Former Denver Post deputy sports editor. I supervised coverage of the NFL and NHL. Missouri journalism school graduate. Cardinals baseball fan. Tennis player.
"Home on the range.
Where the deer and the antelope play."
-- Brewster Martin Higley VI
November 30, 1823 β December 9, 1911
Wrote "My Western Home." This poem later became the lyrics for "Home on the Range."
Kansas legislature voted to make it the state song on April 8, 1947.
"Flowers grow out of dark moments."
-- Sister Corita Kent
Former Roman Catholic nun who used her boldly colored Pop art serigraphs as a tool for activism, becoming a powerful voice for peace and justice.
1918β1986
βA boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.β
-- Robert Benchley
American humorist, actor, and drama critic.
Sept. 15, 1889, Worcester, Mass., U.S.βdied Nov. 21, 1945
βThere is nothing more musical than a sunset.β
β Claude Debussy
French composer, among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
August, 22, 1862 β March 25, 1918
"Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig."
-- Robert Henri
Member of Ashcan School of American Realism
June 24, 1865 β July 12, 1929