Tag: dec 31 2020 issue
Just a Dawdream
Bar 40 is assaulting my will to live.
I’ve spent two hours clawing away at this brief descending figure in fifths, trying to harmonize and...
7th annual essay issue
Every year around this time, Boulder Weekly publishes a collection of essays written by the people — editors, publishers, contributors — who put out...
Stones of remembrance
The side table drawer in my grandparent’s Arizona living room was always full of playing cards. There was the deck with Van Gogh’s self-portrait,...
That ain’t gospel
Many moons ago, I had a mentor who liked to tell a story about an intern they’d once worked with. So talented was this...
2020 in movies
2020 was the year I watched more but understood less. With a rotating series of crises to consider, rare were the instances where I...
Lesbian drama
Dear Dan: One of my very close friends, a lesbian, has been married for a couple of years now. It’s been nothing but drama...
Astrology 12.31.20
ARIESMarch 21-April 19: Author Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) carried on a long love affair with books. He read thousands of them, wrote more than...
Feds crack down on bunk CBD claims
If there’s any product or substance that has benefitted from the ongoing relaxation of cannabis laws across the county — outside of medical and...
Swimming with whale sharks
I’ve been riding my bike a lot, and we had tens of thousands of cycling miles between us, but I haven’t had the feeling...
Introducing: The Deadhead Cyclist
I have been riding bikes since I raced up and down a dirt road in my neighborhood as a 4-year-old boy in rural Minnesota....
Letters 12/31: On the stimulus, the GOP and more
What to do? Contact lawmakers
Excellent suggestions for meaningful ways to beat pandemic boredom. (Re: “What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do,” Events, Dec....
It’s a wonderful, er… tongue
What I’m hoping for is that I’m George Bailey and COVID-19 is Clarence Odbody.
When you write about food, as I have, every week for...
