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Denver International Airport JetBlue‘s nonstop flight from Denver to Boston costs $99 one way. But Darlene has never been a fan of the 10-minutes-to-midnight departures, the 5:30 am arrivals at Logan, and the comatose daze in which we arrive at … Continue reading →

Here’s what a 28-year-old writer whose second novel just made the New York Times best-seller list has to say about writing: The hardest part is getting away from self-consciousness. The easiest part, once I’ve done that, is the writing itself. … Continue reading →

From left, my wife Darlene on her 48th birthday, her ace interior designer Kathy, her former Marine personal trainer Kira, her friend from Denver, Peggy, and her friend from Boulder, Karin. To celebrate the day, these hearty souls ran and … Continue reading →

Dr. Mitchell Baris, a psychologist I know in the Peoples’ Republic of Boulder, visits with clients in a 5th-floor office looking out at the mountains and a construction site. He enjoys the intimate view of girders, cranes, trucks and workers. … Continue reading →

I’m listening to a fabulous conversation between Robert Bly and Donald Hall, the debut of Garrison Keillor’s “Literary Friendships” series. I know these two, because they were the pet luminaries on the Bennington campus when I did my MFA there. … Continue reading →

W. S. Merwin in 1997 answered a fan letter I had written him. Among other things, he wrote this: Read, read. Jarrell said “read at random”. It will stop being random. I have carried this advice with me ever since, … Continue reading →

City Auditor Dennis Gallagher is a legendary Denver politician and a scholar of Latin and Greek. Each year he serves as Master of Ceremonies for a conference at Regis University on the Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. Yesterday Gallagher gave … Continue reading →

With 12 days remaining before our trip to France, this morning I was greeted by this construction sign at Denver’s leading slacker coffee shop, Paris on the Platte, the only place around where I can enjoy my liturgical weekly Camel. … Continue reading →

Billy Collins read poems and talked about poetry tonight at Denver University. Gates Hall, which holds 900 people, was nearly full, and the former U.S. Poet Laureate did not disapoint. He read a mix of funny and serious poems, which … Continue reading →

I followed an Instapundit link to an item about bloggers declaring war on the Times of India. It included a comment by Rush Limbaugh, but when I clicked on his name, my e-mail program whipped up a message to freedomcome@yahoo.com … Continue reading →