Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Tommy Shay and his dog Duke In Memoriam: Tommy Shay  Thomas Gerard Shay (“Tommy”), age 65, passed away peacefully after a short illness on C...

I was thinking about this today as I went through some tests at the local hospital. I like the idea of a National Service Program for 18-21-...

A eulogy for a friend from a friend:  Books, books, books. Dick Lechman had thousands of books at one time at his Old Grandfather Books in...

Sad news arrived from Denver today. Stevon Lucero, the Chicano artists who I profiled in a Oct. 29  WyoFile story  and linked here , passed ...

My mother's birthday is today. Anna Marie Shay would have been 95 had she lived. She died in 1986 at 59, 11 years younger than I am now....

I called him Dr. Pratt because it seemed appropriate. John Clark Pratt possessed a deep voice, military bearing, steely gaze. No surprise af...

Symbol for the opioid formerly known as Oxycodone. News of Prince's death rocked music fans. I'm not a big Prince fan, but do ad...

This time last year, Rep. Sue Wallis (R-Recluse) was an ally in the cause to promote a domestic partnerships bill in the Wyoming House. I wa...

Paddle out for my brother Dan in Ormond Beach, Fla. Photo by Marcus Stephen.   Hundreds of people gathered at the Salty Church Nov. 23 i...

I wanted to share my brother Dan's obituary with my readers. Over the course of the past year, I've posted periodic updates about Da...

Coming Out for Equality at the University of Wyoming Wednesday, October 9 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. COE Library, University of Wyoming Room 5...

Coco and Annie Our dog Coco passed today. We had her put to sleep, as the old saying goes. Put out of her misery. We humans get to mak...

It was sad to read about the death in California of Kurt Brown, poet, editor and tireless poetry promoter. Kurt founded Colorado's Asp...

Gaydell Collier and her dog Maxie Gaydell Collier was gracious and generous. She shared her expertise in writing and publishing with any...

Freelance journalist Ed Quillen died at 61 last Sunday in Salida, Colo., a place he put on the map with his humorous, curmudgeonly columns. ...

Tonight I raise a glass to my old friend, Mary Hartman. She died last Friday, alone, which is a shame on us all. Her neighbors took her to t...

University of Arizona President Robert Shelton at Wednesday’s memorial for the Tucson shooting victims: SHELTON: I know conclude the progr...

I have delivered eulogies in churches and funeral homes. I've attended too many services and burials, a hazard of aging. I have never ...

The ceremonial tossing of the Cheerios onto the bonfire. My brother Pat was a Cheerios fan. When he was a kid, that's all he ate. ...

Site of the memorial service, Fred Lee Park softball fields, Palm Bay The assembled congregation. Most of these people are family membe...