Steven Hayward

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...

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,...

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...

Perhaps the hardest thing to accept about life is the fact that one day you will have to remodel your kitchen. Maybe you’ve been there already, or maybe it’s in...

I’m perpetually worried about disappointing the cashiers at Trader Joe’s. Mostly I don’t know what to say when the guy bagging my groceries asks me how my day’s going. “OK,...

About 30 years ago, a little-known band from East Los Angeles called Los Lobos burst onto the national scene when their cover of Ritchie Valens’ old hit “La Bamba”...

I first met Pard Morrison a decade ago. I asked him what he did for a living and his reply was simple: "I'm a sculptor." A kind of local...

It is a universal truth that there comes a time in every man's life when he settles on a haircut. This usually happens in one's 20s. You get a...

Rage rooms are a thing, popping up around the country over the last year. The idea is simple. The rage room is a place where you pay to break...

We moved to the United States 17 years ago. My wife and I are Canadian—from Toronto originally—but we’ve been green card-holding, permanent U.S. residents ever since with no intention...