Life is Good
The amazing American dream
Marcia and I met Danny Temkin in a building which covers eight football fields. His office in that building had a stunning view of the snow clad Wasatch Moutains east of Payson, UT.
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Too much of a good thing
For residents of the vast deserts of the Great Basin, praying that rain and snow will stop is akin to heresy.
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Macee Nielson, Monticello’s state champion long distance runner. Courtesy photo
The fastest of them all
Most agree that in the world of athletics the events which takes the most time, and requires the most pain are those of the long distance runner.
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Blessings of San Juan – 5th and final installment
I used to listen to my graduating seniors at Monticello High School talk about what they intended to do after graduation. It usually was a variation of the following: “Well, I dunno, but for sure...
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Monticello is the best place (in the world) to live (for me). Chapter 1
As a kid, I heard people say things about Monticello like “the wind blows too much”, or “it’s too cold in the winter” but I didn’t think much about their whining at the time.
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“Come to Jesus” group joins radical environmentalists to lock down San Juan
If SUWA, the Sierra Club and others of their ilk are not enough, locals now have a group on the Wasatch Front who have been spiritually directed to lock up all Wilderness Study areas in San Juan Co...
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San Juan’s kaleidoscope spring
Remember when you were a kid and saw your first kaleidoscope? San Juan County has reminded me of a kaleidoscope this spring.
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Journal keeping
Last week a lady stopped me in the Post Office and said, “Buckley, you have an amazing memory. How can you remember all the details of the experiences you share in your columns?”
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San Juan’s most famous citizen
If you had to name the single most famous person who ever lived in San Juan County, who would it be?
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San Juan’s Michelangelo
How would you like to start selling your drawings in the fourth grade for a nickel and 20 years later command $65,000 for a single work of art?
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