A couple of weekends ago I was driving across the New Mexico high desert and singing along with the Village People for all I was worth with a big ole grin on my face and joy in my heart. The reasons were many and involved both past and present. I […]
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by Hal Newman The Adopt A Highway program was created to promote community pride and to help carry out or sponsor activities such as mowing, weeding, landscape beautification and litter pick-up. There’s even a company you can pay who will provide the cleaning so that you can receive the recognition […]
by Hal Newman Our out-of-hospital care system needs to be redesigned by people who are dedicated to the needs of the end-users [I despise the words ‘patient’ or ‘beneficiare’ because ‘patient’ implies you must wait before receiving care and ‘beneficiare’ implies that healthcare is a benefit – and not a […]
by Hal Newman Natasha Richardson died yesterday. She succumbed to injuries suffered on a beginner’s trail at the Mont tremblant ski resort. She was 45-years-old. Some folks have suggested that a neurosurgeon and an MRI within two hours of injury might have made a difference. Sacre Coeur Hospital is a […]
This was the key phrase that averted a minor catastrophe and put the best end to that was playing out to be one of those “you’ll never believe this” mini-dramas at two in the morning last fall, around a tree, in downtown Ouray, Colorado. My bride and I had been […]
It has been a long winter up here in the mountains of southwestern Colorado. 158% of normal snowfall and it’s still coming with another 12-16 inches predicted for tomorrow. I was talking to one of my neighbors this afternoon and he mentioned that he was ready for this winter to […]
I pushed Narcan the other day. The first time in over four years. Some of you may be thinking “So what.” or “Big deal.” Or even the more derisive “Big Whoop.”. However, having provided EMS for the southern half of Santa Clara County and the City of San Francisco for […]