Life on the Outside

This picture was taken this afternoon on the way home from a Pioneer Association meeting. Not bad. Not bad at all.

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly six months since I last posted to my blog. Man, time flies when you’re stressed out. Since last posting, I moved 1,400 miles from Colorado to the wettest place on earth (the NW coast of Oregon) with my mom, two dogs and a cat; started a new job; gained yet another 5 pounds; failed to start writing that best-selling novel I want to write (boy, some things never change) and finally broke my daily addiction to Starbucks’ triple-grande lattes.

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My Summer Vacation … in a Third World Country

A few weeks ago I got a tip about a former Berthoud resident, whose father still lives in the area, who traveled to Honduras shortly after President Zelaya was ousted. Within 24 hours, I was able to interview the young man, a former LDS missionary named Neil Brandvold, who had traveled to the South American country to participate in the recent protests.

This ended up being a two-part series and garnered a fairly good number of comments for the size of the Berthoud paper (links to both stories are below).

Witness to History
Back on U.S. Soil

While I commend Neil for his passion and commitment to a cause so close to his heart, I was left a little stunned by his photos. Continue Reading »