Goodbye, Tree
I have, or had, a very large Box Elder tree in my backyard. It was a part of the landscape, destined to be there forever. Or so I thought. After one of our windstorms...
Category: Goodbyes
Tribute: Posthumous Letter to My Friend Jeff Auxier (Dec 10, 1961 – Feb 21, 2017)
Dear Jeff, I hadn’t seen you for a while, even though I walk my dog by your house every day, and wave to you, even though your curtains are closed. I hadn’t knocked on...
OPINION: Brett Beasley, Even a Stranger Could See How Special You Were
The sight was just as sweet as the sound…
In Memory of Salida’s William Boddy, 1950 – 2015
Say it isn’t so. William Boddy, who would have turned 65 today, died unexpectedly at his gallery Sunday morning. He is survived by his wife Rosemary and the Salida community to which he gave...
Goodbye, My Sweet Cody Boy
Originally published in the Pagosa Daily Post, on April 25, 2012. This is a story about a dog, a disease, and a drug. My beloved dog Cody — short for Buffalo Bill Cody —...