I get it. I like to tour buildings, and go to events or panels. But, with a trusty laptop, anything can happen, especially when tickets fit into my budget (like, small). Last year, Doors Open Denver included Prism on its tour list. What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning downtown, walking through an …
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Coming home after a quick mini-vacation to attend a family event, I spent yesterday getting caught up on Denver: encampments, COVID-19, the designation of a mortuary that was hard fought and now is a landmark, and a move to amend a section of Denver’s municipal code to permit residents to own pit bulls. If approved …
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Losing a home, finding a home, and being able to help others. The first sanctioned camp for people with no home is being prepared. Tents are supposed to be set up in the parking lot at the Denver Coliseum. I would assume there will be a lot of asphalt, but the city is going to …
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The year 2020 seemed like it would be somehow special. Instead, it has been about death, a new virus that has sent many of us to stay home, an economic meltdown, and millions of job losses. Every once in a while, the news is just too much, especially with some of the political situations that …
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While I was out of Denver and in St. Louis, to be part of a family wedding, it was important to keep up with the news. And the news here and in St. Louis, there wasn’t very good news at all. It’s been like this for what seems like forever. This year began with high …
On Sundays, I read The New York Times in print. I start with the first news section, but what really caught my eye was two ads with no photos or drawings. Just words. The first ad’s headline said: “Dear white corporate America, I get it. I know you have the best intentions.” It was an …
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The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday, which is exciting for those of us who are crazy about important news, wonderful books, and so much more. What caught my eye was a prize given to an editorial cartoonist named Barry Blitt, whose work is an integral contribution to The New Yorker. If you read The …
That photo is a little crooked, but it's that kind of day. Somewhere in my home is a button I was wearing on the very first Earth Day. The campus was packed with lots of speakers. It was uplifting, but my main memory is that when the crowds drifted off, there were hundreds, even thousands …
On Saturday afternoon, I watched a recent Frontline about the history and problems of the NRA. And front and center, there was Columbine. All those terrible memories flooded right back, with tears for the people at that school who were killed or wounded. It's hard to believe that this happened 21 years ago, but who …
A year ago today, our usual tax day of April 15, horrible images were popping up everywhere: Notre Dame in Paris was burning, and the tears kept coming. On the anniversary of the fire, what is left of this beautiful building is not doing much work. First there were winter storms, and now people in …
