She pulled one last handful of breadcrumbs from the paper bag and tossed it to the ducks floating near the edge of the pond. Then she sat next to her grandfather on the park bench, grabbed her sketch pad, and finished a drawing of the ducks she had been working on. “When we get home,” […]
Downtown Colorado Springs and the area immediately around it are undergoing a sequence of transformative urban infill projects. Needless to say, growth inspires change. In this case, the city is slowly but surely moving toward world-class status. However, a few proposals deserve more attention given that poor planning can do serious damage to any community’s
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Christopher Parent, my friend Jerome’s son, died on February 28, 2018. He was just 32 years old, the victim of physical and life problems that would have pushed anyone to the limit. The moment I learned of his death, I felt relief for him and sorrow for his family, who will be suffering for the
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Something interesting just happened in the world of UFO disclosure. On December 16, 2017, the New York Times ran an article covering some salient UFO-related topics. First, the authors mentioned the Defense Department’s admission of the $22 million Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program designed to investigate UFO reports. The program, facilitated by former Senate majority leader Harry
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Not long ago, I sat in a local restaurant eating a Key Lime torte and thinking about how Key West owes the Cuban coastline a debt of gratitude for slowing down Hurricane Irma. As unkind as she was to Florida, an unimpeded Irma might have reduced Key West to a denuded stump of coral. Just
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The man Sarah Martin thought she once loved had become a lazy, manipulative user, and constantly dwelling on her decade of failure with him wasn’t doing her any favors. It had certainly kept her from living in the moment. She finally decided to salvage what she could and refashion a meaningful life for herself before it was too