A tragic bullfight in Spain a few years ago that left Matador Victor Barrio gored to death marked the first time in decades that any bullfighter had been killed by a bull. This sad event made me recall the only authentic Spanish bullfight ever held in the United States. And it happened right in our back yard. It […]
A Spanish Bullfight in America Read More »
I’d started something I was pretending was a novel up in Denver, and I continued with it for a while. I’d been reading, or at least pretending to read, the “new novels” of Alain Robbe-Grillet, and catching the films of Antonioni and Bergman, so I was up to date on pretentious, intentionally obscure anti-narratives, and
My daughter Ziva was about eight months old at the time. She was in her carrier in the shopping cart at a local store. Upon leaving, my daughter started crying. As the minutes passed, her crying started to get louder, to a near scream. I had learned in the past to just allow the child
Spanking and the Right to Raise Children Responsibly Read More »
My head was hurting. A lot. Not quite to the point of wanting to throw up, but close. Not a migraine which I do not get. It was a sinus headache, which I do get thanks to some unpleasant encounters with a baseball during my childhood. I have Tylenol for such occasions, but it was
Emma Langdon is not like other women who are profiled as “pioneers.” Others were involved in women’s rights, suffrage, or independence, but Langdon wasn’t a pioneer for any of those reasons. She simply believed that gender was not a barrier to what a person could do. It wasn’t about “equal rights for women,” it was
Pioneer Profiles: Emma Langdon Read More »
This series, Pioneer Profiles, explores some of the interesting characters that define Colorado history, including Bob Womack. *** Bob Womack was probably the least-likely person ever to have his share of fame, but because of his love of the Colorado back country, he became what is locally known as Cripple Creek’s first official resident. Born
Pioneer Profiles: Bob Womack Read More »