In my last post, I discussed my recent trip to Washington for the Colorado Capital Conference. While the event was interesting, it was also disheartening to marinate in the unhealthy atmosphere of the D.C. political miasma-even for a few days. However, on the last...
I had breakfast with Joe Rice last winter; it had been quite a while since we had seen one another. We served together in the Legislature for two years. While we didn’t always see eye to eye-he’s a Democrat-Joe was a good legislator. But he was also,...
My 93 year old Aunt Joyce died recently. She was the last but one of my mom’s six siblings. Joyce’s was a life well lived. The funeral and celebration were in Boise, her home town. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. My sister, Linda, and...
My wife and I went to Spokane recently to visit our daughter, Jocelyn, and her family. I’ve gotten to know the city pretty well over the last 10 years or so. Following in her mother’s footsteps, our older daughter, Lauren, got a nursing degree from...
The city recently finished repaving the streets in our neighborhood. They were overdue; smooth as silk now. Our daughter, Lauren, and her two little girls came for a visit to our neighborhood swim pool while the work was still underway. Our street was blocked off so...
