http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Hive Number of times use of teeming is justified. Innumerable. Exact moment the queen stops laying. Undetectable. Sudden drop in temperatures. Bibb lettuce bolting to asterisks. Beets forced from their soft beds. Message to the hive: There's still time. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~657716.aspx9/20/2009 3:50:57 PMMeghan Howes I'm beginning to believe there is not just one Cole neighborhood--there's two. What's harder to ascertain is the exact--or approximate--dividing line. My attempts to find this "line" have been thwarted lately by a bum hip, which translates to less walking on a regular basis. (Tomorrow: a visit to...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~649374.aspx8/24/2009 4:32:39 PMMeghan Howes An editorial in yesterday's Denver Post summed up much of what I've been circling for awhile now...when it comes to issues of race and class in today's Cole neighborhood, that is. Read the column here... Playing with Fire . The accompanying cartoon was perfect too...because no one is blame...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~644935.aspx8/10/2009 8:20:19 AMMeghan Howes Moses unloads groceries while talking on his cell phone. I cross the street to my house after leaving Tom's place, laughing at Adam and the neighbor boys who'd been running in the automatic sprinklers in Tom's back yard, their shirts soaked and sticking to their small bodies. Their giggles and s...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~644859.aspx8/9/2009 12:26:13 PMMeghan Howes Summer, often, equals travel. We've went to Montana over Memorial Day and then embarked on a cross-the-Midwest-into-the-northern-territories adventure from which I am currently downloading 720 pictures. Recovering from a 3600 mile journey to Ontario (by way of Ohio) and back makes home all the m...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~642493.aspx8/1/2009 4:11:09 PMMeghan Howes Catchy title, eh? I can't take the credit...I got it from a nice young (6 yo) friend of mine. I heard him walking around trying to find his left shoe and saying "Jesus Crickets!" over and over again. Since I am not this boy's parent, I did not correct him--not that I would have, even if I'd been ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~632320.aspx7/1/2009 2:16:51 PMMeghan Howes And then it came back. If I think about it too much now, the feeling I had in that moment, I get nauseous. The way the walls shiver and buckle and turn, and I'm on them, in them, of them. Sky is ground and ground is sky and my stomach is in my throat. I grabbed S. and said, over and over, oh s...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~628305.aspx6/18/2009 7:16:02 PMMeghan Howes So when i first met Abbey, she had long, long, long hair. Her hair was so long that I thought it was disproportionate to her body. But those days are gone and now Abbey has some fabulous new hair!!! With here petite frame and face, all of that long hair just dragged her down, now she has a bri...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Local-Business/Blog~626580.aspx6/15/2009 12:51:22 AMTracy Brown I'm going to veer from my usual Cole neighborhood chatter into some territory that explains why I've been silent these past weeks. Sure, I took a vacation, which is one reason. But mainly my reason for not writing is health-related, and I'm writing about it here for two reasons 1) by way of an e...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~624193.aspx6/7/2009 10:28:39 AMMeghan Howes Check out this video on Diabetes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ExFWcPqO8http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~622095.aspx6/1/2009 8:20:10 PMDr. Arvay If your looking for a little getaway you should try www.indulgencesdayspa.com . What a treat this was for me! It is a great way to unwind from a busy week! It is not one of those pretentious spas. Indulgences Day Spa is a local spa with affordable prices on massage , facials , body ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~621120.aspx5/29/2009 12:39:49 PMs sa Yowza. There's so many amazing things happening in Cole, especially in the area of urban farming, permaculture techniques, business development andcommunity gardens,but alas, I am unable to craft a full blog entry right now. Dastardly medical problems have knocked me for a spin (literally) and I ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~616700.aspx5/18/2009 12:48:14 PMMeghan Howes Looking for people who desire immediate relief of allergies, asthma, snoring, sinusitis, to Field Test a new state-of-the-art home air purification system. NO COST or obligation. Contact wrightway@comcast.net .http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~610959.aspx5/4/2009 10:56:29 AMMarilyn Wright It's an overcast, cool day, and DIA is altering its flight patterns, diverting planes over our house. There's weather around, high winds out west, and a low ceiling, all combining to hamper descents. We've been working in the yard a good deal this past week; wet snow fell most of last Friday and...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~608048.aspx4/25/2009 7:10:26 PMMeghan Howes It's for sale. The house that has fascinated me ever since my first walk around Cole a decade ago-3404 Race Street-is on the market. Built in 1910, the original owner's daughter inherited the house and had lived in it from the age of six until her death, at 94, last June. Elfrieda Riedel. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~602819.aspx4/13/2009 1:42:02 PMMeghan Howes This is for all my babies. No matter how old they are, they will always be my little babies. I want to be your hero I want my words to be desired I want to be loved respected and admired I want to be looked up to my advice to be wanted I will help you in your battles and stand u...