Today is December 6th and it happens to be one of my favorite days of the year. It is the Feast of St. Nicholas, a man whom I've enjoyed a tremendous relationship with over the years. St Nicholas was born in Turkey and at a very early age his...

Here we are in November and on the doorstep of "The Most Wonderful Time of The Year" and I have to admit I am right in the middle of my annual chameleon thing and am changing into a 7-year old boy again! I simply love this time of year. It starts...

Mr. Ted… Near the end of September Diane and I were at 7:30a Sunday mass at St Pius X Church, like usual. Diane was born into this Parish and went to school at St Pius School. Our daughter Sara was married here, our granddaughter Larissa...

I have lived in Colorado since 1968 and I cannot remember a more difficult year for our community than 2012. The summer wildfires across our state, and Waldo Canyon in the Springs in particular, made us all realize that disaster often lurks in the...

On the morning of September 11th, 2001 I was sitting at the Denver Zoo just starting the Breakfast Club. We were there for the annual Senior Day and at 6a I was chilly from a little breeze coming off the lake in City Park. The menagerie of animal...

So last weekend while I was working on some sprinkler heads in the backyard I got bit on my right thumb by something. I didn't even feel it at first but as the week has gone on my thumb has become swollen, there's obviously an infection and it...

I was with our grandchildren the other day, up to some kind of mischief like usual, and one of the boys picked something up and said, "This smells like Poppi". I immediately turned around to see what he was holding, assuming the worst, and saw him...

Have you ever walked down the aisle at the grocery or greeting card store and seen all the events that are celebrated with a card? Anniversaries, get well, miss you, good luck, new home, and a million different holidays. And there are birthday cards,...

At some point last night, after I quit watching endless hours of news coverage about the tragedy of the day and reading every news bulletin on the internet, I walked out into my backyard in Aurora, Colorado and sat for a minute. It was a warm summer...

Have you heard all the talk about the end of the world coming on December 21st of this year because the Mayan Calendar ends on that date? I don't think there's much to it myself and figure it was just a case of George the Mayan Calendar maker deciding...