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: Colorado
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
Time Travel
It's Mother's Day, a long standing traditional celebratory day in America, and I thought a good day to do some time travel. To take a look back in my own, and Colorado's history. To look how far we've come. Or regressed - depending on your point of view. Which this short film I made (7 … Continue reading Time Travel
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
My (not) Fine Spine
My spine is (not) fine; nor is my neck. Which is stiff. The top of my spine (vertebra 1c and 2c) and the bottom (vertebra 4l and the sacrum) is stiff and sore. From top to bottom I hurt. I have been knocked out of balance by events out of my control. Crooked I am. … Continue reading My (not) Fine Spine
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
Aurora, Colorado’s, apartment complex story: Election 2024
What might determine the election is the Aurora, Colorado, apartment complex story. Caught on a security camera was shocking and frightening video of armed men outside of an apartment home forcing entry. Subsequently, both the Right, and the Left, have used the viral tape to make their case. It you've not heard about it, here's … Continue reading Aurora, Colorado’s, apartment complex story: Election 2024
Blogger Interview With Mark Jabbour: May 20, 2024
Today, I wanted to share my Blogger Interview with Mark Jabbour. I know him through blogging and we have been visiting one another’s site for quite a… Blogger Interview With Mark Jabbour We recorded this six weeks ago. A lot has happened since. Nevertheless, we had fun. Pooj and I have a conversation about the … Continue reading Blogger Interview With Mark Jabbour: May 20, 2024