The scent of cumin hits an ancestral note for me; it frees the feels, right up there with sauteed onions or sizzling garlic: uniquely and pungently itself. Familiar and welcoming, […]
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Que mi amor tenga nombre
Al amor se le escribe y se le describe, por si las dudas, no vaya a ser que Cupido se equivoque. Al amor se le saluda, se le da la […]
Bowling with Betty White
Now that I’m in my 50s, I kinda thought I would have my life figured out. It may have been all those sitcoms I watched as a kid. I thought […]
¿Cómo se exhibe el arte?
El año pasado usé esta columna para motivarlos a iniciar el proceso de crear arte. Comenzar algo nuevo siempre va a ser agobiante. Hay muchísimas cosas que se necesitan aprender […]
Branching out: Oh, my god, the shoveling?
It’s been 15 years since I’ve lived in a natural setting, and wow. Overnight. Lifestyle. Change. At a slower rate, I’ve been shuttling for three weeks, moving to our […]
My first run in porcelain
I don’t ski, so answering The Sopris Sun’s year-end dare to its reporters, to “do something you’ve never done before,” with my first descent down a double black diamond run, […]
Ps & Qs: It’s how to play the game
Happy new year! Oh boy, these days it seems like each year is better than the next… just kidding — sort of. We went through the ringer last year: pestilence, […]