Sondra's Snapshots

Few things are guaranteed in life. Tonight, I planned to write about photo editing software.   Tomorrow, I was going to discuss a new hotel in Colorado Springs, the Mining Exchange.   The next day would be about a great downtown restaurant- the Springs Orleans.  Then the next day would obviously...

A cattle guard may be a source of nostalgia but it is NOT a person or a dog.   A cattle guard is:   1. The subject of numerous jokes. For example: a popular version on the internet is that President Obama receives a report that Colorado had 100,000 cattle guards on federally owned land. President...

What is a Snow Fence?  I am from College Station, Texas.  It rarely snows in College Station so  snow fences were not part of my vocabulary. I’ve discovered there are a lot people from Texas that are moving to Colorado.   I've also discovered that there are a lot of snow fences in Colorado.  ...

Images of the day....floating through my mind.     This morning, the 29th Annual St Patrick's Day 5K was held in downtown Colorado Springs.  I was among the 2,436 participants.  I was pleased with my time of 31:20 seconds taking into account that I stopped twice to take a picture.  As soon as the...

Back in January, Dr.  Stacey-Ann Baugh encouraged us to set some goals and get healthy in the rain.  My goal was to see 5 Colorado Springs attractions while running five 5K races.            The first race on my list was the St. Patrick’s Day 5K, which is occurring in the historic downtown Colora...

What should I write about?   To help you answer this question, I explored the archives of some of Active Rain’s most popular and active bloggers. I think my statistically non-random, random sample included two people that were not Active Rain Ambassadors. One has over a million points. The other ...

“The Bitter Pill:  Why Medical Bills are Killing Us”   Have you read the Time Magazine’s Special Report, “The Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us” by Stephen Brill?  Over the last two days, I’ve had three experts in the Health care industry recommend this article.  Have you read it yet?...

  9 Simple Ideas to Incorporate Recycling into Your Lifestyle     As a disclaimer- I’m normal person that realizes that I should try to protect the environment.  However, sometimes I find that I am so engrained in my bad habits that recycling seems hard or inconvenient.   Yet, I am seeking to do ...

  I'm Alright, Prairie Dogs and Colorado Green Chili - what do they have to do with sustainability?The song running through my mind today has been "I am alright" by Kenny Loggins. I've also been thinking about a sustainability event that I attended recently quite possibly because of the gopher in...

How do you diffuse difficult situations?    Since I am very  easy going, I tend to dislike rants because I often feel like people are over reacting to minor situations.  Plus some times, the situation escalates and everyone involved ends up looking stupid.   Well, as it happens in life, when you ...