Included in every Popejoy season brochure is the line “Program subject to change.” Most recently that statement came to fruition with the change of date for…

I'm a triathlete.  I have spent nearly 20 years pursuing triathlon in my own little corner of the world, and only this past year have I called myself a triathlete.  I rarely make it in the top three in my age group, but usually make the top 50% in the larger races, and top 10% in the smaller ones.  So - your slightly better than average wanna-be who never had any real genetic talent as an athlete, but who always has had a fierce sense of determination and persistence.  I envy those "natural"…

• Cold, cold,…

You want to tell people about hiking on White Mesa. You want to describe what it looks like. You use words like "views," "panoramas," "vistas" and "pretty." You mention the natural springs bubbling out of mounds, the crackling layers of minerals and how the ground around the trails is actually alive. None of it does…

• 2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow gets a…

• Local luthier dies - rest in peace Lorenzo Pimentel, maker of magnificent guitars and beautiful music.
• The Daily Beast chronicles the…

I have this odd habit of remembering the first time I encounter new words. More than meet-ups with new faces and new places, the circumstances surrounding my new word encounters are inscribed on my brain’s memory card.

Take this word:…

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“Let it go, let it go, let it go…”  Here is a quick, feel-good, stress-reducer for all ages

on this last week of 2010!

• Arm Circles:  Arm out straight like the letter “T” draw circles the size of a baseball 10 times forward and 10 times backward.  Repeat the size of a beach ball.  Relax your arms to your sides and
  
  follow it with a few shoulder rolls forward and…

• Habari gani? Today's Kwanzaa principle is…

Sometimes the last present under the tree is a real treasure. This little poem on the day after Christmas is absolutely perfect.

Stewart S. Warren, writer and performance poet, was born 1950 into the affluent southern society of Tulsa,…

If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it…

I just got home from looking at all the beautiful luminarias and lights in the North Valley, Country Club area and Old Town.  I had planned on writing about a very special house in Old Town, but got a late start and couldn't get to the house on time.  That story will have to wait until next year. 

This year I…

A few years ago in Los Angeles, Chevy Chase saw the same production of A Christmas Carol (above) that we had last night in Popejoy Hall. After the show,…

This book is a close look at a man who was raised by a mentally ill grandmother in the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico after his birth mother handed him over to her parents.

Mr. Griego’s memoir takes the reader thought his long life of pain and misery after he was diagnosed with a mental illness himself. He describes the details of how the medications caused uncontrollable side effects and his debrief with his diagnoses.

This book takes you into the mind of someone who…

Dear Mayor Berry,

This is a disturbing story reporting unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium (the Erin…

Overnight, as it were, he is a different man. He becomes a religious enthusiast. He is unable to focus on anything else. As soon as his sobriety begins to be taken as a matter of course, the family may look at…