At Thanksgiving: “Now Thank we all our God, with hearts and hands and voices” from a favorite hymn of my family.

The 19th Annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run begins at 7:00 am Thursday, November 23, 2017, at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. The run/walk is an annual event sponsored by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana, the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Oklahoma) to honor the victims and survivors of the Sand Creek Massacre and for healing of ancestral homelands. This year’s event will mark the 153rd year since the Sand Creek Massacre. (For locations of each phase of the event, see the map at the bottom of this page.)

If you’ve already finished your holiday shopping – probably last year during the after-Christmas sales – congratulations (or “bah!” depending on you outlook). For the rest of us, the shopping season that starts Friday can be stressful – and the bills that start to roll in next January are even worse.

Before you leave the house to face the buying frenzy, take a few minutes to prepare yourself – and your wallet.

While the calendar may say winter is a month away, warm temperatures and strong winds will bring a summer-like fire risk to portions of the eastern plains Monday. Thursday will be generally pleasant across much of Colorado for Thanksgiving family activities.

Eastern Plains

Sunday will be pleasant across the eastern half of Colorado, with sunny skies and highs around 60.

Throughout Colorado deer are in the midst of their mating season and Colorado Parks and Wildlife is reminding residents to take precautions to avoid conflicts.
“Buck deer can be aggressive and lose their usual wariness of people at this time of year,”
 said Patt Dorsey, southwest regional manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

TRUTH/LIES

“A truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness tells lies.” Proverbs 12:19

Steve will have Thanksgiving dinner over at Doc’s and Mrs. Doc’s this year, and any number of his friends are grateful for that. Steve is one heckuva cowboy and trainer of young colts, and a good friend to all, but he’d never make it as a dinner host.

Memories of juicy peaches and crisp sweet corn are fading as the summer produce season has past, but the holidays are another great time to buy local. Many Colorado farmers are extending their growing seasons, and farmers’ markets are moving indoors for the fall and winter.  The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Winter Farmers’ Market List provides information about markets statewide.

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