This Mother’s Day weekend, my family defied government pandemania. We drove out east from Colorado Springs to the tiny town of Calhan for a lovely little hike in the purple-and-gold-hued Paint Mines archeological district. Unmasked, we basked in the sunshine, fresh air and freedom. The park ...
ESPN’s documentary on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls is already receiving rave reviews for shining a spotlight on not only the greatest basketball player ever but one of the best athletes of all time. Four episodes into the 10-part series, “The Last Dance” has already underscored ...
The governor of New York again pressed the “pause button” on the state’s economy until May 28. The excuse is that if people go out and about, more individuals are going to die from the virus. That is possibly true in the short run. The shutdown was ostensibly only to “flatten the ...
Bemus Point Mayor Bryan Dahlberg told me their community gardener walked up to him last week and voiced something a lot of us are thinking: “What are we going to do?” He looked at her, shrugged and said, “Plant flowers.” His story underscores the ever-present optimism the mayor ...
I think often of my great-grandmother’s house. She was an immigrant from The Netherlands or Holland as she preferred to call it. Both great-grandma and great-grandpa were immigrants. I am not sure how they ended up living in Dunkirk, but they did. He worked for the railroad when he came to ...
The celebratory date is today and, while I’m writing this at the end of March, today ranks high on my list of things to look forward to. She might prefer her birthday, which is May 1, and I’m not forgetting that for a moment. My calendar already has the appropriate stickers. Turning ...