Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

In my 5/21 post, I brought up a term: word back. Used in a sentence: "I want my word back." Words in my English language have been...

I'm volunteering Saturday afternoon at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens front desk. The place will be hopping with the annual Heirlooms and ...

Listening to "Dear Prudence" on WPR's Throwback Thursday. Song from the Beatles White Album. Not sure if I bought the White Al...

People who open businesses in downtown Cheyenne are cockeyed optimists, to steal a line from Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific." ...

Coal has been on my mind lately. Not in my mind, but I wouldn't be surprised if our Republican geniuses in Congress plan to replace our ...

It seems that arts education can be a wonderful asset in standing up to bullies. That was on display last week at the CNN town hall meetin...

I am a bit late on this one. Four weeks ago, the remaining members of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities resigned. I ...

I am a lineman for the county... In the late-60s, I loved that Jimmy Webb song, a chart-topper for Glen Campbell. It's a fine song. An...

I missed The Idea of Trump postcard tsunami on March 15 since I was out of town. But did pick up some postcards from Ernie November and se...

You'd think that the sprawling parking lot at the Little America Conference Center would be spacious enough for all of the comic book ge...

Alert readers inform me that there is another new mural in downtown's Art Alley. It's by Laramie artist and UW grad Dan Toro and s...

Here's Jordan Dean's mural on the alley wall between the Plains Hotel and the Majestic Building in downtown Cheyenne. I've bee...

Cheyenne's West Edge Project will hold a combination planning workshop and music fest on Friday, Sept. 18, at the Asher Building at ...

A letter writer to the local paper this week used the tired old trope "love it or leave it" in regards to Cheyenne newcomers advoc...

Chris poses with my new car as train rumbles by the Loveland Feed & Grain Building, which is being transformed into the Art @ The Feed...

This invitation comes from the Laramie County Democrats Grassroots Coalition: Greetings fellow Democrats.  If you were unhappy with the ...

In a Dec. 8 post , I wrote about Colorado poet Aaron Abeyta coming to Cheyenne June 5-7 as the keynoter for the Wyoming Writers, Inc. , annu...

"If we're going to keep our young people in the state....." How often have you seen that phrase used by Wyoming politicians,...

Thanks to the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle for this week's series on Cheyenne's downtown. It covered many aspects of downtown's curren...

Thoughtful column by Adbay's Shawn Houck on today's wyofile . He argues that Wyoming needs to change its economic and social policie...