Our Neighborhood Watch

It's been a busy week for our neighborhood watch.  Every morning, about ten o'clock or so, an intruder has invaded our Littleton, Co...

An Invasion of Clubtails

Clubtails seem to be everywhere on our Littleton farm this week.  These dragonflies, members of the family Gomphidae, are named for the bulg...

Health Insurance & Young Adults

Among the groups that oppose the Affordable Care Act are young adults who resent the health insurance mandate.  They argue that their partic...

Colorado's First Snow

While light snows may dust the higher peaks of Colorado during any month of the year, the latest cold front, which moved through the State o...

The Nature of Democracy

Democracy, which protects the power of the individual, relies on a spirit of cooperation and compromise in order to thrive.  While various p...

Eleven Mile Reservoir

Created by a dam on the South Platte River in 1932, Eleven Mile Reservoir lies in the southeast corner of Colorado's South Park.  Renown...

Memories of Canada

In September of 1973, I joined a group of friends for a canoe trip in Algonquin Provincial Park, in Ontario, Canada.  That was my first excu...