Monumental
The worst part about being a writer is not writing. And not writing at this point in my career means not working on something big. And something big is…
From Poetry Slam to Poetry Jam – Be Heard
Last year, “Be Heard” was a vulnerable, raw and sometimes angry poetry championship for Durango – otherwise known as a poetry slam. The champion, Amy L…
Super Baby Dances The Durango Tango
The move has been extensive, and the discoveries were inevitable, but I’d totally forgotten about the adult diapers. I’m moving out of the place I’v…
Finding Love In Durango
To paraphrase my homey Chris Rock, all successful relationships are boring. In perilous times like these, I turn to great activists like Martin Luth…
Wild Mountain Honey
‘It’s a shame the single mountain women are complained about more than celebrated, for they are more beautiful than the mountains themselves,’ he thoug…
A Story of A Moustache (and the women who love them)
Every year we have a mustache competition in Indian Creek, Utah on Thanksgiving. It’s a competition I’ve never participated in because I never thought …
Counter Culture – Mark Sundeen’s latest is Unsettlers, In Search of The Good Life in America
The last time writer Mark Sundeen talked in Durango, he told us about “the man who quit money.” This time around, on Tues., Feb. 7, at Maria’s Bookshop…
I only love people
Recent happenings in America, most notably the rise in Trumpism, have made me realize something I realized long ago: I don’t like people. I only love p…
Last Thoughts on Adam Lawton
Note: Today marks five years since my dear friend Adam M. Lawton left this world. His presence is still felt, and he continues to inspire. This piece w…
A New Book, Graduating From College Me
When I was 33 I set a goal to write five books by the time I was forty—for a while it was a nice thing to say at a party or on a date, but then, damn, …