Quotes
Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. ~ Ellen Hopkins
Here is a land where life is written in water....
Look to the green within the mountain cup....
~Thomas Hornsby Ferril
Poet's Demand
Last week's blog was about Poet Laureate Thomas Hornsby Ferril. Several readers complained that they wanted more poetry and less history. Copyright laws and fear of lawsuits etc. have limited including verses from Ferril. How's this for a compromise...one of my own poems! That should satisfy readers desires to see poetry here.
Aspen Grove
On an autumn hike
we pause in an aspen grove.
Time to rest and savor
nature's golden treasure trove.
Golden sun on golden leaves,
a magic moment that love
so often weaves.
Kiss and kiss again,
then back down the mountain trail
with memories of aspen leaves,
quaking, pungent, frail.
~G. Eldon Smith
Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. ~ Ellen Hopkins
Here is a land where life is written in water....
Look to the green within the mountain cup....
~Thomas Hornsby Ferril
Poet's Demand
Last week's blog was about Poet Laureate Thomas Hornsby Ferril. Several readers complained that they wanted more poetry and less history. Copyright laws and fear of lawsuits etc. have limited including verses from Ferril. How's this for a compromise...one of my own poems! That should satisfy readers desires to see poetry here.
Aspen Grove
On an autumn hike
we pause in an aspen grove.
Time to rest and savor
nature's golden treasure trove.
Golden sun on golden leaves,
a magic moment that love
so often weaves.
Kiss and kiss again,
then back down the mountain trail
with memories of aspen leaves,
quaking, pungent, frail.
~G. Eldon Smith
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Colfax Marathon
Sunday, May 18, the Colfax Marathon pitted elite runners from across the nation in a premier running event. The race was named after Colfax Avenue, part of the course, a major thoroughfare through Denver, Colorado. The street in turn was named after Schuyler Colfax the Vice President under President Grant. The winner was Chris Smiley, of Centennial, who has participated in all nine of the past Colfax events. Sunday he kept the streak alive by winning number ten. Last year he ran the Half Marathon with a tracheostomy tube in his throat. He hasn't let cancer interrupt his ten straight Colfax races (all of the races so far.)
Smiley told a Denver Post reporter, "I wasn't trying to inspire, I was trying to get through it. I was trying to let my family and friends know I'm OK and I want to be treated normal."
Words to the Wise
Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
Murder in the Rockies is a darned good mystery. Check it out!
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Sunday, May 18, the Colfax Marathon pitted elite runners from across the nation in a premier running event. The race was named after Colfax Avenue, part of the course, a major thoroughfare through Denver, Colorado. The street in turn was named after Schuyler Colfax the Vice President under President Grant. The winner was Chris Smiley, of Centennial, who has participated in all nine of the past Colfax events. Sunday he kept the streak alive by winning number ten. Last year he ran the Half Marathon with a tracheostomy tube in his throat. He hasn't let cancer interrupt his ten straight Colfax races (all of the races so far.)
Smiley told a Denver Post reporter, "I wasn't trying to inspire, I was trying to get through it. I was trying to let my family and friends know I'm OK and I want to be treated normal."
Words to the Wise
Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
Murder in the Rockies is a darned good mystery. Check it out!
Comments
Leave your suggestions, quips, or comments in the box below or the "Contact Us" menu item