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~598765.aspx4/1/2009 8:52:13 PMMike Martinez At inColoradonow.com it's all FREE! Right now they are gearing up for summer as we all are, and is focusing its efforts on the Colorado cycling population who rides in the big summertime rides such as Elephant Rock Ride , The Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour , The Bicycle Tour of C...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~598060.aspx3/31/2009 1:07:44 PM- inColoradoNOW!My neighbor from across the street was over here shoveling my walk and steps around 11:30. Now, at 3:00, you can't see an evidence that he was here at all. the snowfall diminishes in intensity then kicks back up, as it is now. Drifts on my back deck are wonderfully sculptural, but this heavy spri...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~596550.aspx3/26/2009 3:03:09 PMMeghan Howes This past Saturday, a neighbor of ours, Maisy, had her Fifth Annual St. Patrick's Day dinner, complete with corned beef, colcannon, various soda breads, and a dessert called Better Than Robert Redford. I will go on record and say that Better Than Robert Redford was more delicious and addictive...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~591841.aspx3/16/2009 2:02:38 PMMeghan Howes There's an old cheesy Chicago song with the lyric "you don't know what you've got/until it's gone/and I found out/a little too late..." I keep replaying this little ditty when I think about the demise of the Rocky Mountain News . Close to 150 years of journalism in a town that's seen horse dr...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~589805.aspx3/10/2009 5:05:50 PMMeghan Howes New Kitchen Nine months in the making like our own version of a baby born instead from concrete and cherry wood and still no glass in two of the cabinet doors and the red wood-grain-like linoleum floor, reclaimed, scratches too easily, boasts smatterings of black circles formed ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~587208.aspx3/4/2009 2:09:54 PMMeghan Howes The American Cancer system is a multi billion a year business. They make billions while we die. This is why I am dedicating March 2009 to defeating the lies of CANCER! All diseases like CANCER have to follow specific rules to hurt you. If you don't know the rules you will be unknowingly breaki...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~586764.aspx3/3/2009 3:43:47 PMDr. Arvay Responding to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's recent comment that the U.S. is "a nation of cowards" because we refrain from (wholly avoid?) "frank" conversations about race, New York Times Op-Ed columnist Charles Blow said this: "Talking frankly about race is still hard because it's conf...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~582663.aspx2/21/2009 11:25:43 AMMeghan Howes When do you start to worry about your health, for most it's when we start to get sick or we see someone we care about get ill or even pass away, when do you start to be pro active about your health, when do you take time from your busy life to say today my health will be my numberone concern, wil...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~581425.aspx2/17/2009 7:55:38 PMLuke R For all those who may have not heard of Mona Vie yet here it is plain and simple. MonavieActive & the Acai berry MonaVie is anjuice made from the pulp of 19 antioxidant rich fruits and berries with the crown jewel being the Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) berry. The Acai berry is ha...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Education-General/Blog~581424.aspx2/17/2009 7:51:07 PMLuke R Is it time that you want, or more time? Health, or better health? An income, or a bigger income? Freedom, or greater freedom? Whatever your goals are, MonaVie can help you achieve them. MonaVie blends antioxidant nutritional power with an unparalleled opportunity that can allow ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Local-Business/Blog~581421.aspx2/17/2009 7:38:54 PMLuke R Ten years is a decent amount of time in one place: you watch the patterns of people, their intersecting lives and stories, read the jumbled and fascinating narrative of a city block minutes from the downtown core. I've come across myriad people in my time here who believe change and progress-cha...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~580381.aspx2/15/2009 12:34:45 PMMeghan Howes I tell you, I just can't get used to missing my own deadlines. I'm now 33 photos behind in my photo blog. I know, I know, it's awful. As usual, I do have the photos, it's just a matter of posting them. What should be easy (post one photo per day) turns into, "Well, I'll just post two ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~577730.aspx2/7/2009 11:11:03 AMEric Lubbers Group seizes the means of music production With a straight-out-of-agit-prop name like John Common , he might have been, in another place and time, at the head of a revolutionary vanguard. And yet, there is still something vaguely revolutionary about Common's latest labor. On Jan. 28, th...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~576631.aspx2/4/2009 3:15:42 PMJohn Zwick I am slightly obsessed with the housing "complex" at the corner of 38th and York. For as long as I can remember it has remained unoccupied, save for a couple of units that appear to have someone living in them. It could be that the developer of this property planned poorly, making the units too s...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~575874.aspx2/3/2009 9:57:42 AMMeghan Howes