March 25, 2013 16 of 65 Coffee There are folks who say they can’t sleep when they drink coffee. I am just the opposite – I can’t drink coffee when I sleep. Actually, I don’t drink coffee any time. My wife thinks that is very strange and suggested that I write this to explain myContinue reading “DAY 16 – COFFEE”
Category Archives: 65 Years in 65 Days
DAY 15 – THE POETRY MAN
March 24, 2013 15 of 65 The Poetry Man This is the beginning of my third week of writing something about my life each day. I am remembering just how difficult is the work of turning thoughts into words. Writing is an art and a craft. It takes practice to build the skills necessary to sayContinue reading “DAY 15 – THE POETRY MAN”
DAY 14 – COMMUNICATION 101
March 23, 2013 14 of 65 Communication 101 “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” –Cool Hand Luke (1967) The practice of law is to a great extent the practice of communications. It may be oral, such as questioning a witness, making legal arguments to a judge, discussing the law with a clientContinue reading “DAY 14 – COMMUNICATION 101”
DAY 13 – A TALE OF THREE CITIES
March 22, 2013 13 of 65 A Tale of Three Cities My first job out of law school was as an associate attorney in the office of Carroll, Bradley & Ciancio, P.C. Counting me, there were four lawyers in the firm – the three partners and one lowly associate. John Carroll was very active inContinue reading “DAY 13 – A TALE OF THREE CITIES”
DAY 12 – CREATING CHANGE THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS
March 21, 2013 12 of 65 CREATING CHANGE THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS As much as I may enjoy writing about sports and recreation and dogs, a lot of life revolves around one’s occupation. Most of us have to go to work. After I graduated from the University of Colorado, I spent a year away fromContinue reading “DAY 12 – CREATING CHANGE THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS”
DAY 11 – BOLDER BOULDER
March 20, 2013 11 of 65 BOLDER BOULDER “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put aside childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11 The quotation from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians contains much wisdom,Continue reading “DAY 11 – BOLDER BOULDER”
DAY 10 – RUNNING
March 19, 2013 10 of 65 RUNNING While in high school, I enjoyed running track and cross country and thought of myself as a distance runner even though I had not competed in a race longer than 1-1/2 miles. I never had the speed needed to be an elite runner, but I believed I hadContinue reading “DAY 10 – RUNNING”
DAY NINE – SPORTS
March 18, 2013 9 of 65 SPORTS I recently heard that we are approaching the 30th anniversary of the release of the Sports album by Huey Lewis and the News. As exciting as that may be, I am writing here about something completely different. Here the word “sports” has its traditional meaning of engaging inContinue reading “DAY NINE – SPORTS”
DAY EIGHT – DOGS AND MAILMEN – A STEREOTYPE
March 17, 2013 8 of 65 DOGS AND MAILMEN – A STEREOTYPE During two summers while I was in college and for the first year after I graduated, I worked as a mailman. A substitute mailman, actually. When a regular mail carrier was on vacation or ill, I would fill in for that person. IContinue reading “DAY EIGHT – DOGS AND MAILMEN – A STEREOTYPE”
DAY SEVEN – EMMY
March 16, 2013 7 of 65 EMMY From late 1974 until 1990, our family dogs were Tasha and then Tasha and Suzy and then just Tasha again. After Suzy’s death and while Tasha was showing her age, we were privileged to take in a new puppy. My brother Lonny’s dog was a purebred Siberian HuskyContinue reading “DAY SEVEN – EMMY”
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