By Anne Button You can trek to the mountains to catch the changing aspen, but there’s really nothing better than walking around a Sloan’s Lake transformed into an autumn kaleidoscope of gold and amber, with […]
I had a very special part-time job until recently. I worked two days a week at a retirement complex in the neighborhood. I made smoothies and sandwiches and served up coffee in the community’s in-house […]
By Kathryn White When a CBS News survey came out in 2021 about letter writing in the U.S., it surprised few to learn that the trend sloped downward. Americans have come a long way since […]
By Kathryn White Twice a month, Mary Wilham takes a packet of five letters to the post office near her house in the West Highland neighborhood. In the days that follow, her letters make their […]
By Kathryn White If you’re squeamish about dead bodies, read no further. For this final of three installments about death and dying in The Gray Zone, we’re going there. When I sat with my neighbor […]
By Kathryn White Wha t is she now, the Grim Reaper?” said my neighbor to his husband. “Mmm. Let’s just say the Grim Reminder,” came the reply. My last column focused on two ways we […]
By Kathryn White When I run into someone who wants to talk about a recent topic in The Gray Zone I like to ask, in turn, about their ideas for the column. And so it […]
By Kathryn White The state Legislature kicked off its current session Jan. 9, and lawmakers are considering more than 300 bills, memorials and resolutions, several of which have made it onto the radars of AARP, […]
By Kathryn White I appreciate many things about writing this column and ranking high among them is the growing list of interesting people who have become my sources. In 2022 I leaned on more than […]
By Kathryn White When I heard Virginia Gonzales’ voice on the other end of the phone, I wondered what kind of news she had for me. I covered Gonzales’ retirement for The Denver North Star […]
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