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What are we missing? Nothing

My friend said, “Pagosa is ten years behind times.” “That’s good. There are so many crazy things going on in this world. I’m glad we are sheltered from things we…

July 24, 2014No CommentRead More

In flux as we sit, living our moment

Columnist Everything is changing as we sit in the same place. We haven’t moved, but everything around us is moving. Our conversations are changing since the grandchildren have left home.…

July 17, 2014No CommentRead More

A few nuts in the mix

Columnist I was mixing up a carrot cake for a meeting that I was going to the next day, when my Sweet Al ran in the house. “Call the fire…

July 10, 2014No CommentRead More

Who’s going to take responsibility?

Columnist “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the…

July 3, 2014No CommentRead More

If you’re standing still, you’re going backwards

PREVIEW Columnist I said to my Sweet Al, “Let’s talk about memories. I don’t know why I’m so sad. I’m missing our children and they haven’t gone anywhere. I’m sorry…

June 26, 2014No CommentRead More

Learning to live with grace

Columnist Everyone needs grace. I find I hold people to my standard. Oh me. I’ve always believed what a person puts into life they will also get out of life.…

June 19, 2014No CommentRead More

The folly of it all: That’s why we live here

Columnist David, Al’s brother, called. He needed a family recipe. He wanted to tell me that he would be hosting the next wine tasting party. He prides himself in being…

June 12, 2014No CommentRead More

Two is enough — which two do I choose?

I’m on a roll with this “Crazy Family of Ours.” When my nephew Davey and I get together, we exchange stories about the family. I asked him if he knew…

June 5, 2014No CommentRead More

I’m changing my will

In the Slade family, there are three Davids — Al’s father, his brother and his nephew. In order to keep everyone straight, Al’s brother was called David Warren by his…

May 30, 2014No CommentRead More

Once a mother hen, always a mother hen

PREVIEW Columnist It’s graduation time and the empty-nest syndrome is starting to show up in many of us. Is it that we have lived through our children’s and grandchildren’s lives?…

May 22, 2014No CommentRead More