June 18th is Father’s big once-a-year special day this year. Enjoy this verse from an Edgar Guest’s poem: Father and Son Be more than his dad Be a chum to the lad; Be part of his life, Every hour of the day; Find time to talk with him, take time to walk with him, Share in his studies and share […]
Editor’s Note On a recent trip to Wichita, Kansas, resident Pam Loyle (my co-grandmother to some pretty terrific kids) made a point of telling me how much she enjoyed my tribute to my mother in the article titled The Canary Is Singing. We started talking about local birds that we both love and for Pam the red-headed Downy woodpecker and […]
The 72nd Rocky Mountain Stamp Show will take place May 26-28, 2023, at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Exhibition Halls A & B, 25690 E Quincy Ave., Aurora, CO 80016. Hours are Fri. & Sat. 10am-6pm and Sun. 10am-3pm. The event is free and open to the public. This year the event is expected to fill the 400 available frames with […]
Jack H.T. Chang, M.D. Godey’s Lady’s Book fashion plates are commonly found in antique stores. Their origin began in July, 1830 when Louis Antoine Godey and Charles Alexander of Philadelphia published the inaugural issue under the title, Lady’s Book containing one fashion plate. It was not the first American magazine with women as its target audience as the Ladies Magazine […]
The Florence Oil Fields are the second oldest in the United States and home to the first oil well west of the Mississippi River. Discovered in 1862, this oil well is still pumping today. Florence is located on a bluff-protected bend of the Arkansas River as it breaks out of the Rocky Mountains of Central Colorado on its way to […]
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