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On the ski slopes in Colorado. Courtesy photo
A stab at skiing in Colorado
I am not sure what made me do it. I can usually count on my too kind and loving wife to have some common sense when it comes to my youthful uncontrolled exuberance to do something stupid.
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Me and Tolstoy write books
Well it is finally done. I say done, but I mean finished. My too kind loving wife always points that out when the bread is baked, it is then done; but a task or work is finished.
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Eavesdropping in church
I am eavesdropping on a young married couple during church. When the young woman asks her newly acquired husband, “Don’t you think it is time we start a family?” She crinkles her nose and bats he...
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Charlie and me
My too kind and loving wife and I are driving along and I am singing to my Hits of the ‘70s when all of sudden a Subaru with a CoExist sticker cuts me off.
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Distracted driving
If you are reading this and driving, you are distracted. As crazy as that sounds, that is exactly what many people are doing, only they are using their phones to type and read.
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What is right with a small town
Well the Pioneer Day celebration in Monticello is over and I guess we can all take a collective sigh of relief as we quit trying to hold our stomachs in, stand up straight, and look ten years young...
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New Mexican or old Mexican?
Howdy folks. I bet you are surprised to see this newspaper article. Well, like an old long lost relative that shows up when you win the lottery, I just keep on coming back.
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Breakfast burrito – Breakfast of champions
I am driving down to the Moab Five Mile Race and I ask my too kind and loving wife if she brought my breakfast burrito.
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Am I happy?
Someone asked me the other day if I was happy. My first reaction was to say “of course I am happy”; as it seems that there is a good deal of pressure in America to be happy.
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Grandchildren are on Gary Torres’ bucket list. Courtesy photos
Bucket list
Thanksgiving is such a great holiday. I could go on about the food and football and taking a nap in my favorite over-stuffed chair; but if there is anything I have come to believe, it is to take t...
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