This month, I’m eagerly anticipating an event that doesn’t come along often enough: the opening of a new library in El Paso County.

Punch in, punch out. Punch in, punch out. That’s the routine in many workplaces these days — especially for low-wage employees.

I’m guessing I could hike three days a week for the rest of my life and never repeat a trail. Especially if I broadened by stomping grounds to…

Editor's Note: The following is an abridged version of a column originally published in February 1956 in The Colorado Springs Free Press.

BY PJ MUSILLI

I fractured my toe a few weeks ago. It hurt like heck, but I didn’t run to the doctor to have it looked at. Like most people, when I have a pr…

Hudson Hartman has a smile that strangers cross a crowded room to see.

If you’re a millennial — born between 1981 and 1996 — you’re either in the very early or relatively early stages of your career, and as the ol…

Her full name was Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs but she was known as Cokie Roberts. As a young child, when her brother couldn’t…

Last month I heard the annual State of the City address, hosted by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce & EDC and presented for the fi…

“Ad Astra” is not for everyone. The 40% gap between the critics’ score (83%) and audience score (43%) on Rotten Tomatoes is telling.

A few months back I wrote an article about some of the sights in Pueblo including the Heroes Plaza-National Medal of Honor Memorial and the El…

Editor's note: This column has been updated to reflect that PooPrints is a Knoxville, Tenn.-based company.

My niece was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 12. The previously robustly healthy girl was suddenly hungry all the time, extremely …

Years ago, you had to wait for Halloween to see a good horror movie. Reruns of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and “The Birds” were always a treat…

Here’s a story that plays out daily: it’s 11 p.m. on a Thursday and the doors swing open to the emergency room. In walks Michael, again. The s…

You may spend decades putting money into your IRA and your 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored retirement plan. Eventually, you will want to …

If I could have a mulligan (or two) on my athletic past, it would be to start skiing before age 10 and learn to play golf before my 30s.

Every once in awhile, I’m lucky enough to have a conversation that helps me see the world in a whole new light.

The month of September evokes bittersweet feelings within me. It’s one of my favorite months of the year because of its cooler, drier weather,…

Using the heel of my right hand, I tapped lightly on the bottom of the bottle-shaped glass container. I pounded against the bottom surface wit…

Winfield Scott Stratton died on Sept. 14, 1902 at his home at 115 N. Weber St. in Colorado Springs. He was 54 years old and suffered from diab…

I get this question often: How tall is Pikes Peak? But what is the right answer? The height of the mountain has has shrunk since Pike thought …

Devout “Life Happens” readers know I use my column to provide comic relief and encourage laughter. However, I never dreamed it would serve as …

Editors have a tough time of it. They have to correct a writer’s work to adhere to whatever style manual the publisher mandates, whether it’s …