The big sellers were my husband’s items: Electric paint roller Gun case A tree limb saw resembling the Grim Reaper’s scythe. My possessions proved less marketable: A few paperbacks Embarrassing, deeply discounted DVDs like the original Final Destination movie Old literature textbooks languishing in the “free to a good home” box Great works dismissed with, […]
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By Janayva Solis Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, 911 Dispatcher Janayva Solis grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is fond of the outdoors. Hiking, camping, traveling, and adventures have always been her hobbies. Janayva’s bucket list consists of traveling to every state and eating food she can barely pronounce. She tries to learn a new
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People opposed to crass commercialism always complain about the combined Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas triumvirate of holidays that end every year. “Can’t we at least dig all the candy corn out of our teeth before the Butterball turkeys appear in the supermarket freezer section?” they ask. Or they say, “Can’t we at least finish all the Thanksgiving leftovers
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I’ve had a terrible case of spring fever this year, so instead of attending my last academic meeting before summer break, I submitted personal leave on Friday so Mike and I could make a day trip to a beautiful Colorado location we haven’t seen before. We decided on Westcliffe, a town about 70 miles southwest
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Here, coffin that slowly passes, I give you my sprig of lilac. (Nor for you, for one alone, Blossoms and branches green to coffins all I bring, For fresh as the morning, thus would I chant a song for you O sane and sacred death. All over bouquets of roses, O death, I cover you
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Regular readers of my Academic Redneck columns know I was spot-on in my belief that Donald Trump would win the presidency. I was also confident Trump would not be found guilty of any crime related to “collusion” with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. I’ve argued that if Democrats and their allies didn’t let go
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