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Daughter’s cookie comments leaves baker feeling crumby | Life Happens
While baking sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day has always been an enjoyable experience, this year’s effort has left me feeling a bit – well, crumby. My experience started last weekend as I prepared for my annual baking ritual. Five minutes after rolling out the first batch of cookie dough, I spilled flour all over my…
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Daughter’s cookie comments leaves baker feeling crumby | Life Happens
While baking sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day has always been an enjoyable experience, this year’s effort has left me feeling a bit – well, crumby. My experience started last weekend as I prepared for my annual baking ritual. Five minutes after rolling out the first batch of cookie dough, I spilled flour all over my…
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Never mix New Year’s Day with long hair | Life Happens
Believe me when I say shoulder-length hair and New Year’s Day do not mix, and should never be allowed to. This year marks 50 years (yes, I am dating myself) since I experienced a New Year’s Day born from Murphy’s Law. No doubt you’re familiar with Murphy’s Law in that “Anything that can go wrong…
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Never mix New Year’s Day with long hair | Life Happens
Believe me when I say shoulder-length hair and New Year’s Day do not mix, and should never be allowed to. This year marks 50 years (yes, I am dating myself) since I experienced a New Year’s Day born from Murphy’s Law. No doubt you’re familiar with Murphy’s Law in that “Anything that can go wrong…
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Of John Adams and the ongoing revolution | From the editor
Back in 1776, John Adams one-upped Nostradamus with this prediction concerning the Fourth of July: “The date will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of…
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Need a rain check? Yes, we’ve got rain. | From the editor
I wasn’t too concerned about all the rain we’ve been getting until I noticed that the neighbors had built an ark. I don’t think I’m on the two-by-two list. Maybe if I invite them to a barbeque? Aquaman is now the official superhero of Colorado. We’re all singin’ in the rain. We don’t have a…
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What’s better than dad jokes for Fathers Day? | From the editor
You’ve got to love dads. They can be so many things. He might be the one who teaches you how to fish or keep score at a ballgame. He might be a grill master. He might be the one who can fix anything from a favorite toy to the family car. He might be a…
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Beware the buffet bandits | From the editor
We all know a buffet bandit. You may not know them by that name, but you certainly know one. You might even be one yourself. Before we investigate these meatball marauders, let’s all acknowledge a universal truth: Free food tastes much better than food you pay for. I became familiar with these pizza pirates when…
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Fifty-eight years in Estes Park | From the Editor
My family started taking an annual summer trip to Estes Park 58 years ago. We will be there again from June 1-4 this year. It was our parents’ special place. It is our special place. It is our kids’ special place and it will be our grandchildren’s special place. When we made our first journey…
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Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed | From the Editor
Tomorrow is not guaranteed. We will all face death. We all face the inevitable in our own way. For my father, it was through denial. Dad was always larger than life. It’s little wonder that he would try to be larger than death. It’s not that he denied that he had cancer. He just doggedly…