Living the Mile-High Life

Living the Mile-High Life

Exploring Denver’s shops and restaurants, neighborhoods and people (including myself)

 
 
 
 

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And then there were two

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 [...]

Living Life in Peace

When Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper stood on stage at Civic Center Park yesterday and said that it would have been John Lennon’s 68th birthday, it got to me.
When Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman in December 1980, I was probably studying for finals. It was my first semester in college. I remember that month [...]

The Bailout as a Nigerian Scam

Check out this post at Enrevanche. It will make you laugh for a sec before you remember how serious it all is.

MonHaibun: Restoration

It was the longest walk ever, up Carnage Canyon to our worksite. At least an hour of balancing on our heels, or sometimes not. As crew leader, all I could do was ask her after the fall, “Are you all right”? I was too busy placing my own feet to watch others. We trudged past [...]

He just wants to pedal in the rain

Go on over to I Will Not Die and check out what he’s trying to do.

January in Louisiana

Although this blog's main subject is Denver, in January I'll be writing from near Baton Rouge while my husband has surgery. I'll return to blogging about Denver in February.

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