Art, culture, travel and adventure in Northern Colorado.
I recognize that it can be challenging to be my friend if you don’t love being photographed. If you’re ever caught in that position, I hope you can understand how the people I spend my time with are more important than the places that I go. (Linda, in particular, is one of my most important […]
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Dan and my anniversary has come around again! (In 2020: 11 years together, 4 years married.) In this bizarre year, we celebrated in a few different ways. The night before, we made the lasagna that we usually save for Christmas. On our proper anniversary (June 6), we hit the road to the northwestern corner of […]
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Instead of canceling the 2020 Cincinnati Fringe Festival due to the pandemic, the producers at Know Theatre put the festival 100% online. While the video format cannot come close to the experience of in-person theater, I am glad that these artists have a chance to earn some of the revenue they would typically receive during […]
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I would not have considered myself a cyclist until about two years ago. Now I cannot live without my bike, which I take on several rides per week with Linda and Tony, and use to run errands whenever I can. The thing I don’t usually do is ride with Dan, who usually prefers solo mountain […]
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Early on in our self-isolation, Dan and I decided to work through the American Film Institute’s Top 100. We figured this little project would help make sure that we didn’t emerge from our quarantine cocoon having only rewatched The Office a dozen times. (So far, we’ve only watched The Office one time through.) …And just […]
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Hello from a chalk circle drawn on the street in front of our house! Our neighbor Lori hatched a great plot to bring our community together. Everyone perched in their own circles to share a beer, some music, and some slightly shouted conversation during our socially distant block party. It was the first time I’d […]
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I am accustomed to a life very full of live artistic experiences, such as plays and concerts. Though I completely respect the need to ban these gatherings during the pandemic, I have been feeling their absence. Zoom meetings and YouTube videos simply don’t cut it. Recently an artist I adore, Aoife O’Donovan, livestreamed a concert […]
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Surprise! I self-printed a chapbook of my poetry. It has been a dream of mine — since fourth grade or so — to have a book of my own poetry. I’m very good at making excuses and choosing perfection over done-ness. This chapbook, The Moon in Seven Jars, is nowhere *near* perfect (I have discovered […]
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In a stroke of genius, we decided to have Thanksgiving in April. After all, we have so much to be grateful for. Our family and friends are healthy, including my one-week-old nephew, James. Dan’s job is secure (as secure as any job can be right now, anyway) and my own job is trundling along. We […]
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While Dan and I were making dinner, the doorbell rang. Dan popped downstairs and returned with packages he insisted were for me, though I wasn’t expecting anything. To call the unwrapping process intriguing would be an understatement. I was fascinated by every new layer, finally delving deep enough to discover artisan chocolates hidden within. Not […]
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