Life on the Outside

Last September, I covered a story about twin alpacas born at Luna Nueva Ranch just west of Berthoud, Colo. Little Meijo and his sister Meija were a surprise to the ranch owners as twins births in alpacas are extremely rare.  So when I was invited back to see the entire alpaca herd being sheared I couldn’t wait to see how the little twins were doing. Continue Reading »

When I die and go to hell, I won’t be trapped in a burning lake of fire or torn apart by Cerberus. No, I’ll be stuck in a room full of screaming, sweaty, smelly children — day in and day out for all eternity. I really don’t like kids, or at least most of them. So when I was tasked with covering the local high school graduation ceremonies, I could not think of anything I would rather do less on a beautiful, early summer Saturday morning.

After putting this week’s edition of the paper to bed, we (the editorial staff and the publisher) were going through the coming week’s events and discussing who would be covering what. We quickly realized we had someone to shoot the photos at the local high school’s graduation but no one to write the story. I finally volunteered once it became it apparent no one else was available. Continue Reading »