Thanksgiving, we stopped at Las Vegas to refuel. Cathy went inside and returned with a report that was surprising, even shocking: Everyone was wearing a mask. This, we observed during our four days in New Mexico, was...
Air conditioning now in a Park called Winter
Mid-November and still the flowers bloom, awaiting the killing frost. It will come, of course, but this warmth verges on eerie. During my midnight walk I wore a thin jacket that, I decided, was more than necessary. On Sunday, in Winter Park, we prowled around the...
Mt. Front Range Trash
I sure know how to show a girl a good time. Cathy and I took off for our Sunday-afternoon drive, heading north from Denver on Interstate 25 until, just short of the Erie exit, I spied a photo I wanted to take of rapidly-rising housing set against the backdrop of the...
Naming Colorado’s 64 counties, one by one
In the afternoon sun of North Park, we had paused along the Michigan River for one last interview, the sun glinting off the snow on the Medicine Bow Range in the background. Then we began the three-hour drive to Denver. Darkness caught up with us by Granby and by...
Wandering in the landscapes and West Virginia and American politics
I’ve been there! I know that place! That’s what I exclaimed to myself at midnight Sunday as I read the online version of the New York Times. The story was about Joe Manchin, the U.S. senator from West Virginia who might as well be called King Manchin, given his power...
And now, the cars have been banished!
Something remarkable has happened during the time of covid in Olde Town Arvada, where I live and work. The automobile has been shunted aside. My heart is gladdened.
