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Is This Amway?
Amway. There. The worst's behind me. Five years. At least. Not much more you can do to hurt me once you know that. Like a loose tooth that needs pulling or a band-aide that has to come off: it's best to get it over quickly. It's a funny business. A "rinky-dink"...
The Cock Crows. So the Sun Rises?
A lot's changed since April of 2005. I can't ski any longer; my brain, afflicted with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), has seen to that. We don't own a share of a condo in Vail any more. My eight year term in the Colorado House of Representatives has come. And...
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
It’s not uncommon for me to go for a short walk before I closet myself in the upstairs bedroom and sit down in front of the computer keyboard. Anything to delay the inevitable. A few mornings ago, while making my rounds, I snitched on the owner of the home just...
If
My partner in the insurance business was a man named Tony Cook. Smart, unflappable and with a gentle sense of humor, we both had come to insurance by circuitous routes. His, however, was more so than mine. Tony came from a military family; he'd served as a French...
You Gotta Be Crazy
Several years back, I tried to purchase a new shot gun. Don’t remember exactly why. Maybe because the old Remington 1100 that Dad had given me as a Christmas gift decades earlier was getting lonely in my flimsy gun safe. Whatever. I jumped on I-25 and drove south...
Write what you know, and what others want to learn about…
Over a tasty plate of pad thai at Tuk Tuk, I had a heart-to-heart with Kathie Reiner before all this COVID stuff came down over us like a wet blanket. Kathie's the lady who's been helping me with this blog for years. "Spencer," she said in her very matter of fact...