Mr. Pagosa, Ron Gustafson, hung up his dancing shoes, but not before saving the last dance for Cindy. We will all meet one more time to say goodbye at a celebration of life ceremony on Sept. 7 at …
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed …” — Wallace Stegner. The goal of the Wilderness Act, now …
We have been visiting the lives of Martha and Mary in a manner similar to that once popular television series “You Are There” with Walter Cronkite. After a tiring walk to …
I was told it’s freeing to be unimportant. I have found that statement to be true. But at the time when I heard those words, they were totally foreign to me. Doesn’t everyone want to be …
What fun: You’re going on a guided outdoor trip. As you get ready, here are some tips from actual guides about what to expect, as these patient men and women have experienced a few trips that …
As we get older, living in the past is common. Our brains accumulate more memories as we age. Most nostalgic memories are positive and produce a rush of euphoria or happiness. When you’re …
“We are goldfish swimming in Christian waters,” writes Tom Holland in his recent book, “Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World.” Yet our society paddles …
There is a definite pecking order among my children, and it’s no more me running the show and no more Mama’s house. I’ve had to move over. The position of the siblings in the …
This is a prayer I wrote for our country this morning. I don’t always have time for new prayers, so this is extraordinarily that I was able to write this. I love you and want you to have …
Every year our oldest daughter and her husband come from California for their vacation. And every year our son-in-law brings a new USA flag with him. This act of kindness is not random, …
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 …