the fall leaf trees / just at dusk / their gold almost glowing / like they’ve stolen / just a bit of the sun / and they hold it there / in their branches / as the day dies ...

NEDERLAND - In our close-knit community, we share the goal of raising resilient children. Our collective experiences and the knowledge from neuroscience remind us that children thrive when they feel seen, soothed, safe, and secure with caring...

KELLY DAHL/LOS LAGOS – I typically prefer to keep the subject matter of my “Life in Nature” articles restrained to the natural world here in Colorado. This week I can’t help but take some space to write a bit about recent events unfolding in our...

Scorpio is the most complex and powerful of all the astrological signs. Hallowe'en is the archetypal holiday for this mysterious sign. The guiding planet for the scorpions is Pluto, god of the underworld, transformation and death. This slow moving...

will I look back / and wish we had more time / to do nothing together / to bike through the empty evening street / listening to the night birds / and bats and crickets ...

DENVER - “The heart works in mysterious ways,” I heard myself say. I sat, staring out my office window as the aspen trees worked through their colorful seasonal cycle. It was the last Friday in September and I prepared myself for a two-hour...

Peak to Peak - “I’m scared we’re all gonna die,” Emma whispered. The five year old was creating an elaborate scene in the play room with two doll houses, numerous pieces of furniture, a variety of trees, people of all shapes and sizes, cars (“a...

I drive on a road / I used to drive down / multiple times a day / some stretch of asphalt / with a mountain view / in the time I’ve been gone / this place has not changed much / but I have …

Estes Park - As the hummingbirds made their way south a few weeks ago, I watched a momma and two babies feed from my garden. I could tell one of the babies was out of sorts. It struggled to fly, …