Tag Archives: weed

On chaperoning two grown women I met at a trade show to a weed dispensary in Denver

The trip to the dispensary was initiated by Maggie, a “product representative” in her mid-40s, who came over to our booth and tested the waters by jokingly asking a leading-question about pot. “Where’s the weed,” she asked, pawing her way through our bowl of free candy. “You should give that away instead,” she laughed. “It […]

We can all agree that habitual marijuana use isn’t the best, right?

I have been a part of and observed a handful of conversations about marijuana, and in each of them, there has been a bit of fibbing on each side of the debate over legalization. The anti-legalization skeptic will imply that legalization will lead to unfettered access of marijuana to children and the legalization proponent will […]

Fathers, ghosts, weed, and other gateways to gardening

My wife and I started getting the garden up and running last weekend and we will finish up this Saturday or Sunday. I started working the plot a while back, expanded it, built a new raised bed, fertilized and tilled over the past handful of weeks. A good friend of mine is going to help […]