Columbine - a decade later

(Illustration by Jeff Neumann, The Denver Post)

We weren't living in Denver at the time of the Columbine school killings, but like the rest of the nation, were shocked - and so very sad.


On the tenth anniversary of this tragic event, two journalistic books have been published, written by reporters Dave Cullen and Jeff Kass.

Reading and television viewing

Television viewing and reading

Seen at the Creekside Grill

Spoke briefly with the owner of this gorgeous car.
The Corvair is older than the owner.

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Whether the people are inside or out. Automobiles are a story unto themselves. They've come so far in such a short time. They have taken over everywhere. They break thru the forests and the dunes and the mountains and bring civilization faster and wilder than the railroads ever could. They aren't bound by two rails. They suggest an absolute freedom, freedom that could take the mind to anywhere. They can go even where there are no roads; they can run over everything old and suggest a constant present. They seem like so much freedom but they actually are so much dependence. When you gain a car you lose a self. Cars keep driving to the furthest reaches, past where the roads peter out. The people stay inside them, enclosed in glass and steel. ~ John Akre.
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The Chevrolet Corvair is an automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1959 to 1969, for the 1960–1969 model years. The Corvair was offered in a wide range of body styles, including four-door sedans, two-door coupes, convertibles, and station wagons. It was also built as a compact van similar to the Volkswagen bus, with styles including a pickup, panel van, and a passenger van called the Greenbrier. The cargo floor was raised above the rear engine, and some pickups featured an unusual side-loading ramp.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY (lifted from the web)

"I was shopping for a car and asked the salesman the sticker price. He said $200. 'Not much for a car,' I said. 'The car's extra,' he said." (Scott Roeben)

overheard at the post office

Customer: "How will I know if this package gets to the person in Guadamala?"

Postal employee: "Take it yourself."

{then an explanation about how the postal employees

do all they can to ensure the mail arrives safely - but

can't account for mail handling in other countries . . .}

Little Bee

The blurb on the jacket:

We don't want to tell you WHAT HAPPENS in this book.

It is a truly SPECIAL STORY and we don't want to spoil it.

NEVERTHELESS, you need to know enough to buy it, so we will just say this:

THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO WOMEN. Their lives collide one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice, the kind of choice we hope you never have to face. Two years later, they meet again--the story starts there . . .

Once you have read it, you'll want to tell your friends about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens. The magic is in how the story unfolds.

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Nevertheless, from page 6:

And then I was thinking, Why are you staring at that girl in the newspaper, mister, and not us girls here in the queue for the telephone? What if we all ran away? But then I remembered, they were letting us out. This was hard to understand after so much time. Two years, I lived in that .............

That's all!

You must read the book.

Coiled - with purpose

Wires Crossed

by Raymond A. Foss

Wires crossed

circuits down

no connection

anywhere around

In the dark unaware

needing help

catch the air

Wires crossed

circuits down

no connection

in the town

Wanting words

answers to our calls

on hold for hours

waiting in the halls

Wires crossed

circuits down

no relief

anywhere

at all

May 29, 2007