*Note: This audio essay first aired on KRCC (Colorado Springs’ NPR affiliate, 91.5 FM) on November 12, 2020. The link to the program is here; the audio file and the text from the essay are below. Pandemic parenting’s no joke. But there’s still little bits of gold in this dark mineshaft that COVID has forced us into. That…
*Note: A slightly edited version of this essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on April 16, 2020. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. If all you’re hearing is bad news, then listen to Manitou Springs howl at eight o’clock each night. A few minutes…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on April 3, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. The Greatest Generation saved the world. Now it’s our turn to save them. While fascism wreaked havoc across the globe during World War II, today’s…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 27, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Six weeks ago I attended an awards program at Manitou Springs City Hall that was packed with people. Describing the celebration, resident Shanti Toll reminded…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 18, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. The glass doors parted just enough for my side-body shimmy, then I squared my shoulders and double-timed it into the store, yanked a cart back,…