Exploring Denver’s shops and restaurants, neighborhoods and people (including myself)
To be honest, I’m not looking forward to 2009 at the moment. It begins with my husband’s surgery in Louisiana, which will be good for him in the long run but scares me in the short run, and I can’t really see beyond that.
I love writing about Denver, but so far I’ve made $5 off [...]
Today we’re hosting a party. I’ll be posting about my plans for the New Year tomorrow.
For many years now, I’ve had mixed feelings about Christmas, and I’m asking for your patience with my honesty about them.
Until my mid-teens, I was a devout Catholic, and then Christmas was a bona fide religious holiday for me. Since I’ve lapsed, about thirty years ago, it can no longer be that way. The memory [...]
My aunt Pat died early this morning. She was in her mid-eighties. She leaves behind two siblings (my father, my uncle David) and two children.
The last time I saw her was in Dallas, when I was visiting her on my way to High Island to go birding. That was in 2007. She has had a [...]
This link comes courtesy of Mile High Gay Guy, who is such a relentless blogger I can’t keep up with him.
MSNBC has posted a story titled, “Gay Animals Out of the Closet?” I’ve heard this stuff before, but this article is very informative. Check it out.
I voted last Friday, worried enough by the reports of long lines in certain parts of the country that I didn’t want to risk waiting for hours on Tuesday.
But I can’t help feeling a little unsettled.
I’ve never wanted to mail in a ballot, too afraid it would get lost. So I have to go to [...]
I’m taking a break from the Uptown theme for today’s and Tuesday’s posts. I’ll return to it after the election for several more days, and then I’ll move on to the Starz Denver Film Festival, which begins on November 13.
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I thought I’d be spending a good chunk of Wednesday looking for a Halloween costume.
I was [...]
Democrats: The Republicans are suppressing minority votes!
Republicans: Mickey Mouse is going to vote for Obama!
Democrats: Palin pals around with secessionists!
Republicans: Obama pals around with terrorists!
Democrats: Palin got $150,000 worth of new clothes!
Republicans: Obama’s flying a government jet to see his sick grandma!
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Is anybody else about to go crazy over this stuff?
I’ve been reading Talking Points [...]
Our foundations are falling away from our house.
Sounds dramatic, doesn’t it?
It’s not. It happened so slowly we didn’t even notice for years. We’re not sure what caused it—could be the sprinkler box outside the bathroom window, leaking. Could be the drought, working on Colorado’s expansive soils and causing them to shrink.
But it has spread to [...]
Blog Action Day happens once a year, when bloggers all over the world concentrate on one subject. This year it’s poverty.
Here’s a list of things you can do to combat poverty.
Here are some organizations I like and contribute to:
American Indian College Fund
Heifer Project
Global Response
The first and third may not seem like obvious ways to combat [...]