https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ZZtxl9qSc It's been almost 20 years and my time's running out. YES, and - it's happy hour Friday! ( #319) So hang in there. Pour yourself two fingers of dark whiskey, sit back, and enjoy this 8 minute video. I promise you won't be disappointed with This Road Trip. The Story It was 2008, and … Continue reading This Road Trip: Buying Time (2008)
Category: Adventure
Frowning Mountain
"Do you have a theory as to why he's frowning?" I asked her. She said, "He looks like he's more pondering than frowning." [What do you see?] Somewhere in Roosevelt National Forest, July 1, 2006, there was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF19l8BWLFI So that was twenty years ago this July. Through the years, going back over fifty, I've … Continue reading Frowning Mountain
Hiking Then And Now
My first "handle" on The Internet was "hiker". That was then, as best I can recall, in 1999, when I first got in-home service (dial up). Then, in 2001, when I opened my bookstore at the Elk Bridge Center in Evergreen, Colorado, my handle was "BSGhikes", or Bookstore Guy Hikes. However, my love of hiking … Continue reading Hiking Then And Now
OVERCAST: A Novel’s Mixed Media Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3wjmQxrL4A Overcast is a novel I wrote and published in 2014. Above is a six and a half minute slide show I made depicting, mostly, the setting of the novel. Overcast: a novel's mixed media event is something I created after I'd published the novel. I did it for fun. Because I could. The novel tells … Continue reading OVERCAST: A Novel’s Mixed Media Event
Before You Die
"You're getting old, you know. And you should have one more adventure before you die," she said. "And find a woman and fall in love." Before I die, I thought. I'm not even close. I think I'm in love with you, rattled around in my addled brain. That was back in the summer of 2009, seventeen … Continue reading Before You Die
Loving Loveland
I am loving Loveland, my new home--my thirty-sixth. How this happened is an ugly story and one I won't get into.* Which brings up the oft expressed belief, Everything happens for a reason.* Of which I am not an adherent. That said, Loveland, I've discovered, is wild--as in a place that resembles how things used to … Continue reading Loving Loveland
AFC Championship Game in Colorado
It’s January 25, Sunday, 11:30, 2026; and the AFC Championship game is in Colorado and so am I. I’ve come home. However, my stuff’s still in hell. Err, I mean Kansas. Additionally, it’s cold outside! Eighteen degrees with some snow flurries floating down. I’ve decided to stay home in my new, near empty apartment. No … Continue reading AFC Championship Game in Colorado
Thirty-five Homes in seventy-six years
I've had thirty-five homes in seventy-six years. In this post I'm going to try and rank them. The best and the worst. Because I want to see if I can discern any patters with regards to What makes a good home. To begin, I'm not going to count the first ten homes of my life. … Continue reading Thirty-five Homes in seventy-six years
Why the Crosswalk Wave, I wonder
Why the crosswalk wave, I wonder. https://www.proplumb365.co.uk/05-166298-psychologists-thank-you-wave-crossing/ Oh yeah? Let's get into it. In Colorado In Colorado where I used to live there were two roundabouts at both ends of Park Centre Dr. From my balcony I had a perfect view of one, It dissected the apartment complex which gave me ample opportunity to observe … Continue reading Why the Crosswalk Wave, I wonder
1883: A Review
1883 is Taylor Sheridan's prequel to his smash hit Yellowstone. In my review of Yellowstone I said this, "In the show we have beautiful, majestic scenery joined with Celtic-like sad, mournful music. Those two film “props” enhance the feeling that we are losing something." Which is true of 1883 (2021), too. Taylor Sheridan's worldview dominates the story, as it … Continue reading 1883: A Review