It is not hewn from costly stones or precious marble. It is not spread with fine, pure-white linen cloths. Neither is it surrounded by alabaster statues; no crucifix is raised above it to remind me …
When you hear the name Titanic, what comes to mind? A giant iceberg? A moonless night? An 882.5-foot luxury liner meeting a watery grave along with more than half of her passengers and crew? The …
Imagine Westerners waking up one morning only to discover that many of their most-cherished wetlands have dried up, gone. This is not fiction during these times of determining the true value of …
My daughter said, “If you don’t get up from your computer, you’re going to lose your freedom.” Those words put a fire under me. I’ve got to do whatever it takes to …
Westerners have begun looking at their homes differently these days. Are those trees too close? Should I move all that firewood stacked up next to the deck? Meanwhile, in California, some fire …
“I love to spend my day in a bookstore,” said Amy Sweet. She lives in Red Lodge, Mont., and was explaining why she and her husband, Brian, opened Beartooth Books in her town of 2,300. …
For Father’s Day, my grandson, Creede Wylie, wrote this article as a tribute to his dad, Al Wylie, and his grandpa, Ben Wylie. I want to share this with others who know them. — Betty …
Several years ago, a friend of mine from college days posted on social media that he had just been diagnosed with a serious disease and was given less than a year to live. He said he …
Pagosa Springs is like a magnet. It has a certain appeal that brings long-time guests and part-time residents back every year. They feel at home with good, honest people around them, and where …
Palm trees in Colorado. It sounds crazy, but not any crazier than the world we live in. The Lord said to Joshua, “You are old, advanced in years, and there remains very much land yet to be …
Back in the ‘90s, when writer Hunter S. Thompson held court at the Woody Creek Tavern just outside of Aspen, he’d often rail against the “greedheads.” I grew up in Aspen, …
“Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Mind! I don’t mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail.” — Charles …
One hundred and one years ago, my Ute ancestors were forced to live within a barbed-wire camp in Blanding, a small town in southeast Utah. For six weeks, nearly 80 people were trapped in a cage, …
Do you remember when God laid something on your heart to do? Your passion grew hot. You lost sleep at night. You told the world you had a revelation from God and it would be the most important work …
Victims are not always virtuous. But most of us would judge that they still deserve our help and support. However, in pre-Christian history, if you were born amid the meager margins of society …
Asking the public to decide if it’s a good idea to ban hunting mountain lions and bobcats is no way for a state to run its wildlife agency. We all have opinions, but most of us aren’t …
Don’t forget your mother. She might be the only person who always loved you and believed in you. She prayed for you when everyone else lost hope. She believed that one day you’d get your …
Dear Lord, As I contemplate my own years of being a child with my mother and then becoming one myself, it brings me to my knees. There’s no better teacher than the Holy Spirit through your …
Unlike the rest of modern wildlife management, killing bobcats is unregulated, driven not by science, but by fur prices. We’re stuck in the 19th century, when market hunters, for example, shot …
A few years ago, I turned a carport into a bedroom. But first I had to empty out the books, papers, furniture, rugs and tools that were in the carport. Then I took it all to a storage unit where …