Making Lemonade Out of Limon
Will smiled sheepishly at me from the back of a police cruiser. About an hour prior, after 13 hours of driving into our summer trip out to Rocky Mountain National Continue Reading →
Dear Dads, We’re All in This Together
I must have been no more than 12 years old. Dad was in the backyard, and he had been digging for some time in hopes of finding the blockage to Continue Reading →
My Annapurna
“There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men.” Maurice Herzog It was the spring of 1950, and a group of elite French climbers set out into the mountainous terrain Continue Reading →
The Opening Act
As the story goes, I was supposed to be a March baby. But as the due date and the spring solstice passed by, I was apparently in no hurry to Continue Reading →
For You, It Is Freedom That We Want
The issue of youth and technology is one of the most important, and difficult matters facing our world today. I have written and spoken extensively about this topic, and the Continue Reading →
What the World Needs Now is Less Drama
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy As the United States transitions to new leadership midst the rising challenge of the Continue Reading →
Walking in the New Year
We pulled into the parking lot. The temperature was 27 degrees. As expected, Dave and Elliott were waiting for us. After dropping a vehicle at the planned ending point (19 Continue Reading →
The Hidden Promise of Winter
“Cold is not so cold if you are not afraid of it.” Laura Ingalls Wilder It was October of 1880, and an early blizzard hit the Dakota Territory near the Continue Reading →
Fear
There are days when the worry seems to dominate me When I cannot see outside my headMy eyes reflect in those I know wellAlthough so much is left unsaidI do Continue Reading →
The Silent Pandemic
In 1990, no state had an obesity rate of greater than 19 percent. Two decades later, no state had an obesity rate less than 20 percent. Being overweight was well Continue Reading →