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 […]

Let’s Be Arch, Shall We?

When I was 10 or so, I owned a book called Good Old Archibald, about which I remember very little. But these days, we don’t have to remember anything, because the internet does it for us. Archibald was a new kid in town, and he came with a lot of money to a place that […]

Game of Phones

I have called myself maybe three times now. I don’t ever answer and I don’t leave a message, so I don’t know what I want. Sounds like an existential crisis, right? But it’s instead a robo-call crisis, and it’s one of CBS News’ favorite themes. By the middle of this year, they keep saying, over […]

Color Us Excited

It’s official: our Some Day house will no longer look like our local Sonic. I know, I know: it’s disappointing, particularly if you were looking forward to the drive-up roller-skating service we might have offered, but Lynn and I are not sad to see it go. It’s not like anyone forced the choice on us […]

Water Hazards

It is snowing. Again. Still. It is snowing and it seems as though it will never stop. We need the moisture. At this point, though, don’t we think it could rain? April showers and all that? Our Some Day HOA president sent out to Riverwalk lot owners the county’s warning about flooding this spring, suggesting […]

On Tap

I’m trying to decide if I will enjoy my tap dance class tonight. I thought I would reserve judgment, and this entry, until tomorrow, but it’s occupying a large portion of my thoughts this morning. I have mentioned that I join a lot of groups that consist primarily of women. This would include the majority […]

No Foolin’

It doesn’t seem much like spring from here, snow yesterday and very gloomy again today, but try telling that to the robins, who are swarming the back yard, swallowing every crabapple dropped last fall and knocking more out of the trees. There’s even a bunny in their midst, crawling its way across the apple-festooned yard […]

Charged Up

A little note of apology to followers: Yesterday I hit the “publish” button on my entry before adding a title (“Saturday Inspection Tour”), so the entry arrived with a mysterious “655” instead. It’s some sort of WordPress numbering, and it had nothing to do with the entry. Sorry if you were trying to discern some […]