Surviving the Crazy Twins

My struggle with the crazy twins that haunt me: Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease.
The Decline And Fall

The Decline And Fall

North To Alaska!  I’m goin’ north, the rush is on. In fall of 1975, after graduating from CU Boulder with a European history degree, I headed North to Alaska to find my fortune. An intrepid friend of mine, Jimmy Gray, had done it.  A few years before,...
The little things

The little things

And when they loom largeDecades ago-back in the ’60’s and ’70’s-I was quite the outdoorsman.  Technical rock climbing.  Big game hunter.  Fly fishing.  Winter camping.  Fourteeners.  Backpacking and mountain biking.  The Colorado Trail, which I...
Bud’s Warehouse: Rebuilding lives

Bud’s Warehouse: Rebuilding lives

How we do it Bud’s Warehouse is a Christian ministry helping individuals rebuild their lives from prison, addiction and homelessness by providing entry level jobs and discipleship. Largely self sufficient financially, Bud’s sells gently used, donated...
III. The Communion of Saints.

III. The Communion of Saints.

Past.  Present. And FUTURE. Hit the rewind button.  Again.  Back to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore for a couple of nights at the beautiful State Game Lodge.  I stayed there as a kid with my mom and brother on two trips we made to visit her relatives in far...
II.  The Communion of Saints.

II. The Communion of Saints.

Big Boy Locomotive Past. PRESENT. And Future. Fast forward to the present.  And Cheyenne, Wyoming.  On the map, the drive from the Adams Bonanza Farm was pretty straight forward.  Southwest to Pierre, the capital of South Dakota and where I spent a night at The...