Columns

If you complain that Aspenites don’t venture beyond the roundabout but never stop between Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction, this column is for you. It’s certainly not for the host of folks we consider Carbondalians — including many pillars of our community like teachers and police officers — who commute from the oft-overlooked west side. […]

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 — in other words, as an intensifier. If a person wants to intensify a statement, it doesn’t help to fuzzy it up. So my poor […]

Although I’m seriously opposed to armed insurrection, I empathize with the folks who have assaulted driverless cars in Arizona. In Glendale, there have been least 21 attacks: by assailants wielding guns, slashing tires, throwing rocks and even threatening a driverless van’s attendant with a chunk of PVC pipe. It’s also happening in California. Individuals there […]

Goggles. Check. Helmet. Check. Ten-year old skis and jacket with questionable waterproofness. Check and check. I can’t help that as I pack my bags to go on this ski adventure halfway around the world with some fancy clients, some feelings of inadequacy start bubbling up. It’s funny how it’s always the little things that can […]

Some of us are beginning to realize that old age is not “just another bump in the road.” It’s… The Last Bump… and we ain’t gonna get over it. But you’ve got to admit we’ve been lucky enough to live as long as we have, made the friends we did and loved the lovers who […]

For over two months, I have been silently agitated by a previous column in The Sopris Sun. I agreed with many of the thoughts by the writer concerning the lack of understanding of the issues by American voters. Quoting the writer: “…millions of Americans are deeply uninformed:  34 percent of Americans reject evolution.” Other remarks […]

I’m over 60; that’s much too old to be asking Santa to bring me gifts from the North Pole.   At my age, Christmas gets awkward. I have all the material goods I need, and it’s hard to shop for things like good health or replacements for friends and relatives who have died or moved […]

Last time I wrote about Medicare open season. This time I would like to tell you about some heroes and some opportunities to be a hero. I am talking about RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) who utilizes senior volunteers to meet community needs in helping seniors, people with disabilities and low-income people. Downstairs at CMC […]

When I was a kid, Basalt and El Jebel were two completely different towns, and you had to go to Aspen or Glenwood for any kind of shopping; seasonal or otherwise. In fact, El Jebel was barely a town, it was more of a roadside stop, complete with an old guy sleeping in a chair […]