This story is set in Thule, Greenland. I had the good fortune a while back to be a sponsor to a group of university drama students who did a USO tour for our servicemen. Our trip took us to…
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THE THULE LESSON
Posted in Chat Tagged with: Danes, Denmark, Efficiency, Greenland, Inuit art, Pride, Thule, Tupilaqs, U. S. military
SMALL TOWN, BIG HEART, STRONG CONVICTIONS
I recently moved to a small town in Colorado where the men are men, the women are women and guns are a way of life. While I’m not in total agreement with everything my new neighbors stand for, that’s okay.…
CAROLINE
I don’t remember Caroline’s life, just her death. She was not a close friend but rather someone on the edges of my life. She worked where I worked for a while. A charming woman, I remember that, slender, graceful, kind.…
ONE OF A KIND—DENNY DENT PERFORMANCE ARTIST
One might expect a brush with true celebrity to leave something a little more memorable than a paint spattered stool. This particular stool, however, has a story. Dennis E. “Denny” Dent (April 5, 1948 – March 29, 2004) was…
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BISHOP’S CASTLE
John Wayne embodied it in his movies. Jim Bishop embodies it in his amazing castle. American individualism is alive and well in the Wet Mountains in southern Colorado. There are some among us who feel overwhelmed by the…
