An Air of Comfort

It could be that my forced air days are coming to a close. Not Air Force, but forced air, as in a home heating system. Here on Irwin Street, we have natural gas that is delivered through a series of ducts to nearly every room in the house, blown out through vents to provide warmth, […]

Engineered Meeting

There are some things you should not task engineers with, and it turns out, running a public meeting is one of them. Last night was the informational meeting to share “big plans!” with the residents of the Palisades subdivision, and let’s be charitable and say it didn’t go as well as anyone might have hoped. […]

Historic Loss — and Gain

There is probably nothing I can tell you about Notre Dame Cathedral that you don’t already know or can’t read for yourself. But somehow, it feels as though I would be remiss if I did not rue its partial destruction here today. I am not a traveler, so I have never been one of the […]

Dogged by Mental Health Issues

I don’t know if it was our vigorous social schedule, daunting door decisions, or just the endlessly dreary weather, but Lynn and I were both worn out yesterday. Mid-afternoon, I lay down for awhile, bringing this week’s Crested Butte News with me. And even though I was sleepy, I was somewhat taken aback by how […]

Entrenched

These days, it’s all about the digging, with more in the future — from an unexpected quarter. The other day Lynn brought in a flyer that had been left in our mailbox. Dutiful postal employee that she is, she was not happy that it was illegally in the box without a stamp. To those of […]

Socialized

Starting last Saturday, this has been a very social, and schedule-disrupting, week. (And now blog-disrupting: for the first time in awhile, Na Ki’o is here to help.) It does not feel that long ago, and yet somehow a lifetime away, that my life used to operate like this all the time. I had activities or […]

Socking It to Football

As we learned yesterday, way back in 1979 people were warning of the dangers of football. At least, I read it in a magazine (I’m thinking Sports Illustrated, for which football is still its bread and butter) and turned it into a speech, where I recall mentioning that football had killed four players the previous […]

Stumped Speech

In high school I joined the speech and debate team as a freshman. Everyone on the team spoke a language unknown to me: Pythonese. Every last member of the team seemed to be a rabid fan of Monty Python, and I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about. To this day, when I […]

Tia Comes Home

Today is my sister Tia’s first day of school in many years. I think she’s excited; I know I’m excited for her. Today is her first day as the new business manager of the Gunnison Watershed School District. She’s going to be a busy bee for awhile, because she’s easing part-time into her new job […]

Beans for Breakfast

Every Sunday a group of us gathers for a late breakfast and to set the world straight, which takes about two hours. Well, the food portion. Straightening the world out can clearly be done in a matter of minutes. I don’t remember how long this has gone on, but it’s been awhile. In the Before […]