DEAR HEART. TINY YOUNG. She pastored the Pentecostal Holiness Church right here in Carbondale. It was a simple concrete block structure painted white with an A-frame roof. No elegance or […]
Stan Badgett
Just Mutt: Remembering Frank Prescott
He took his own life in the year 2000. I knew him for 40 years. We were climbing buddies and best friends in the ‘60s, but our bond of respect extended […]
Just Mutt: Affirmation and denial
No, I don’t believe in myself. No, this isn’t a democracy. No, Trump is not a dictator; dictators don’t have to run for re-election or contend with a hostile press. […]
Mutt & Jeff: The logic of phobe
A reasonable person is able and willing to reason. Such a person is respectful of logic, not suspicious of it, and is willing to follow the argument wherever it leads. […]
Mutt & Jeff: Dogs on the beltline and other Christmas stories
Bob Cook told me this story years ago, so hats off to him. He was working graveyard shift in the coal mine. It was Christmas Eve. The superintendent told the […]
Mutt & Jeff: Things that are hidden
When the curtain rises, all is hushed. The conductor lifts his arms, signals to the orchestra, and the symphony begins. He is in control of the ebb and flow of […]
Mutt & Jeff: Metafizzle moments
Back in the ‘60s, I lived on a cramped back porch on The Hill in Boulder. Two mattresses were jammed side by side — one for my high school buddy, […]
Mutt & Jeff: Memories of the Bastille
At the entrance to Eldorado Canyon stands a rock tower, the Bastille, named after the gloomy prison stormed during the French Revolution. It is 350 feet high, dark and bulky, […]
Mutt & Jeff: It’s like…
Ask my students — I’m a stickler when it comes to using the word “like.” Generally, it’s prohibited in my classroom. At least when it’s meant to stand for veritably […]
Mutt & Jeff: Double entry
I’m a columnist, not a communist. I believe it’s a good idea to divide a sheet of paper by a vertical line, creating two columns, a device making honest comparisons […]