Standing on the NW corner of the intersection of US Highway 287 and Colorado Highway 14 is a convenience store/retail gasoline facility affectionately known as Ted’s Place to the locals. If you were born and raised in Northern Colorado, you knew you would turn at Ted’s Place to head up Poudre Canyon.  If you weren’t born and raised in Northern Colorado and wanting to drive up Poudre Canyon, you knew to turn at Ted’s Place because it was marked as Ted’s Place on all official m

Do you believe something as inconsequential as a fountain drink can jog a forty plus year old memory? Well, it can and I'll prove it. Many years ago, I was employed by a construction company in another state. I use the term construction company loosely as the company was owned by two filthy rich brothers who were barely old enough to drive. How I got to be employed by the brothers is another story, that I might tell another day,😊 Working for the brothers and their constru

Nothing! Nothing is exactly what I accomplished this past week. Oh, I had plans, but between the weather (wind) and my grandson helper deciding to help his friends in Nebraska, I watched the week go by from my recliner. It's not often I can't find a reason to at least run errands in town, but this last week, nothing. Even the events on my social calendar were cancelled. I found time to take at least one nap every day. I watched Elaine work, drawing the last powerlines an

There's not much to write about today. I know I need to keep a close eye on Elaine today. This is the first Sunday, she cannot watch her favorite football players in the last six months. I'm really not sure how she is going to react to that. So far this morning she has been fine. As she does on all Sunday mornings, she got out of bed hooked up to the internet and read everything she could about "her" teams. It gets weird when instead of searching the television stations