Author: PAUL BATURA
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COLUMN: In praise of the things that last
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the past week, courtesy of a neighborhood friend, I’ve been writing on a 1956 Olympia SM3 typewriter. I have nine other similar machines — three Underwoods, three Royals, two Remingtons, and a Smith Corona.…
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COLUMN: Like a phoenix, Flying W. Ranch’s longevity rises
Leigh Ann Wolfe’s smile grows wide at the mention of her father, Russ, who founded the famed Flying W Ranch on Colorado Springs’ west side back in 1953. I caught up with her last week and asked what she thought he’d think of his old ranch on this eve of the summer season, which begins…
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COLUMN: In age of perpetually aggrieved, live like Lincoln
Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, 1809 — just one day after Robert Fulton patented the Steamboat and a few weeks before James Madison became the nation’s fourth chief executive. The one-room log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm in Hodgenville, Ky., is long…
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GUEST COLUMN: The curiousness of school calendar creep
Growing up on the South Shore of Long Island, I looked forward to school summer vacation more than my birthday and every holiday combined. It arrived each year like a beautifully wrapped gift under the tree. Summer meant many things back then, but especially the promise of carefree days. When school ended and summer began…
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GUEST COLUMN: The curiousness of school calendar creep
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Growing up on the South Shore of Long Island, I looked forward to school summer vacation more than my birthday and every holiday combined. It arrived each year like a beautifully wrapped gift under the…