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 ...

Lately I’ve wondered if I should consider making a subtitle for the name of this column. What would it be? Most likely it would be something like, “What I Heard in Church.” Of course, in a week preceding the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s highly likely I’m going to hear stuff from ...

Back in the olden days, when I was a kid, we had a few 78 rpm record sets with picture books. (Just by way of explanation for any younger readers, a record is one of those flat round things, usually black, which spun around on a “record player.” They made music or produced sound otherwise. ...

This is going to be another column where I start with: “I heard someone in church say…” It happens every so often that someone speaking in church gets my attention and my mind activated. And I start thinking — about everything other than the main topic of the talk. In this case, a guy ...

I looked at the calendar and noticed that Veterans Day is coming up next week on Tuesday the 11th. It’s an important holiday and sometimes we tend to forget it. So here I am giving you a reminder. You’re welcome. Veterans Day is a federal, state and county holiday. So don’t expect to ...

Last week, I got a flu shot and a Covid shot — same time, same arm. I didn’t have any reaction — other than a sore’ish arm for a day or two. I debated whether to get the Covid immunization. But then, I remembered my deceased Covid victim neighbor friend who lived a couple of houses ...