Nonfiction
October 29, 2024Ten Reasons to Appreciate Science
In the mid-1700s, natural phenomena were so poorly understood in the American Colonies that lightning was considered by many to…
- October 23, 2024
Ten Reasons Why We Should Pay Attention to Local Politics
For me, the machinations of the machine we call “American politics” seemed like nothing so much as an overrated reality…
September 12, 2024Sometimes in my dreams
Sometimes in my dreams, I have interactions with people who no longer play a role in my waking life, like…
June 18, 2024Afterburn
Given that I was seven years old in 1968, I didn’t want to hear about college students dropping acid and…
November 5, 2023Compass Check
My brother and I grew up in a military family. We knew the names of the battles depicted in Band…
September 7, 2023A Life Well Lived
Lt. Col. Scott Defebaugh (1923-2022) was a WWII Veteran I met while visiting the retirement home where my parents live.…
May 26, 2023The Pool
“Those of you who are mine, drop. You know who you are. Flutter-kicks, let’s go.” There is no hesitation; the…
May 22, 2023Fire and Wind
Once I was his indentured servant, not his beloved son; he used to bark his demands like a drill sergeant…
May 19, 2023Narcissism: Life in a Snow Globe
In recent years I’ve been dealing with a narcissist in my life. I think most people know at least one…
March 24, 2023Seeing the World
2017 Interview by Lucy Bell with WWII Veteran, Joe Morgan, Colorado Springs, CO Joseph Morgan Born June 8, 1926, Died…
March 21, 2023Three Little Words
Starting with my dad, people have been telling me to Stand Up Straight all my life. He told me. The…
March 21, 2023The Other Way from You
I’d been told that some former Colorado Springs poets laureate were going to read at the old Knights of Columbus…
