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Nobody sleeps late on Memorial Day in Boulder, Colorado. At least it seems that way. Starting at 7:00 a.m., the annual Bolder Boulder 10K road race begins. At that time, 100,000 rubber-clad feet [...]

I stare at the damp, scattered tea leaves inside my cup, which look like Chinese calligraphy: indecipherable, to me at least. The bits of oolong left after I drank my tea should tell my future. [...]

  Every Memorial Day, people gather at a beach in Honolulu, Oahu, for a beautiful ceremony of floating lanterns—a serene tradition of peace and remembrance for those who have departed. I [...]

President Obama visited the University of Colorado campus in Boulder on April 24, 2012, to talk about reducing student loan rates. Ken Aikin, my husband, was one of the brass quintet members who [...]