Steven Hayward
What You Need to Know About Cutting Firewood
A humorous guide to cutting firewood without losing a foot.
How to Celebrate a 150th Anniversary
A 150th anniversary can be awkward. It’s certainly awkward to say: sesquicentennial. For the French, maybe a word with as many s’s and q’s flows off the tongue with...
At Least We Have a $300K Bathroom
Some may consider the arrival of a fully automated public bathroom in Old Colorado City a sign of the apocalypse, though whether it should follow the arrival of the...
Humor: The Piano Mover
I’m not sure how it happened. I said: “Let’s put our house on the market.” Then it sold. I don’t think the sign was ever fully planted on the...
Music: A Conversation With Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton is a force to be reckoned with. A multi-instrumentalist, visionary composer, iconoclast, Payton resides firmly at the forefront of contemporary music, pushing ensembles and audiences in new,...
Humor: Turned On to Turntables
It began with a simple question from my son. “Dude,” he said. “Do we have a turntable?”
Normally, my son calls me dad, but the fact that he was addressing...
The Haunted Arby’s: A Side of Spooky
Barely a day goes by when Colorado Springs does not make its appearance atop some listicle: Best Places to Live, Best Mountain Bike Trails, Worst Places to Lose Your...
Finding the State of Slim
For five years I didn’t go to the doctor. I got busy, and, if I got sick, by the time I got around to making an appointment I was...
Axed and Answered
Axes and I have a history. Five years ago, I put an ax straight through the center of my left foot.
My friend Doug and I were camping near Crestone,...
Local Comedy: A Comic Goes Into Colorado Springs…
It’s 7 o’clock on a Friday, the regular crowd has shuffled in—and they’re killing themselves laughing.
This is Loonees Comedy Corner on North Academy, Colorado Springs’ longstanding comedy club. Chris...
