This past weekend, we had house guests visiting from Wisconsin. Considering how highly contested the presidential election is here in Colorado, they expected to see lots of Obama and McCain ads. But they were struck by the number of statewide ballot issues that saw plenty of air time too.
“How are you keeping track [...]

As we sat in swimming lessons today, the mother of a friend of Declan’s leaned over and whispered in my ear, “Did you notice Asher’s hair?” I honestly hadn’t, but on closer inspection, it appears that he and a pair of scissors had had an argument. And the scissors won. Asher recently had had a [...]

Last month, my neighbor Monica and I took our babies hiking. She looked like she had just stepped off The Runway for Cute Activewear while I wore a scruffy pair of yoga pants.
“I bought this skort last year from my friend’s company,” she raved.
“What company?”
“BornFit! Have you ever heard of them?”
As it turns out, I [...]

Mr Lady is a Colorado native, and by native, she, of course, means that she’s lived there just long enough to be able to breathe comfortably most of the time. Her feet are solidly planted in Canada, but she left her heart in Denver and is secretly praying to come back to the place [...]

Raffles. Anyone who’s lived in a town of less than 10,000 people knows that they are to rural communities as witch costumes are to Halloween. In other words, everywhere you look. I’ve bought raffle tickets that promised me a chance to win everything from a handmade afghan blanket to $200 worth of decoys from Cabela’s. [...]