‘Colorado two-step’
We headed out of Huerfano County, Colorado, and up Rt. 69, a two-lane road that took us up another 2,000 feet into the mountains. It is one of the most beautiful drives we’ve experienced in the country… We … Continue reading →
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” That was enough of a sign…”
Our Rocky Mountain High Tour continues… Last weekend we met with Mary Jo and Dave Tesitor in Huerfano County, Colorado. They have three adopted children. The Tesitors, driven by their Catholic faith, adopted children with special … Continue reading →
…it’s time we reasses
We were in the Spanish Peaks Country in southern Colorado over the weekend. While there, I stopped at the Walsenburg Mining Museum. At the museum, George Ree told me coal mining started in these parts in 1878 and … Continue reading →
coal country
We have headed into Colorado for our Rocky Mountain High Tour. (Once again, originality is the hallmark of our campaign.) We have entered near the southeastern corner of Colorado, “coal country.” In fact, we got to Trinidad, … Continue reading →
lassoing loose ends from Texas Tour…
Tying up loose ends, or rather, ‘lassoing’ (sorry) loose ends from our Deep in the Heart of Texas Tour… While in Lubbock, we stopped at a park where a soccer team was practicing. Our Joseph joined in. … Continue reading →
“…a tsunami of elderly”
We headed north on Rte. 87 inching closer to the northwestern top of Texas… In Hartley (pop. 600) we met with Nancy and Ed Weber who operate the new Loreto House for the elderly. Their ministry is to … Continue reading →
trumping human rights?
Coming out of Amarillo, we stopped in Prayer Town, Texas (yes, there is a place named that), where I gave an impromptu talk to a group of Catholic Nuns there. One of their Sisters had just gone to China … Continue reading →
Armadillas and Memorial Day
We continue on in the Amarillo area… We went to an Amarillo Dillas (short for Armadillas) baseball game with the kids. (The “Dillas” play in a semi-pro independent league.) It was a full-house with some 7,500 fans. … Continue reading →
“Houston, we have an ‘opportunity.”
We keep traveling north for our Deep in the Heart of Texas Tour… I was interviewed by the Plainview Herald newspaper. Reporter Haley Anderson asked me about the astronomical national debt. I said I gave a talk … Continue reading →
20 kids and issues with China…
In Lubbock, Texas, my wife Liz interviewed Alice Mata for a book she is working on about women around the country. Alice is the mother of five young children and came from a family of 20 children. She … Continue reading →