MonHaibun: Walking from One Chocolatier to Another
A little girl foots her scooter across the Platte River bridge. “Don’t get too far ahead,” her mother calls, as [...]
The Sweetest of Them All
Roberta’s Chocolates, Candies, and Nuts (the website is pretty slow) 4840 W 29th Avenue (take Speer to 29th and then [...]
In the Beginning, There Was Chocolate
Le Chocolatier 3718 West 32nd Avenue (between Meade and Newton in Highlands) 303-455-3431 Closed Monday; see website for other hours [...]
MonHaibun: Eldest
Bristlecone pines twist for strength at the top. Micro-landscapes shifting every few feet, spongy grasses to willow carr to scatterings [...]
Lasting Impressions from the Democratic National Convention
American moments: Navajo code talkers carrying the flag into the convention at 3 pm, Monday, August 25. See this article. [...]
Hillary Does Her “Duty”
It's after midnight, but it's not the DNC that's keeping me awake; I'm pretty sure it's the two Aleve I [...]
Scruffy at the Democratic National Convention
I encountered two kinds of youth culture in Denver the past two days: the anarchists and those who are participating [...]
Police City
Monday night, about 100 protesters were arrested in Civic Center Park as they attempted to reach the 16th Street Mall. [...]
Just see what happens outside the Democratic National Convention
As I sit in Common Grounds coffeehouse at 17th and Wazee, the Democratic National Convention hardly intrudes. One patron in [...]
Democratic National Convention
I'll start posting about Denver on August 25, the first day of the Democratic National Convention. I'll be investigating how [...]