http://www.delnorteprospector.com http://www.delnorteprospector.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.delnorteprospector.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=106&story_id=700 As chief of the Colorado State Patrol and a motorcycle rider for the past 14 years, I know there is nothing like the freedom and exhilaration of riding a motorcycle in our beautiful state. But with that freedom comes responsibility and Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:10:31 -0500 http://www.delnorteprospector.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.delnorteprospector.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=106&story_id=699 When Dorothy woke up in Oz and Alice fell down the rabbit hole, they both experienced a break with reality as they knew it to previously exist. They carried with them a template that made sense as the measure of what is. But when anything Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:09:52 -0500 http://www.delnorteprospector.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.delnorteprospector.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=106&story_id=685 I had one of the best laughs of this life cycle recently when my daughter-in-law made a simple statement. Sara, the eldest granddaughter, is nine going on 99 and she is very independent, so much so that she may refuse to eat if I help Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:51:30 -0500 http://www.delnorteprospector.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.delnorteprospector.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=106&story_id=684 I recently returned to the San Luis Valley after an 11-day sabbatical in Illinois, and the trip only magnified the differences between life in rural Colorado and life in cities with more people than livestock. Visiting Chicago for the annual Lollapalooza music festival and my Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:50:54 -0500