Last Saturday night, I was on a “double date” at a concert in Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah. It’s seldom that we get together with James and Laura — which is regrettable. But life being what it is, that’s how life goes. They live in Salt Lake City, and we live ...

Disclaimer: Before reading this column, please accept my apologies. (I should do this with every column I write.) I’m going to be commenting on what people choose to drink. Some of what follows might be construed by some as judgmental, mean-spirited, haughty, intolerant, unfeeling, petty, ...

Sometimes, I get tears in my eyes. Most of the time I try hard to keep them in my eyes. I’m not always successful. Sometimes, I call it getting “misty eyed.” Sometimes, two or three tears will trickle down my face. This happened several nights ago at the movie theater when I saw the ...

I took a little walk on New Year’s Eve. It was later in the afternoon before it got dark. I felt like I needed a little fresh air and a little exercise. So naturally I decided to take a walk in the cemetery in Manti. It was “natural” because there’s plenty of fresh air in the cemetery ...

It’s a good thing to have endings to things. I’ve been in meetings which seemed like they’d never end. Church meetings, business meetings, civic meetings, etc. — all can sometimes feel that way. Speaking of church meetings, I’ve heard prayers that the timing seemed to be designed for ...

The rhythm of life continues. The beat of the events of life goes on and on and on. It seems like the “beat” of Christmas was just here. I know I’m beat. Am I the only one who feels like it was just a very few months ago that we were putting all of the Christmas stuff back into the ...

Dear Gunnison Valley Community, Every year I think I’ve seen the full measure of generosity in this valley, and every year you prove me wrong. This year's Sub for Santa effort was nothing short of extraordinary. Because of you, over 200 children in our community will have a Christmas ...

Sometimes, when you know what you want for Christmas, you just need to tell people what it is that you want. The main thing I would like for Christmas this year (again) is “world peace.” I empathize with Andie MacDowell’s character Rita in the movie “Groundhog Day.” She always drinks ...

I’ve been thinking about deep water the past month or so — both literally and figuratively. The reason? I went through a time recently where I felt like “I was in over my head.” I’ll explain in a minute or two or five — depending on your reading speed. In thinking about this deep ...

I’ll tell you a little of what’s been happening lately. For one thing, December has happened. My sunny November suddenly turned into a December Eve last Sunday afternoon and bang! — it snowed a little and got cold — really cold. It got cold enough the past few days that the water ...